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[ "Arhavispor\n\nArhavispor is an amateur Turkish football club located in the Arhavi district of Artvin. ", "The club was formed in 1955. ", "The club colours are black and yellow. ", "Arhavispor play their home matches at Arhavi Stadium.", "\n\nExternal links \nArhavispor on TFF.org\n\nCategory:Sport in Artvin\nCategory:Football clubs in Turkey\nCategory:1955 establishments in Turkey\nCategory:Association football clubs established in 1955" ]
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[ "Q:\n\nImproper SQL Statement\n\nTable 1 Questions\nID | Name | Category\n1 | xyz | 1\n2 | abc | 1\n3 | ghj | 2\n4 | tyu | 3\n\nTable 2 Data\nID | QuestionID | Category\n1 | 2 | 1\n2 | 3 | 2\n\nI want results to be all of the questions from Question table. ", "WHERE Category = 1\nID | Question | DataID\n1 | xyz | NO\n2 | abc | YES (data id=1 ie questionid= 2)\n3 | ghj | NO (data id=2 ie questionid= 3 but where category = 2 fail so 'NO')\n4 | tyu | NO\n\nSo i need to display YES if data present else NO.", "\n\nA:\n\nYou can try LEFT JOIN along with CASE WHEN Statement.", "\nHere's the query:\nSELECT\nQ.ID,\nQ.Name AS 'Question',\nCASE WHEN D.QuestionID IS NULL THEN 'NO' ELSE 'YES' END AS DataID\nFROM Questions Q LEFT JOIN Data D\nON Q.ID = D.QuestionID\nORDER BY Q.ID;\n\nMySQL JOINS\nDemo Here\nEDIT:\nFor your edited requirement \n\nI want results to be all of the questions from Question table. ", "WHERE\n Category = 1\n\nQuery:\nSELECT\nQ.ID,\nQ.Name AS 'Question',\nCASE WHEN D.QuestionID IS NULL OR D.category <> 1 THEN 'NO' ELSE 'YES' END AS DataID\nFROM Questions Q LEFT JOIN Data D\nON Q.ID = D.QuestionID\nORDER BY Q.ID;\n\nUpdated Demo\n\n" ]
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[ "We are a carpooling group of three women looking to add another traveler to our group. ", "We each have our own vehicles and take turns driving. ", "We worker M-F in the city. ", "We leave Windsor area at 6:30 am and arriving in Halifax around 7:30-7:45. ", "We leave the city at 4:00 pm and arrive back around 5:00 pm.", "\n\nHi there. ", "I am working at the gladstone professional building downtown hfx and would like to either see if someone is willing to do a carpool by picking me up or I can drive and split the cost.. I have to be at work for 8am. ", "And leave work at 4pm. ", "Will need to be in sackville by 5-515pm to pick up my child. ", "Thanks in advance.", "\n\nHi there, I am a young professional looking for someone to carpool with once in a while from Bedford to Burnside. ", "I do have a ride most of the time but about once a week, I will need to find other means of transportation. ", "I would be willing to cover half the cost for gas for each trip. ", "My hours are also flexible as I can work from 8:30 to 4:30. ", "Thanks everyone" ]
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[ "Q:\n\nAdd a suffix to a matched regular expression\n\nI got some lines containing numbers in the first field:\n46066.874.89\n48569.123.56\n56489.256.88\n654.12.32\n84689.25.69\n\nWhat I would like to do now is add 00 at the end of 654 in the fourth line and every other occurrence of three numbers in the file before the first .. How would I go about it? ", "I tried using\nsed 's/^[0-9][0-9][0-9]./&00/'\n\nbut the output I get is\n4606006.874.89\n4856009.123.56\n5648009.256.88\n654.0012.32\n8468009.25.69\n\nA:\n\nYou're almost there:\n$ sed -E 's/^([0-9][0-9][0-9])\\./\\100./' file \n46066.874.89\n48569.123.56\n56489.256.88\n65400.12.32\n84689.25.69\n\n" ]
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[ "The human homolog of the myeloproliferative virus maps to chromosome band 1p34.", "\nThe human homologue of the recently isolated myeloproliferative leukemia virus, a retrovirus that induces myeloproliferative disorder in mouse, has been mapped in man to chromosome band 1p34 by in situ hybridization." ]
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[ "In the Arctic, the Inuits have adapted to severe cold and a predominantly seafood diet. ", "After the first population genomic analysis of the Greenland Inuits, a region in the genome containing two genes has now been scrutinized by scientists: TBX15 and WARS2. ", "This region is thought to be central to cold adaptation by generating heat from a specific type of body fat, and was earlier found to be a candidate for adaptation in the Inuits.", "\n\nNow, a team of scientists led by Fernando Racimo, Rasmus Nielsen et al. ", "have followed up on the first natural selection study in Inuits to trace back the origins of these adaptations.", "\n\nTo perform the study, they used the genomic data from nearly 200 Greenlandic Inuits and compared this to the 1000 Genomes Project and ancient hominid DNA from Neanderthals and Denisovans. ", "The results, published in the advanced online edition of Molecular Biology and Evolution, provide convincing evidence that the Inuit variant of the TBX15/WARS2 region first came into modern humans from an archaic hominid population, likely related to the Denisovans.", "\n\n\"The Inuit DNA sequence in this region matches very well with the Denisovan genome, and it is highly differentiated from other present-day human sequences, though we can't discard the possibility that the variant was introduced from another archaic group whose genomes we haven't sampled yet,\" said Fernando Racimo, lead author of the study.", "\n\nThe authors found that the variant is present at low-to-intermediate frequencies throughout Eurasia, and at especially high frequencies in the Inuits and Native American populations, but almost absent in Africa. ", "TBX15 is a gene known to affect the human body's response to cold, and is associated with a number of traits related to body fat distribution. ", "The authors speculate that the archaic variant may have been beneficial to modern humans during their expansion throughout Siberia and across Beringia, into the Americas.", "\n\nThe research team also worked to understand the physiological role of the region, which may be of interest to scientists concerned with factors that help determine BMI index and fat metabolism. ", "They found an association between the archaic region and the gene expression of TBX15 and WARS2 in various tissues, like fibroblasts and adipose tissue. ", "They also observed that the methylation patterns in this region in the Denisovan genome are very different from those of Neanderthals and present-day humans. \"", "All this suggests that the introduced variant may have altered the regulation of these genes, thought the exact mechanism by which this occurred remains elusive.\" -- ", "said Racimo, who was a graduate student in UC Berkeley at the time of the study, and now works at the New York Genome Center.", "\n\nThe evidence adds to the remarkable number of recent examples of ancient interbreeding that may have conferred unique adaptive traits to modern humans, either from Neanderthals or Denisovans. ", "And it is the second major example -- the other being the EPAS1 genomic locus (found in the high altitude adaptation of Tibetans) to be passed on from archaic humans into the modern human gene pool." ]
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[ "\n\n\n\nProduced by Nick Hodson of London, England\n\n\n\n\nThe Story of Antony Grace\nBy George Manville Fenn\nIllustrations by Gordon Browne\nPublished by D. Appleton and Company, New York.", "\nThis edition dated 1888.", "\nThe Story of Antony Grace, by George Manville Fenn.", "\n\n________________________________________________________________________\n\n________________________________________________________________________\nTHE STORY OF ANTONY GRACE, BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER ONE.", "\n\nTHE MAN IN POSSESSION.", "\n\nMr Rowle came the day after the funeral, walking straight in, and,\nnodding to cook, who opened the door, hung up his shabby hat in the\nhall. ", " Then, to my surprise, he took it down again, and after gazing\ninto it as Mr Blakeford used to do in his when he came over to our\nchurch, he turned it round, made an offer as if about to put it on wrong\nway first, reconsidered the matter, put it on in the regular way, and as\nit seemed to me drew his sword.", "\n\nBut it was not his sword, only a very long clay pipe which he had been\ncarrying up his left sleeve, with the bowl in his hand. ", " Then, thrusting\nthe said hand into his tail-pocket, he brought out a little roll of\ntobacco, upon which was printed, as I afterwards saw, a small woodcut,\nand the conundrum, \"When is a door not a door?\"", "\n\n\"Ho!\" ", "said cook; \"I suppose you're the--\"\n\n\"That's just what I am, my dear,\" said the stranger, interrupting her;\n\"and my name's Rowle. ", " Introduced by Mr Blakeford; and just fetch me a\nlight.\"", "\n\n\"Which you'd best fetch this gentleman a light, Master Antony,\" said\ncook; \"for I ain't going to bemean myself.\"", "\n\nAs she spoke she made a sort of whirlwind in the hall, and whisked\nherself out of the place, slamming the door at the end quite loudly.", "\n\n\"Waxey!\" ", "said Mr Rowle, looking hard at me, and shutting one eye in a\npeculiar way. ", " \"Got a light, young un?\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" I said, feeling sorry that cook should have been so rude to the\nvisitor; and as I hurried into the study to get a match out of the\nlittle bronze stand, and lit the curled-up wax taper that my father used\nto seal his particular letters, I found that Mr Rowle had followed me,\ntucking little bits of tobacco in the pipe-bowl as he came.", "\n\nHe then proceeded to look about, stooped down and punched the big\nleather-covered chair, uttered a grunt, took the taper, lit his pipe,\nand began to smoke.", "\n\n\"Now then, squire,\" he said, \"suppose you and I have a look round.\"", "\n\nThere was such a calm at-homeness about him that the thought struck me\nthat he must somehow belong to the place now; and I gazed at him with a\nfeeling akin to awe.", "\n\nHe was a little man in a loose coat, and his face put me greatly in mind\nof the cover of a new spelling-book. ", " He was dressed in black, and his\ntail-coat had an enormously high collar, which seemed to act as a screen\nto the back of his half-bald head when he sat down, as he did\nfrequently, to try the different chairs or sofas. ", " It never struck me\nthat the coat might have been made for another man, but that he had had\nit shaped to come down to the tips of his fingers, and so keep him warm.", "\nWhen he had taken off his hat I had noticed that his hair lay in\nstreaks across the top of his head, and the idea occurred to me that his\nname might be Jacob, because he was in other respects so smooth.", "\n\nI followed Mr Rowle as he proceeded to have what he called \"a look\nround,\" and this consisted in going from room to room, in every one of\nwhich he kept his hat on, and stood smoking as he gradually turned his\neyes on everything it contained, ending with a grunt as of satisfaction\nat what he saw.", "\n\nEvery room was taken in turn, even to the kitchen, where our entry\ncaused a sudden cessation of the conversation round the tea-table, and\nthe servants turned away their heads with a look of contempt.", "\n\n\"That'll do,\" said Mr Rowle quietly; then, \"Mary, my dear, you can\nbring me my tea in the study.\"", "\n\nNo one answered, and as we went back I remember thinking that if Mr\nRowle was to be the new master at Cedar Hill he would soon send our old\nservants away. ", " He walked back, smoking all the time, and seated himself\nin my father's chair, staring hard at me the while.", "\n\n\"Shut the door, young un,\" he said at last, and when I had obeyed, \"sit\ndown, and make your miserable life happy.\"", "\n\nMy face began to work, and I had to battle hard to keep back the tears,\nas for a few minutes I could not speak, but sat there feeling sure Mr\nRowle must think me sulky and strange; and it troubled me, for the old\nman seemed disposed to be kind.", "\n\n\"Poor boy!\" ", "he said all at once, and his voice seemed to me to come out\nof a cloud of smoke; \"so you've lost both your father and your mother?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir!\" ", " I said piteously.", "\n\n\"Hah! ", "so have I,\" said Mr Rowle, and he went on smoking.", "\n\nI was thinking as I tried to stare at him through the smoke, that this\nmust have been a very long time ago, when he quite startled me by\nseeming to read my thoughts, as he said suddenly:\n\n\"Yes; that's a long time ago.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir; I thought it must be,\" I ventured to say; and then there was\na long silence, during which I sat there wanting to go away, but not\ndaring to stir, lest Mr Rowle should think me rude, and still he smoked\non.", "\n\n\"I say, young un,\" he exclaimed, making me start out of a reverie, in\nwhich I was thinking how vexed mamma would have been to see Mr Rowle\nsmoking in all the bedrooms, \"s'pose you'd just come here to stop, which\nroom should you sleep in?\"", "\n\n\"The blue room's the biggest and the best, sir,\" I said, \"but I like the\nlittle pink room the most.\"", "\n\n\"Hah! ", "then the pink room it must be,\" he said, sending out such a long\npuff of smoke that I wondered how his mouth could have held it all. ", " \"I\nsay, young un, ain't it time Mary brought up my tea?\"", "\n\n\"It's past tea-time ever so much,\" I said, \"and her name's Jane.\"", "\n\nHe took hold of an old brass key hanging at the end of a thin steel\nchain, and dragged out a very big old silver watch, looked at it, shook\nit, and held it to his ear, and then lowered it down once more into its\nparticular pocket.", "\n\n\"Then Mary--Jane won't bring it,\" said Mr Rowle.", "\n\nAs he spoke the door opened, and Jane, our housemaid, exclaimed sharply,\n\"Now, Master Antony, I want you;\" and I rose and followed her into the\ndining-room, where my solitary tea was spread out for me. ", " I stood\ngazing at it when she left me in a miserable dejected way, for I felt as\nif I could not eat, and as if the tea when I poured it out would be\nbitter and salt as my tears; and then I began to think about Mr Rowle,\nand stole to the door, opened it, and stood listening to the laughing\nand talking in the kitchen.", "\n\n\"I wonder whether they will take Mr Rowle his tea,\" I thought; and I\nleaned against the door, listening still, but there was no sign of any\npreparation. ", " The strong smoke crept out into the hall, and in\nimagination I could see the little yellow man sitting back and smoking\nin the chair always used by my father.", "\n\nAt last I summoned up my courage and went to the study door, opened it,\nand asked Mr Rowle if he would come and have some tea.", "\n\n\"I will that!\" ", "he said with alacrity; \"I never despise my beer, but a\ncup o' tea's my reglar drink.\"", "\n\nHe followed me into the dining-room, and we sat down, I feeling very\nawkward, especially as Mr Rowle leaned across, lifted the pot, and gave\nme his peculiar wink.", "\n\n\"Silver?\" ", "he said.", "\n\n\"Yes, sir; and the coffee-pot and basin and jug too,\" I replied.", "\n\n\"Hah! ", "yes.\"", "\n\nIt was very awkward, for there was only one teacup and saucer, and I did\nnot like to ring for another; so I filled that and passed it to Mr\nRowle, who sat smoking all the while.", "\n\n\"Thankye!\" ", "he said, nodding, and he was about to pour it into the saucer\nwhen he stopped short. ", " \"Hallo!\" ", "he said, \"where's your'n?\"", "\n\n\"I--I have not got another cup,\" I stammered.", "\n\n\"Worse disasters at sea!\" ", "he said. ", " \"Never mind; look ye here, I'll have\nthe saucer and you have the cup,\" and pouring out the tea, he passed me\nback the cup, and the meal went on.", "\n\nFor the first time since his arrival Mr Rowle laid down his pipe, and\nafter hewing off a great piece of bread, he proceeded to cut it up in\nlittle cubes, all six sides of which he buttered before he ate them,\nwhile I contented myself with a modest slice or two, for my appetite was\ngone.", "\n\nIt was a doleful meal, but he seemed to enjoy it, and after partaking of\nfive or six saucerfuls he nodded at me again, took up and refilled his\npipe, and then walked back to the study, where he sat smoking till ten\no'clock, when he went up to bed.", "\n\nI'm afraid that I was a very ignorant boy. ", " Perhaps not so in the\nordinary sense of the word ignorant, for I had been fairly educated, and\nbesides being pretty forward with my Latin, I could have written a\nletter or carried on a decent conversation in French; but, living in a\nsecluded part of the country, I was very ignorant about the matters of\nordinary every-day life, and I found it hard to understand how it was\nthat Mr Blakeford, the lawyer, should be allowed to do just as he\npleased in our old house.", "\n\nThe terrible misfortunes that had come, one after the other, had seemed\nto stun me and take away my breath. ", " One day we seemed to be all so\nhappy together, and I was sitting reading to my invalid mother in the\npleasant old room opening on to the lawn. ", " And the next day I was\nholding my throbbing head in my bedroom, after crying till it ached as\nif about to split, while I tried again and again to believe that it was\nall some dreadful dream, that my father had been carried home dead,\nkilled in an instant by a fall from his horse, and that my mother lay\nbeside him in the darkened room, silent too in death, for the shock had\nbeen too great for her delicate frame.", "\n\nAll that followed seemed to me dreamlike and strange--the darkened house\nand the rustling sounds of the black dresses that were made for the\nservants; my own new black things and stiff black hat; the terrible\nstillness of the place, and the awe with which I used to gaze at the\nclosed room upstairs; and lastly that dreadful darkest day when I was\nthe companion of Mr Blakeford and an old uncle in the mourning coach\nwhich followed the hearse with its nodding plumes to the grave.", "\n\nI wanted to be alone and sit and think, but those about me seemed to\nconsider that it was their duty to try and comfort and cheer me in my\naffliction, when all they did was to worry me and make me more wretched\nthan before. ", " It troubled me, too, terribly, that people should think me\ncallous and indifferent to my loss, when all the time my heart was\nthrobbing, and I felt a sensation of desolation and misery that I tried\nmy best to conceal.", "\n\nI remember going on tiptoe towards the dining-room on the day of the\nfuneral, dreading lest my new boots should make a noise, when, as I\nreached the mat at the door, I stopped short, for my uncle was saying\nroughly--\n\n\"Don't seem to trouble _him_ much.\"", "\n\n\"No, of course not,\" Mr Blakeford replied. ", " \"What can you expect? ", " I\ndare say he's thinking more of his new black clothes.\"", "\n\nI had to clench my hands and bite my lips to keep from bursting out into\na passionate fit of weeping, and I stood there for some minutes, unable\nto move, as I heard all that was said.", "\n\n\"Well, it's no business of mine,\" said my uncle. ", " \"It was his own\nmoney.\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" said Mr Blakeford, with a sigh. ", " \"I was his legal adviser, but\nhe would not be advised.\"", "\n\n\"Never would,\" said my uncle. ", " \"All he thought of was catching\nbutterflies and drying weeds in blotting-paper.\"", "\n\n\"But he was a good man,\" said Mr Blakeford.", "\n\n\"Bah! ", "good? ", " What, to plunge into speculation and ruin himself?\"", "\n\n\"We are none of us perfect,\" said Mr Blakeford.", "\n\n\"Who wants to be?\" ", "said my uncle. ", " \"Well, I wash my hands of the whole\naffair. ", " You know where I am if you want me. ", " He was never like a\nbrother to me. ", " I will do as you said.\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" said Mr Blakeford, \"of course. ", " You may trust me, Mr Grace.\"", "\n\n\"I don't trust anybody,\" said my uncle, just as one of the servants,\ncoming along the passage, said kindly--\n\n\"Why don't you go in, Master Tony?\"", "\n\nThere was a sudden movement of a chair, and I saw Mr Blakeford come\nforward and look at me curiously as I entered in a shamefaced way. ", " Then\nhe exchanged glances with my uncle, and my heart sank as I felt that\nthey both suspected me of having been listening on the mat.", "\n\nIt was only at nights when I was alone in my own room that I could cry\nas a half heart-broken boy of eleven can cry in the desolation of his\nheart. ", " My uncle had gone away the day after the funeral, telling me\nshortly that I must be a man now, and mind what Mr Blakeford said; and\nMr Blakeford had looked at me in his peculiar way, tightening his thin\nlips, and smiling strangely, but saying nothing.", "\n\nI knew that some arrangements had been made about my future, but though\nI was the person most concerned, every one seemed to consider that I was\nonly a boy, and no explanation was vouchsafed. ", " So it was, then, that I\nrambled about the house and grounds almost alone, growing more and more\nthoughtful and wretched as the change oppressed me like a weight of\nlead.", "\n\nAs the days went on, though, and the first passionate feelings of grief\ngave way to a strange sense of despair, I began to take notice of what\nwas passing around me. ", " It seemed as if the servants in their new black\ndresses looked upon the change as a holiday. ", " They had frequent\nvisitors; there seemed to be always a kind of lunch in progress, and as\nI sat alone of an evening I could often hear laughter from the kitchen;\nand at last, unable to bear the solitude, I used to go into the study\nand sit down and stare at Mr Rowle.", "\n\nIt was not cheerful, even there, for Mr Rowle used to sit and stare at\nme. ", " We rarely spoke. ", " Still, it was company, and the old man did\nsometimes give me a nod, and say, in allusion to a burst of mirth from\nthe kitchen--\n\n\"They're keeping the game alive, young un?\"", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER TWO.", "\n\nMR ROWLE AND I BECOME FRIENDS.", "\n\nAs I have said, in the days that followed, I used, when feeling very\nlonely, to go and sit and stare at Mr Rowle and he at me. ", " Few words\nwere spoken, but quite a friendship sprang up between us, and by degrees\nI learned what his position really was--that of man in possession,\nplaced there by Mr Blakeford.", "\n\nMr Rowle was not an active busy man, but somehow he had a way with him\nthat seemed to take charge of everything in the house. ", " I verily believe\nthat in a few moments he made a mental inventory of the contents of the\nroom, and he quite offended Jane one morning by ringing the blue-room\nbell.", "\n\nI was with him at the time, and after the ring had been twice repeated,\nJane came bouncing upstairs, and, quite ignoring the presence of Mr\nRowle, addressed herself sharply to me.", "\n\n\"I'm surprised at you, Master Antony, ringing the bells like that,\nknowing how busy I am. ", " Whatever do you want?\"", "\n\n\"It was me as rung, Jane, my dear,\" said Mr Rowle. ", " \"What's gone of\nthose two little chayney candlesticks off this table?\"", "\n\n\"I've took 'em down to clean, Master Antony, if you must know,\" said\nJane, addressing me spitefully. ", " \"You don't suppose as I've took them\naway?\"", "\n\nShe looked at me angrily, while I felt as if I had been accusing her\nunjustly.", "\n\n\"Oh no, my dear, of course not!\" ", "said Mr Rowle. ", " \"You're too highly\nrespectable a girl to do such a thing; but where I was once there was a\nhousemaid as stole a little bronze pen-tray out of the study, and she\nwas found out about it, and given into custody of the police, and got\nthree months.\"", "\n\nJane looked fiercely at him and whisked out of the room.", "\n\n\"Please, Mr Rowle,\" I said, \"the little pen-tray that mamma gave poor\npapa has--has--\"\n\nI could say no more, for the recollection of that birthday present,\ntowards which I had subscribed some of my pocket-money, caused such a\nchoking sensation that I was ready to break down once more, and I had to\nstrive hard to keep it back.", "\n\n\"Gone out of the study, young un? ", " Oh no, not it. ", " You fancy as it has.\"", "\n\n\"I'm sure it has gone, sir,\" I said eagerly. ", " \"I was looking for it\nyesterday.\"", "\n\n\"Ah, well, you'll see when we get downstairs,\" said Mr Rowle, and he\nwent on from room to room, always sending a few puffs of smoke into\neach, till we went downstairs, meeting Jane on the way, looking very hot\nand indignant as she carried up the little china candlesticks, and sure\nenough, to my great surprise, on entering the study, there was the\npen-tray in its familiar place.", "\n\n\"There; what did I tell you?\" ", "said Mr Rowle, laughing. ", " \"It was\nunderneath some papers, or p'raps Jane took it down to give it a rub or\ntwo.\"", "\n\n\"That must have been it, sir,\" I said; and I went out to have a walk\nround the garden. ", " But somehow everything looked so different: the grass\nhad not been cut for days, the beds were rapidly growing weedy, and the\nflowers and fruit looked so different, or seemed to look so different,\nthat I was glad to go back into the house, where I found another\nstranger, a little dapper, red-faced man, who nodded to me familiarly,\nand then resumed a conversation with Mr Rowle.", "\n\n\"My clerk will be here directly,\" I heard him say, \"and we'll soon run\nover the inventory.\"", "\n\n\"The sooner the better, I say, Mr Jevins, sir,\" said Mr Rowle, \"and\nthen we shall know what we're at.\"", "\n\n\"You don't mean--\" began the newcomer.", "\n\n\"No, sir, I don't, because I've had too sharp a hye on 'em; but there's\none young lady here as wouldn't take nothing out of her reach, and if I\nwas Mr Blakeford I'd make a clean sweep out, and the sooner the\nbetter.\"", "\n\nThe little man drew a silver pencil-case out of his pocket, slid out a\npen, and then, taking a little ink-bottle from another pocket, he took\nout the cork and balanced it on the top of a china figure; then,\nsecuring the ink-bottle to one of the buttons of his coat by a little\nloop, he pulled out a long pocket-book, drew from it an elastic band\nwith a snap, opened it, and fastened the leaves back with the band, just\nas a tall, gaunt, elderly man came in with a pen behind one ear, a\npencil behind the other, making him look in profile like some peculiar\nkind of horned snail.", "\n\nI watched their acts with boyish interest as they proceeded methodically\nto set down the contents of room after room, punching the chairs,\nturning up the settees, feeling the curtains, and tapping the mirrors,\ntill at the end of the second day, all being done, they closed their\nbooks with a snap, nodded to me, and after a short chat with Mr Rowle\ntook their departure.", "\n\n\"Sale's on Toosday week,\" said that gentleman as I looked at him\ninquiringly. ", " \"What's going to be done o' you?\"", "\n\n\"Done with me?\" ", " I said.", "\n\n\"Yes; where are you going to be?\"", "\n\n\"I'm going to stop here,\" I said.", "\n\n\"That can't be, anyhow, young un. ", " Haven't you got any friends?\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" I said; \"there's Dick Wilmot, but he's at school.\"", "\n\n\"I say, young un, what a precious innocent you are! ", " Haven't you never\nbeen away at school?\"", "\n\n\"No, sir.\"", "\n\n\"Where have you been, then?\"", "\n\n\"Here at home with papa and mamma.\"", "\n\n\"Lor', what a shame, to be sure! ", " Why, you don't seem to know nothin'.\"", "\n\n\"Indeed I do,\" I said indignantly. ", " \"I can read, and write, and cipher,\nand I know a little botany, and Latin, and French, and papa was teaching\nme the violin.\"", "\n\n\"What, the fiddle? ", " Well, that may be some use to you; but as for\nt'others, bah! ", " I never found the want of any on 'em. ", " How old are you?\"", "\n\n\"Just turned eleven, sir.\"", "\n\n\"'Leven, and bless your 'art, young un, you're about as innocent as a\nbaby.\"", "\n\n\"If you please, sir, I'm very sorry.\"", "\n\n\"Sorry? ", " So am I. Why, up in London I've seen boys of 'leven as was\nreglar old men, and know'd a'most everything. ", " Lookye here, young un,\ndon't you know as your poor guv'nor died ever so much in debt through\nsome bank breaking?\"", "\n\n\"I heard poor papa say that the bank had shut its doors.\"", "\n\n\"That's right,\" said Mr Rowle, nodding. ", " \"Well, young un; and don't you\nknow what that means for you?\"", "\n\n\"No, sir,\" I said.", "\n\n\"Phew?\" ", "replied, Mr Rowle, whistling; \"well, p'raps it's kindest to\ntell you, after all. ", " Why, look here, young un, this place, with every\nstick in it, is going to be sold up--plate, linen, furniture, chayney,\nglass, and the house and all, and you'll have to go to some of your\nfriends, unless Mr Blakeford's got his plans made for you.\"", "\n\n\"Please, sir, I don't think I've got any friends to go to,\" I said; \"I\nthought I was going to stay at home--at least, I hoped so,\" I added\ndespondently.", "\n\n\"It's a rum go,\" muttered Mr Rowle, as he raised his hat with one hand\nand re-arranged his hair with the stem of his pipe. ", " \"Ah, well, I s'pose\nI've no call to be putting things into your head, only I should like to\nsee you not quite so innocent, and better able to look after yourself.\"", "\n\nMr Rowle and I had many such conversations during the interval before\nthe sale, in all of which he was so much troubled by what he called my\ninnocence, that I began to look upon my ignorance of the world as\nsomething approaching a crime. ", " I saw no more of Mr Blakeford or my\nuncle, and the days glided slowly by till just before the sale, when the\nservants came upon me one evening in the dining-room, to announce that\nthey were going, and to say \"good-bye.\"", "\n\n\"Going?\" ", " I said; \"what, all?\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" said cook sharply, and I think there was a twinkle of moisture in\nher eyes; \"yes, Master Antony, we're all going, and we've come to say\ngood-bye.\"", "\n\nI believe that cook would have taken me in her arms and hugged me in\ngood motherly fashion, but for the third person. ", " As it was, she shook\nhands very warmly and looked tenderly at me for a moment--not more--for\nher soul seemed to be aroused within her at the presence of Mr Rowle,\nat whom she darted the most furious of glances, an example followed by\nthe other two maids; and then we were alone.", "\n\n\"Bless 'em!\" ", "said Mr Rowle, taking his pipe for a moment from his lips,\nand then going on smoking.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER THREE.", "\n\nMR BLAKEFORD SHOWS HIS TEETH.", "\n\nThe morning of the sale arrived, and still no one took any notice of me.", "\nI had stood by in a melancholy fashion, and seen little tickets pasted\nor tied upon the various articles of furniture; the stair rods done up\nin bundles and the carpets in rolls. ", " The chimney ornaments seemed to be\nholding a meeting in a corner of the sideboard recess, presided over by\na bronze Neptune; and apparently deceived by the reflection of the\nsunshine, the steel fender had settled itself calmly on a table before\nthe tall pier-glass as if it were a fire; the pictures looked down in\nthe most melancholy way from the walls at the doleful chaos of\nfurniture, all except one of her Majesty the Queen, and that seemed to\nfollow me in a sorrowful, pitying fashion that made me gaze up at it\nagain and again.", "\n\nWearied with wandering from room to room--all dust and confusion now--I\nturned to go upstairs. ", " As I did so I passed the study, whose door was\nwide open, with Mr Rowle in the easy-chair smoking away, his hat on,\nand the wretchedness of the place with its piled-up bundles of books\nseeming to have no effect upon him whatever.", "\n\nUpstairs matters appeared even worse, though it struck me that the rooms\nwere not so dusty. ", " After the \"view\" on the previous day the\nauctioneer's men had arranged the things so that they would be handy for\ntaking downstairs, and the grotesque positions they were now in\nsuggested endless ideas. ", " Pairs of sheets and blankets hung from pegs\nlike so many culprits; towel-horses stood upon their heads, while chairs\ndid acrobatic tricks, one at the bottom sustaining four or five piled up\nin a state of equilibrium; the tooth-brush trays all seemed to have been\nfrightened into taking refuge in the ewers; while the bedsteads and\ntoilet-tables appeared to think the place so dirty and untidy that they\nwere holding up their trailing garments to keep them from being soiled.", "\n\nOn the previous day I had taken refuge in my favourite haunt, the\nsummer-house, till the strangers had gone, and now, hearing the\nauctioneer's men below, I was hurriedly taking a farewell glance round\nbefore once more making my retreat.", "\n\nI had heard footsteps on the stairs, and supposed it to be one of the\nowners of the carpet-caps and aprons that lay tucked in a corner, when\nsuddenly passing out of one of the bedrooms into the passage I came face\nto face with Mr Blakeford.", "\n\n\"Oh! ", "you're there, are you?\" ", "he said, in quite an ill-used tone, as if\nhe had been hunting for me for days. ", " \"Why, where have you been hiding\nyourself?\"", "\n\n\"Please, sir, I've been here all the time.\"", "\n\n\"It's false, sir. ", " How dare you tell me such a lie! ", " I was hunting for\nyou all day yesterday and you were not here. ", " I supposed you had run\naway.\"", "\n\n\"If you please, sir,\" I said, \"I was in the summer-house--indeed!\"", "\n\n\"Then how dare you tell me, sir, that you were here! ", " Now look here,\nMaster Antony Grace; don't you try to trifle with me, for I'm not the\nman to be played with. ", " You've been allowed to grow up in sloth,\nignorance, and idleness; and now that out of pure charity I am going to\ntake you into my office, you had better try to make yourself of some\nuse, unless you want to be turned adrift and starved;\" and he bent down\nand shook his finger in my face.", "\n\n\"Come to your office, sir?\" ", " I cried, wondering.", "\n\n\"Come to my office, sir, yes,\" he snarled. ", " \"What else were you going to\ndo? ", " Did you think you were going to spend your life sticking pins\nthrough butterflies and running about picking buttercups and daisies, as\nyou did with your defrauding scoundrel of a father?\"", "\n\n\"How dare you say that!\" ", " I cried, as a fierce burst of passion swept\nover me at hearing him speak thus of my poor dead father.", "\n\nI have some recollection of rushing at him with clenched fists, and\nbeing caught roughly by a strong hand, of being shaken, my ears sharply\nboxed, and of being then thrown panting, sobbing, and half heart-broken\nupon the floor, as Mr Blakeford stood over me.", "\n\n\"That's your temper, is it, you young dog?\" ", "he cried; \"but I'll soon\ntame that down. ", " What, am I to lose thousands of pounds by your cheating\nscoundrel of a father, and then, when to save his wretched brat from\nstarvation I have arranged to give him a home, I am to have him turn and\nrend me? ", " But I'll soon cure all that, my fine fellow. ", " You've got the\nwrong man to deal with, and it was quite time your career of spoiled\nchild was over.\"", "\n\nHe turned and left the room, and after crouching there sobbing for a few\nminutes, I got up in a stunned, hopeless way, brushed the dust off my\nclothes, and as I turned I caught a glimpse of my hot red face and wet\neyes in the glass.", "\n\nI was hastily removing the traces of the childish tears when I smelt the\npungent odour of tobacco, and my first impulse was to run away and hide;\nbut there was no way of escape, and I had to turn round and face Mr\nRowle, who stood smoking in the doorway.", "\n\n\"What's he been leathering you for?\" ", "he said, without removing his pipe.", "\n\n\"I--I struck him!\" ", " I panted out, trembling with shame and indignation.", "\n\n\"You? ", " You hit Lawyer Blakeford?\" ", "he said, with a broad grin\noverspreading his face. ", " \"Come, I like that. ", " I didn't think there was\nso much stuff in you.\"", "\n\n\"He--he--said false things about my poor dead father,\" I faltered.", "\n\n\"And you tried to punch his head for it, young 'un; and serve him right,\nthat's what I say. ", " Never mind: cheer up, young un; you'll grow a man\nsome day, see if you don't. ", " But, I say, look here, where are you going\nto stay? ", " The house'll be full of people directly.\"", "\n\n\"I'm--I'm to go to Mr Blakeford--to his office, he says.\"", "\n\n\"Whee-ew!\" ", "whistled Mr Rowle. ", " \"That's it, is it? ", " Your guv'nor owed\nhim money, eh, and he's going to take it out of you? ", " I say, young un,\nyou're in for it.\"", "\n\n\"Am I, sir?\" ", " I said, in a dull, despairing way, for I understood by his\nwords that my future was not to be a very pleasant one, but just then I\nheard Mr Blakeford's voice below, and Mr Rowle gave me a friendly nod\nand turned away, while I stood listening, expecting to be called.", "\n\nI can recall those feelings that came over me to this day--shame,\nmortification, wounded pride, misery, and despair. ", " What was to become\nof me? ", " How could I ever live with a man who spoke so cruelly of one who\nhad always been so firm and yet so gentle with me? ", " No mother, no\nfather, no one to say one kind and encouraging word to me but that poor\nrough man in possession, towards whom in those hours of misery my young\nheart went out with all its passion of childlike affection.", "\n\nI was half stunned. ", " Had I been so idle and spoiled a boy? ", " I did not\nknow, only that I had been very happy--that every lesson had been a\npleasure, and those summer-day entomological and botanical rambles with\nmy father times of joy and delight. ", " It was all a puzzle, too, about my\nfather and Mr Blakeford and their money matters, and of course I was\ntoo young to comprehend the legal instruments which empowered the\nsolicitor to take possession of everything of which my father died\npossessed.", "\n\nThe entry of one of the porters made me creep hurriedly away, and going\ndownstairs, I found room after room filling with the people coming to\nthe sale, with the result that I crept into the garden and down the old\nlaurel walk to the little summer-house at the bottom, where I shut\nmyself in to lean my head against my arm and try to check the miserable\ntears that would come.", "\n\nIt was very weak and girlish, but I was only eleven, and during the past\nfew days there had been so much to give me pain. ", " I was heartily ashamed\nof my weakness, feeling all the time a kind of instinct that I ought to\nbe more manly, and trying hard to become so, though now I can smile at\nthe thought of the little, slight boy of eleven battling with his\nnatural emotions, and striving to school them to his will.", "\n\nIt was very quiet and lonely down there, and in a few minutes I felt\ncalmer and better, seating myself and wondering whether I ought not to\ngo up and look for Mr Blakeford, as I watched the robin--an old friend\nof mine--hopping about amongst the twigs.", "\n\nPerhaps it was a foolish idea. ", " But it seemed to me then as if that\nbird, as it gazed at me with its large round eyes, could feel for my\nsorrow, and I felt a kind of envy of the little thing's freedom from\npain and care.", "\n\nWhile I sat there thinking in my despondent way, the low humming of\nvoices up at the house came to me, and now and then I could hear steps\non the gravel paths, but that leading up to the summer-house was of\nshort turf, so that I was suddenly surprised by hearing a fresh young\nvoice exclaim:\n\n\"Oh, look here, mamma! ", " What a nice summer-house!\"", "\n\n\"Yes, my dear,\" said some one, in cold, harsh tones. ", " \"The Graces knew\npretty well how to take care of themselves. ", " I haven't patience with\nsuch ways.\"", "\n\nI jumped up angrily to go away, but I was too late, for the door opened\nsuddenly, and I was face to face with a young girl of about my own age,\nand a tall thin lady, with a careworn, ill-used expression of\ncountenance; and as she seemed to know who I was, she caught the girl's\narm and gave her a snatch, exclaiming:\n\n\"Come away, Hetty; it's young Grace.\"", "\n\nThe girl took her eyes unwillingly from mine, and as she accompanied the\nlady away, she turned round once, and I fancied I read in her looks\nsorrow for my position, and a desire to come and lay her little hand in\nmine.", "\n\nI sat all through that dreary day alone, and getting faint and hungry--\nthough my memories of my encounter with Mr Blakeford kept me from\nthinking much about the latter, and it must have been nearly five\no'clock when the door once more opened, and Mr Rowle stood there,\nholding a bundle tied up in a red handkerchief in one hand; his pipe in\nthe other.", "\n\n\"Why, here you are then, young 'un,\" he said. ", " \"I thought old Blakeford\nhad carried you off. ", " Lookye here! ", "you're just right. ", " I'm going to have\na bit of wittles down here in peace, and you'll join in.\"", "\n\nAs he unfastened the bundle handkerchief and displayed a pork pie and a\nsmall loaf, he took a couple of table-knives from his tail-pocket.", "\n\n\"Borrowed,\" he said, holding them up. ", " \"They're a part of lot hundred\nand forty-seven. ", " Stop a moment, let's make sure.\"", "\n\nOne hand dived into the breast-pocket of his old coat to bring out a\ndirty catalogue, leaf after leaf of which he turned over, and then,\nrunning a dirty thumb down one page he read out:\n\n\"Lot hundred and forty-seven: sixteen black--No, that ain't it. ", " Here it\nis, young 'un. ", " Lot hundred and fifty-seven: two dozen and seven ivory\nbalance-handle knives. ", " Them's them, and they won't be none the worse\nfor my using on 'em.\"", "\n\nMr Rowle's intentions were most friendly, but I could hardly eat a\nmouthful, and I was sitting watching him making heavy onslaughts upon\nthe loaf when I heard Mr Blakeford's voice calling me, and I started\nup, feeling as if I must run away.", "\n\n\"What are you up to?\" ", "said Mr Rowle, with his mouth full.", "\n\n\"Let me go,\" I cried excitedly. ", " \"Let me run somewhere.\"", "\n\n\"Gammon! ", " Why, what for? ", " You go out like a man and meet him, and if he\ngives it to you again, why, there, if I was you I'd take it like a man,\nthat I would.\"", "\n\nI hesitated for a moment, and then took my rough friend's advice by\ngoing out into the garden, where I found Mr Blakeford with a black bag\nin his hand.", "\n\n\"Take that,\" he said harshly, and threw the bag towards me.", "\n\nI was taken by surprise, caught at and dropped the bag, which burst\nopen, and a number of papers tied with red tape fell out.", "\n\n\"Bah! ", "you clumsy oaf,\" he exclaimed angrily. ", " \"There, pick them up.\"", "\n\nI hastily stooped, gathered them together, and tremblingly replaced the\npackets in the bag, and as soon as it was closed followed my new master\ntowards the gate, through which he passed to where a man was holding a\nthin pony attached to a shabby four-wheeled chaise.", "\n\n\"Jump up behind,\" he said; and I climbed into the back seat, while he\ntook the reins, got into the front, and fumbled in one pocket. ", " \"Here,\ncatch!\" ", "he cried to the man, as he gave the reins a shake. ", " The pony\nstarted off, and we had not gone a dozen yards before something hard hit\nme in the back, and turning sharply, I saw one of the big old-fashioned\npenny-pieces fall into the road, while the man who had thrown it after\nus was making a derisive gesture at Mr Blakeford, by which I concluded\nthat he was dissatisfied with the amount that had been given him.", "\n\n\"Sold badly, very badly,\" Mr Blakeford kept muttering, and at every\nword he gave the reins a jerk which made the pony throw up its head; and\nso he kept on muttering during our four-miles ride into the town, when\nhe drove into a little yard where a rough-looking man was waiting, threw\nhim the reins, and then turned to me.", "\n\n\"Jump down, and bring that bag.\"", "\n\nI jumped down, and as I did so leaped aside, for a large dog rushed out\nto the full extent of his chain and stood baying at me, till Mr\nBlakeford gave him a kick, and he disappeared into a kennel that had\nonce been green. ", " I followed the lawyer through a side door and into a\nblank-looking office cut in two by a wooden partition topped with little\nrails, over which hung old and new posting-bills, many of which papered\nthe wall, so that look which way I would my eye rested on, \"To be sold\nby auction,\" \"Estate,\" or \"Property,\" in big black letters.", "\n\nOn one side of the partition were a high double desk and a couple of\ntall stools; on the other some cocoa-nut matting, a table covered with\npapers, a number of shelves on which stood black-japanned boxes, each of\nwhich had upon it somebody's name or only initials in white letters,\nwith perhaps the word \"Exors.\" ", "after them; while on the chimney-piece\nwere a letter-weigher, two or three large ink-bottles, and a bundle of\nquill pens.", "\n\nIt was growing dusk, and Mr Blakeford struck a match and lit a gas-jet\nover the fireplace, just in front of a yellow-looking almanack; and now\nI could see that the place was one litter of papers, parchments, and\ndust, save at the end, which was occupied by a bookcase full of great\nvolumes all bound in leather about the colour of Mr Rowle's skin.", "\n\n\"Sit down there,\" he said shortly, and he pointed to one of the tall\nstools by the great desk; and as I climbed upon it he picked up the bag\nI had placed upon the desk, threw it upon the table, and walked out of\nthe place.", "\n\n\"Like a man--take it like a man,\" I said to myself as I recalled Mr\nRowle's words; and, pressing my teeth tightly and clenching my fists, I\nsat there fighting down the depressing feelings that came upon me in a\nflood, and wondering what I should have to do.", "\n\nMy musings were interrupted by the loud entry at the end of about half\nan hour of a cross-looking servant-girl, who banged a small tray\ncontaining a mug and a plate of bread and butter down before me.", "\n\n\"There's your tea,\" she said roughly; \"and look here, I'm not going to\nwait on you. ", " Bring the mug to the kitchen when you've done, and you'll\nhave to fetch it in future.\"", "\n\nI looked up at her very wistfully as she scowled at me, but I did not\nspeak.", "\n\n\"Sulky, eh?\" ", "she said. ", " \"You'll soon get that taken out of you here, I\ncan tell you.\"", "\n\nWith these words she whisked herself out of the office, the swing-door\ncreaked dismally and banged behind her, and I was left to enjoy my meal.", "\n\nAt first I felt that I could not touch it, but I was faint and hungry,\nand after a few mouthfuls a boy's young healthy appetite asserted\nitself, and I drank all the mean thin tea and finished the bread and\nbutter.", "\n\nThen I remembered that I was to take the things back to the kitchen.", "\nWhere was the kitchen, and dare I leave that stool without Mr\nBlakeford's orders?", "\n\nI felt that I dare not, and therefore sat there patiently gazing about\nthe room, my eyes resting longest on those bills which told of sales of\nfurniture, as I wondered whether those who had belonged to the furniture\nhad died and left a son alone in the world, as I seemed to be just then.", "\n\nThere was a clock, I found, in one corner--an old Dutch clock--that\nticked away in a very silent, reserved fashion, giving further every\nhour a curious running-down noise, as if it were about to strike; but\nthough I watched it patiently as the minute-hand passed on, it never\nfulfilled the expectations given, but confined itself to its soft\nsubdued _tick, tick, tick, tick_, hour after hour.", "\n\nSeven, eight, nine, ten had been marked off by that clock, and still I\nsat there, waiting, and wondering whether I was to sleep there as well\nas to have my meals; and then I heard a door bang, the sound of a\nfootstep, and with a great tin candlestick in his hand Mr Blakeford\nentered the room.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER FOUR.", "\n\nI BECOME A LAWYER'S CLERK.", "\n\n\"This way!\" ", "he said abruptly, and there was a curious look in his face\nthat I could not understand. ", " \"Here, hold this,\" he cried, thrusting the\ncandlestick into my hand; and I held it trembling as he crossed\nunsteadily to the gas-jet, turned it down, and then strode out of the\noffice.", "\n\n\"There!\" ", "he said, opening a door, \"up there; and get down in good time.", "\nYou'll have to clean the boots and things.\"", "\n\n\"Up there\" was up a flight of steps which led into a low sloping-ceiled\nchamber that had been evidently meant for a lumber-room, but had now\nbeen fitted up with an old stump bedstead with a coloured counterpane, a\nlittle corner washstand with a cracked jug, a strip of carpet, and a\nthree-legged painted chest of drawers, which had gone down at one\ncorner, and left a corresponding leg slightly raised in the air.", "\n\nThe place was cold and miserable, chilling to a degree, but it was\nclean; and as I looked round I was surprised by seeing on a chair a heap\nof my clothes and a brush and comb.", "\n\nI had just finished looking round when I heard a noise below.", "\n\n\"You Antony!\" ", "shouted Mr Blakeford; \"mind you put that candle out\nsafely, and look sharp into bed.\"", "\n\nI obeyed by hastily undressing and putting out the candle to get quickly\ninto bed. ", " It was not to lie down, but, after once more battling with my\nweakness, to offer up the simple prayers I had been taught, and then,\nstill upon my knees, but with my head drooping on to the pillow, falling\nfast asleep.", "\n\nI awoke terribly depressed at daybreak, to listen to some noisy fowls\nclose by, and then I could hear that the rain was pattering heavily\ndown.", "\n\nOught I to get up then, or should I lie a little longer? ", " I could not\ntell, but I recollected Mr Blakeford's words, and as I did so the same\nwretched despondent feeling came over me as I thought of my\nhelplessness, and trembled, feeling sure I should give offence.", "\n\nThere are few people who thoroughly realise the sufferings of a tenderly\nnurtured, sensitive boy when first called upon to battle with the world\namongst unsympathising strangers. ", " He is only a boy in their eyes, and\nthey fail to give him credit for the same feelings as themselves, when\ntoo often he is far more finely strung, and suffers acutely from every\nunkind word and look. ", " The very act of going from home is distressing\nenough, but when it is supplemented by his finding himself forced to\nmake his first _essays_ in some uncongenial task to which his hands and\nthe brain that should guide are totally unaccustomed, a feeling of\ndespair often takes possession of his young spirit, and is accompanied\nby a hopeless despondency that is long before it wears away.", "\n\nI had had painful afflictions enough during the past weeks, so that I\nwas anything but well prepared for my new life. ", " Besides, I had been\nbadly fed, and the natural sinking caused by the want of proper food\nterribly augmented my sense of misery.", "\n\nThe rain pattered down on the slates and skylight, while the water ran\nalong the gutter and gurgled strangely in a pipe close to the corner\nwhere my bed was placed, as I lay wondering what I had better do. ", " The\noffice was below me, with its silent clock, but perhaps I should not be\ndoing right, I thought, if I got up and went down to see the time.", "\nPerhaps, too, the place might be locked up.", "\n\nI lay thinking in this undecided way till all my doubts were set aside,\nfor there was a loud continuous ringing just outside my door, one which\nwas kept up as if some angry person were sawing away at the wire with\nthe full intention of dragging it down.", "\n\nIt agonised me as I jumped out of bed and began hastily to dress, for I\nfelt as if it must be to rouse me up, and as if I had inadvertently been\nguilty of some lapse.", "\n\nThe bell stopped ringing as suddenly as it had begun, and with a feeling\nof relief I continued dressing, but only to start nervously as I heard\nMr Blakeford's voice at the foot of the stairs shouting my name.", "\n\n\"Do you hear that bell, sir?\" ", "he cried.", "\n\n\"Yes, sir.\"", "\n\n\"Then make haste down; don't be all the morning dressing.\"", "\n\nThen there was the loud banging of a door, and I hastily finished, and\nwent down cautiously, found the office door at the end of the dim\npassage, and was just going in when the sharp voice of the servant\narrested me.", "\n\n\"Here, you--what's your name?\" ", "she said harshly.", "\n\n\"Antony, ma'am.\"", "\n\n\"Ho! ", " Then, Mister Antony, missus says you're to make yourself useful.", "\nThey've pretty well worked the flesh off my bones since I've been here,\nso you must just help to put a little on.\"", "\n\nI looked at her in amazement, and she certainly was not at all\nprepossessing, being a tall raw-boned woman of some three or four and\ntwenty, in a hastily-put-on cotton dress, her hair rough and untidy, and\ndisplaying a general aspect of having spent as little time as possible\nupon her toilet.", "\n\n\"Now, then, don't stand staring like that!\" ", "she said. ", " \"Come along here,\nand fill this scuttle.\"", "\n\nShe led the way into the kitchen and pointed to a large coalscuttle,\nwhich I had to take and fill for her, after which she seemed to hesitate\nas to whether she should place the broom she held in my hands; but,\nprobably under the impression that it would save her no trouble, she\naltered her mind, and went and fetched a large pair of dirty Wellington\nboots, which she threw down upon the floor.", "\n\n\"There, go into that shed and clean them and your own too, and mind you\ndo 'em well,\" she cried. ", " \"He's a reg'lar wunner about his boots.\"", "\n\nMy experience in boot-cleaning consisted in having seen the groom at\nhome occasionally polish a pair, so I was no adept: but hastily setting\nto, I worked hard at the task, and succeeded indifferently well with the\nbig Wellingtons before bestowing the same pains upon my own shoes.", "\n\nI need hardly say that I was not very quick over my task, and so it\nhappened that when I returned to the kitchen the fire was brightly\nburning, the kettle boiling, and my new friend, or enemy, seated at her\nbreakfast.", "\n\n\"There, you can put 'em down,\" she said, with her mouth full of bread\nand butter. ", " \"And now you'd best go and wait in the orfice till he\ncomes. ", " You're too much of a gent, I s'pose, to have meals with me?\"", "\n\n\"I'm sure I don't know,\" I said, rather piteously.", "\n\n\"Don't you? ", " Well, then, I do. ", " You're to have your victuals in the\norfice, and I s'pose they'll send some out to you when they're done,\nseeing as you're took here out o' charity.\"", "\n\nI felt a red spot burn in each cheek at these words, but I said nothing,\nonly went sadly to the office, which looked terribly dim and gloomy in\nthe morning light. ", " The dust lay thick upon bill and parchment, and the\ndrab books with their red patches upon their backs I could see by this\nlight were old, discoloured, and worn.", "\n\nJudging from the appearance of the place, in spite of the ink marks and\nwell-stained blotting-paper, there was not much work carried on there,\nthough, of course, I could not judge that then. ", " All that struck me was\nthat the place looked most melancholy, and that a gloomy yew-tree that\nhalf shaded one window was heavily laden with drops of rain.", "\n\nSeeing my mug and plate upon the big desk, I remembered the words of the\nservant, and hastened to take them to the kitchen, where I was received\nwith a scowl, and hastened to retreat back to the office.", "\n\nI had been standing there about an hour, and had just noticed that the\nclock pointed to half-past eight, when I heard a light step behind me,\nand, turning round, there stood the girl I had seen in the garden at\nhome.", "\n\nHer bright, fresh young face was the first pleasant thing upon which my\neyes had rested since I came the night before, and as we stood gazing at\neach other it seemed to me that I could read sympathy and welcome in her\nfrank smile.", "\n\n\"Good-morning,\" she said quietly, and held out her hand, which I was in\nthe act of taking, when a wiry sharp voice cried loudly--\n\n\"Hetty! ", " Hetty! ", "where are you?\"", "\n\n\"Here, mamma,\" cried my visitor.", "\n\n\"Then you've no business there,\" cried the same voice; and the owner--to\nwit, the lady I had seen in the garden--came in. ", " \"Go back to the\nparlour directly, miss; and mind this, you are never to come in here at\nall.\"", "\n\nThe girl looked eagerly at me again, nodded, and tripped away, leaving a\nhopeful feeling behind that I could not explain.", "\n\n\"So you are young Grace,\" said the lady, whom I presumed to be Mrs\nBlakeford, and I gazed wonderingly at her pained wrinkled face and\nweak-looking, wandering eyes. ", " \"Mind this: you are to keep in the\noffice. ", " I won't have you in my rooms; and Mr Blakeford says you are\nnot to be in the kitchen on account of the neighbours' remarks. ", " I'm\nsure I don't know why we study people who never study us; and I'm\npinched enough for money now, without having you thrown on to my\nhousekeeping.\"", "\n\n\"Now then, what are you doing there?\" ", "cried Mr Blakeford harshly, as he\nentered in his slippers. ", " \"Go and make the tea; what do you want to\nbegin chattering to that boy for about our private affairs?\"", "\n\nMrs Blakeford muttered something about being always wrong, and turned\nto go.", "\n\n\"Always wrong? ", " Of course you are, when you will come meddling with what\ndon't concern you. ", " Now then,\" he cried, turning sharply round to me,\n\"what are you staring at? ", " Get a cloth and rub down that desk and table.", "\nCan't you see how dusty they are?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir,\" I said, for it was very evident. ", " \"Then why don't you go and\ndo it, blockhead?\"", "\n\nI started to perform the task in great alarm; but I had no duster, and\ndared not ask him. ", " Fortunately he was called away just then to his\nbreakfast; but he seemed to me to be there still, gazing at me with his\nkeen dark eyes, while his tightly closed thin lips seemed as if they\nwere about to be drawn aside to bite.", "\n\nAs soon as I was alone I stole into the kitchen to ask for a duster.", "\n\n\"Don't bother me; can't you see I'm making toast?\" ", "was my greeting.", "\n\nI could see she was making toast, and my attention was further called to\nit by the sharp ringing of a bell.", "\n\n\"Ah, ring away,\" said the woman, going on with her task. ", " \"You may ring\nthe bell down, and then I shan't come till the toast's done, do now\nthen!\"", "\n\n\"Please, Mary, is the--\"\n\nI turned upon hearing the pleasant little voice again, which stopped\nshort as I looked round, and our eyes met once more.", "\n\n\"No, Miss Hetty, my dear, the toast ain't done,\" said the woman more\nsoftly; \"and you may tell your ma that if she is in a hurry she must\nwait till her hurry's over.\"", "\n\n\"Don't be cross, Mary,\" said the child; and tripping across the kitchen,\nshe ran up to where the woman was kneeling before the fender, kissed her\ncheek, and tripped out again.", "\n\n\"They may thank her for it, that they may,\" grumbled Mary, as if\nspeaking to the fire, \"for if it wasn't for her I wouldn't stop a day\nlonger in their nasty, disagreeable old house. ", " There!\"", "\n\nThe toast was by this time done, and Mary was scraping away at a burnt\nspot, when the bell began to ring more violently than before, with the\nresult that, instead of running off with the toast, Mary deliberately\nplaced it upon the fender and went across to one of the dresser drawers,\nout of which she took a clean duster.", "\n\n\"Ring away!\" ", "she grumbled. ", " \"There's a duster for you, boy. ", " And look\nhere; you must be hungry. ", " Stop a minute and I'll cut you a slice. ", " Ah,\nring away! ", " You don't frighten me.\"", "\n\nTo my horror, she coolly spread thickly a slice of bread, cut it, and\nhanded it to me before buttering the toast with which she at last\ncrawled out of the kitchen, while I literally fled to the office, laid\nthe bread and butter on the desk, and stopped to listen.", "\n\nAt the end of half an hour the bell rang again, and soon after Mary came\nsulkily into the office with a mug of half-cold weak tea and some lumps,\nnot slices, of bread and butter. ", " These she thrust before me, and I was\nsadly making my breakfast when Mr Blakeford entered the place.", "\n\n\"Come, make haste!\" ", "he said sharply; and as I glanced up at him I read\nin his face that for some reason or another he had taken a great dislike\nto me. ", " I could not tell then, nor did I know for long afterwards, why\nthis was; but it grew more evident hour by hour that he hated the sight\nof my anxious young face, and that my sojourn with him was to be far\nfrom pleasant.", "\n\nHe took his seat at the table while I tried to finish my breakfast, but\nhis coming had completely taken away my appetite, and at the end of a\nfew minutes I hastened to take the mug and plate to the kitchen, and\nthen returned to the office.", "\n\n\"Now, sir,\" Mr Blakeford began, \"just look here. ", " Your father owed me a\nlarge sum of money when he died, and I have taken you on here quite out\nof compassion. ", " Do you hear?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir,\" I faltered.", "\n\n\"Well, you've got to learn to be of use to me as soon as you can. ", " You\ncan write, I suppose?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir--not very well,\" I faltered.", "\n\n\"Of course you can't. ", " No boy brought up as you have been, without going\nto a school, could be expected to write a decent hand. ", " But look here,\nyou'll have to try and write well; so take that paper to the desk and\ncopy it out in a neat round hand.\"", "\n\nI took the paper with trembling hands, climbed to the desk, spread the\nsheet of foolscap ready upon a big piece of blotting-paper, and took up\none of the pens before me.", "\n\nThose were the days before steel nibs had become common, and the pen I\ntook was a quill split up and spoiled.", "\n\nI took another and another, but they were all the same; and then,\nglancing at the inkstand, I found that it was dry.", "\n\nI hardly dared to do it, but he glanced up at me to see if I had begun,\nand I ventured to say that there was neither pen nor ink.", "\n\n\"Of course not, blockhead. ", " Get down and fetch some off the\nchimney-piece.\"", "\n\nI gladly obeyed; and then, resuming my seat, with the words on the paper\ndancing before my eyes, made my first essay as Mr Blakeford's clerk.", "\n\nThe writing before me was not very distinct, but I managed to decipher\nit pretty well, getting a little puzzled as to the meaning of \"ads.\" ", "and\n\"exors.,\" ", "with various other legal contractions, but after the first\nline or two going steadily on, for, bad as my education had been, I was\nable to write a boy's neat round hand, consequent upon often copying out\nlists for my father, or names to label the collections we made.", "\n\nI had been writing about half an hour, working away diligently enough,\nwhen I heard the chair on the other side of the partition scroop, and\nMr Blakeford came up behind me. ", " I fully expected a severe scolding or\na blow when he took up my sheet of foolscap and scanned it over, but he\nthrew it down before me again with a grunt.", "\n\nSoon afterwards he rose and went out, leaving me busy over my task,\nwriting till I grew giddy and my head began to ache.", "\n\nAbout the middle of the day Mary came in with some bread and meat; and\nabout six o'clock there was another mug of thin tea and some pieces of\nbread and butter. ", " Then the night came on, the gas was lighted, and I\nfinished my first day in what seemed to be, and really was, as I look\nback upon it now, little better than a prison.", "\n\nThe days crept slowly by as I took my place each morning at the desk,\nfinding always something fresh to copy in a neat round hand, and at this\nI patiently toiled on, with my old griefs growing more dull as a little\nhope began to arise that I might soon see little Hetty to speak to\nagain; but though from time to time I heard the voice and the sound of a\npiano upon which some one was industriously practising, she never came\nnear the office.", "\n\nMr Blakeford seemed as brutal to everyone in the house as he was to me.", "\nThe only person who did not seem afraid of him was Mary, and upon her\nhis angry scoldings had no effect whatever. ", " To me she was harsh and\nuncouth as on my first arrival, but, seeing that the amount given me for\nmy meals was disgracefully small, after the first week she did take care\nthat I had a sufficiency of food, although it only took one form.", "\n\nI remember upon one occasion, having to go to the kitchen door, and\nfinding her muttering angrily to herself, while upon seeing me she\nexclaimed:\n\n\"They've been going on about too much butter being used again. ", " Come\nhere!\"", "\n\nI went closer to her, and she hurried into the larder, and came out with\na roll of fresh butter and a new loaf, cutting off a thick piece and\nplastering it excessively with butter.", "\n\n\"There!\" ", "she exclaimed, \"you go back into the office, and don't you show\nyour face here again until you've eaten up every scrap of that. ", " I'll\nteach 'em to grumble about the butter.\"", "\n\nFrom that day forward Mary was always cutting me great slices of new\nbread and thickly spreading them with butter.", "\n\n\"There,\" she used to say ungraciously, \"I don't like boys, but they\nshan't half-starve you while I'm here.\"", "\n\nI was so moved by her unexpected kindness--for it really was done out of\ngoodness of heart--that, having become somewhat hardened to being a\nconfederate in this unlawful acquisition of provender, on one occasion I\nthrew my arms round her neck and kissed her.", "\n\n\"Why, you impudent young scamp, what d'yer mean?\" ", "she exclaimed, in\nastonishment.", "\n\n\"Please, Mary,\" I said, \"I didn't mean to be impudent; it was because\nyou were so good to me.\"", "\n\n\"Good? ", " Stuff!\" ", "she said roughly, \"I'm not good. ", " There, get along with\nyou, and don't you do that again.\"", "\n\nI certainly should have run a good chance of being half-starved but for\nMary and another friend.", "\n\nOne day when I opened my desk, I found just inside it a plate with an\nappetising piece of pudding therein, and concluded that it was Mary's\ndoing; but I could not be sure, for her benevolence always took the form\nof thick slices of bread and butter.", "\n\nThe next day there was a piece of cake; another day some apples;\nanother, a couple of tartlets; and at last I determined to hide and see\nwho was the donor of these presents, so welcome to a growing boy. ", " I had\nmade up my mind at last that they came from Hetty, and I was right; for\ngoing inside the large paper cupboard one day, instead of going out to\nfetch the newspaper according to custom, this being one of my new\nduties, I saw the office door gently open and Hetty's little head\npeering cautiously in. ", " Then, satisfied that no one was near, she ran\nlightly to the big desk; I heard it shut down hastily, and then there\nwas a quiet rustling noise, the office door closed and she was gone.", "\n\nThis went on regularly, and at last one day it occurred to me that I\nshould like to make her a present in return. ", " I had a few shillings, the\nremains of my pocket-money, and I turned over in my own mind what I\nshould give her. ", " Cakes or sweets I voted too trifling, a doll too\nchildish. ", " What should I buy then? ", " Suddenly I recollected that there\nwere in a window in the little town some pretty silver brooches formed\nlike a knot of twisted ribbon, and one of these I determined to buy.", "\n\nIt took three out of my five shillings; but it looked very pretty in its\nlittle box, reposing on pink cottonwool; and having secured it, I\nreturned to my copying at the desk, to think out how I could make my\ngift.", "\n\nNothing was more simple. ", " I wrapped up the little box neatly in a\nquarter-sheet of foolscap, sealed it with the office wax, and directed\nit in my best hand to \"Miss Hetty Blakeford. ", " From one who is very\ngrateful.\"", "\n\nI felt very conscious and excited as I finished and laid it in the\nbottom of the desk, just where the presents were always placed for me,\nand to my great delight, when I looked again there was a plate of tart\nwhich the poor child had saved from her own dinner, and the packet was\ngone.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER FIVE.", "\n\nMR BLAKEFORD SUFFERS, AND I CATCH THE ECHO.", "\n\nMy life at Mr Blakeford's knew but little change. ", " It was one regular\nmonotonous occupation--copy, copy, copy, from morning till night; and\nbut for stolen bits of reading I believe I should have gone melancholy\nmad. ", " I had no companions of my own age, no older friends to whom I\ncould confide my troubles or ask for advice. ", " Mr Blakeford was always\nstern and repellent; Mrs Blakeford, on the rare occasions when I\nencountered her, ill-used, and ready to say something about my being an\nextra expense. ", " Only at rare intervals did I see little Hetty, and then\nit would be in the street, when I had been sent to the post, to fetch\nstamps, or on some such errand. ", " Then I had a smile and a pleasant look\nto think about till our next encounter.", "\n\nA year glided by in this fashion, during which time, in spite of his\nconstant complaints, I must have grown very useful to Mr Blakeford, for\nmy handwriting was clear and firm, and I copied a great many documents\nin the course of the month.", "\n\nHe was as brutal to me as ever, and never lost an opportunity of abusing\nme for my being an incumbrance, or saying something which sent me\nmiserable to my room.", "\n\nMy tender point, and he knew it well enough, was an allusion to my\nfather's debt to him; and afterwards, when I went up wretched and\nlow-spirited to bed, I used to make a vow that some day or another I\nwould save enough money to pay him all my father owed, and so free his\nmemory from what the lawyer always told me was a disgrace.", "\n\nQuite eighteen months had elapsed, when it became evident to me that Mr\nBlakeford was in some trouble with one of his clients. ", " This latter, a\ntall florid-looking farmer, had, as I learned from what I heard of their\nconversation, borrowed money from my employer upon some security, with\nthe understanding that payment was not to be enforced so long as the\nheavy interest was provided for.", "\n\nMr Blakeford's business seemed to consist a great deal in\nmoney-lending, and every now and then my old acquaintance, Mr Rowle,\ncame to the office for instructions, and found time for a friendly chat.", "\n\nUpon this occasion I noticed that Mr Blakeford was very anxious about\nthe coming of some one to the office, and he spent a good deal of time\nin watching from one of the windows.", "\n\nHe was sternly examining a piece of copying that I had just finished,\nwhen there came three heavy knocks with a stick upon the outer door of\nthe office.", "\n\nMr Blakeford turned yellow, and, catching me by the arm, whispered--\n\n\"It's Mr Wooster. ", " Antony, say I'm not at home. ", " Say I've gone out.", "\nQuick.\"", "\n\nHe pushed me towards the door, and I went to open it just as there were\nthree more heavy knocks, and on drawing back the fastening, there stood\nMr Wooster, the stout, tall, farmer-looking man, scowling and angry.", "\n\n\"Where's Mr Blakeford?\" ", "he cried, catching me fiercely by the collar,\nand shaking a stout ash stick he carried.", "\n\n\"Please, sir--\" I began.", "\n\n\"It's a lie!\" ", "he roared; \"he's not out. ", " Didn't he tell you to say he\nwas out?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir,\" I faltered, and he strode straight in; and as I followed, I\nsaw him catch Mr Blakeford by the throat and pin him in his chair.", "\n\n\"Fetch the constable, Antony,\" cried Mr Blakeford. ", " \"Quick!\"", "\n\n\"Stop where you are, you young dog,\" roared the farmer, \"or I'll kill\nyou. ", " Now, you scoundrel, what do you mean by seizing my goods, by\nputting your rascally man in possession after promising me in this\noffice that you would never put me to any inconvenience?\"", "\n\n\"If you have any complaint to make against me, Mr Wooster, employ your\nsolicitor,\" cried Mr Blakeford hoarsely.", "\n\n\"Hang your solicitor and the whole crew, you scoundrelly serpent!\"", "\nroared the farmer. ", " \"You've ruined me, as you ruined that poor boy's\nfather, and a score more before him.\"", "\n\n\"Antony--a constable--help!\" ", "cried Mr Blakeford, for he was yellow and\ngreen with fear.", "\n\n\"If Antony Grace stirs, I'll crush him like I would a snail,\" cried the\nfarmer. ", " \"And now look here, you crawling snake; I trusted you because I\ndidn't believe any one could deliberately ruin another for the sake of a\nfew pounds.\"", "\n\n\"Mr Wooster, if you dare to strike me,\" cried the miserable coward, \"I\nshall proceed against you for assault.\"", "\n\n\"So you may,\" cried the farmer, with a bitter laugh; \"and as you've got\nevery penny I had, much good may it do you. ", " Look here, Blakeford; if I\nknew that I should be transported for life to Botany Bay for what I'm\ngoing to do, I'd do it now.\"", "\n\nAs he spoke, he spat in his hand, took a fresh grip of the ash stick,\nand, in spite or Mr Blakeford's cries for help and mercy, he thrashed\nhim till the stick broke in pieces; and then, taking him by the collar\nwith both hands, he shook him till he was tired, and ended by throwing\nhim back in his chair.", "\n\n\"There!\" ", "cried the farmer; \"now do your worst, you cheating scoundrel.", "\nI'm satisfied; go and satisfy yourself, and much good may the money you\nhave stolen from the poor, the fatherless, and the widow do you.\"", "\n\nAs he said this he strode out of the office and banged the door.", "\n\nI was half stunned with fear and horror, and I remember how thankful I\nfelt that I had seen Mrs Blakeford go out with Hetty half an hour\nbefore. ", " While the thrashing was going on Mary had opened the door and\nlooked in, but as if it were no business of hers, she had gone out\nagain, and I was left the sole spectator.", "\n\n\"Are you much hurt, sir?\" ", " I said in trembling tones as soon as we were\nalone.", "\n\n\"Yes,\" he whispered hoarsely, and showing his teeth, \"a good deal.\"", "\n\n\"Shall I get you something, sir?\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" he said, panting less hoarsely, \"fetch that leather case out of\nthe passage.\"", "\n\nI ran and fetched the heavy leather-covered box he meant, and placed it\nbeside him, watching him anxiously, to see if he were better.", "\n\n\"Now, fasten both the doors,\" he whispered, laying his hand upon his\nbreast to keep down the panting as he drew his breath more easily, and\nwiped the perspiration from his face.", "\n\nI obeyed him, and then returned to his side.", "\n\n\"Now unfasten that case, Antony,\" he said in quite a faint whisper; and\ngoing down on one knee I unbuckled a thick strap that was round it, and\nwas about to raise the lid, but it was locked.", "\n\n\"That will do,\" he said, suddenly changing his tone as he seized me by\nthe jacket collar with one hand, the strap with the other. ", " \"You young\nvillain!\" ", "he hissed; \"you dog! ", " Didn't I tell you to say I was out, and\nyou let that bully in? ", " I'll give you such a lesson as you will never\nforget.\"", "\n\nI was half stupefied as he raised the thick strap, and then brought it\nheavily down in blow after blow, cutting me all over the body, across\nthe face, hands, legs, anywhere, and causing the most intense pain. ", " I\nwrithed and twined and screamed out under the first few blows in my\nagony; then a feeling of blind passion came over me, and I caught at and\nstruggled with him for the possession of the strap, but in vain; for he\nkept me at bay with one hand and continued to beat me cruelly till I\nfell and then, placing one foot upon my chest, he beat me again till his\narm fell in weariness to his side.", "\n\n\"I'll teach you to mind me another time,\" he panted, as he gloated over\nme in his pitiful revenge for the beating he had himself received.", "\n\"I'll give you something to remember this day by;\" and, as I rose, he\nonce more began to strike me; but this time I caught at the strap and\nheld it with hands and teeth, twisting it round me and holding on while\nhe strove to drag it away.", "\n\nMy resistance seemed to half madden him as I still held on.", "\n\n\"Let go, you dog!\" ", "he roared, \"let go!\" ", "but I held on the more tightly;\nwhen, beside himself with rage, as a loud knocking came now at the inner\ndoor, he caught up a heavy office ruler from the table and struck me so\ncruel a blow across the head that I staggered backwards, and should have\nfallen to the floor if the door had not been dashed in and Mary caught\nme up.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER SIX.", "\n\nUNDER MARY'S MASK.", "\n\n\"You great coward!\" ", "she cried in a rage, as, sick, faint, and heavy, and\nseeing everything now as in a dream, I was lifted in her stout arms.", "\n\n\"Leave this room, woman!\" ", " I heard him say.", "\n\n\"Yes, and your house too, you wretch?\" ", "she retorted; and then I heard no\nmore till I seemed to wake in a heavy, dull, throbbing fashion in the\nkitchen, where some one seemed to be wetting my head with water smelling\nvery strongly of pickles.", "\n\nThe place looked as if it was early morning, and the walls, with the\ndresser, plates, and tureens, and the bright tin dish-covers, seemed to\nbe going round and round, but not regularly, for it was as if they went\nup and down in a wavy billowy way, and all the time I seemed to feel\nterribly sick.", "\n\n\"Oh, if I was a man!\" ", " I heard Mary mutter; and then more softly,\n\"There, don't you cry, Miss Hetty; he ain't killed. ", " It's left off\nbleeding now. ", " You go to your mar's work-basket and get me a strip of\nrag. ", " You ain't got any sticking-plaister, have you?\"", "\n\n\"I've got some black court-plaister, Mary.\"", "\n\n\"That'll do, chucky; go and get it. ", " Poor boy, he has had a beating!\"", "\nshe muttered as I heard Hetty's steps crossing the kitchen floor.", "\n\n\"I'm--I'm better now, Mary,\" I said faintly; and I tried to rise.", "\n\n\"No, you ain't better, neither; and you'll just lie quite still till\nyour head's done,\" said Mary, in her rough ungracious way. ", " \"You needn't\nbe afraid about him; he's gone to bed and sent for the doctor, because\nhe pretends he's so bad, and Mr Emmett the constable is upstairs with\nhim, about going to the magistrates and taking up Mr Wooster for\nbeating him; but he didn't say nothing about taking his self up for\nbeating you, a great ugly coward! ", " Oh! ", "here you are, are you?\"", "\n\n\"Here's some clean soft linen and the court-plaister,\" I heard Hetty say\nwith a sob.", "\n\n\"Where's your mar?\" ", "said Mary.", "\n\n\"Upstairs in papa's room.\"", "\n\n\"Ho?\" ", "ejaculated Mary, \"and I hope she'll stay there. ", " There, don't you\nbegin a-crying again. ", " Hold his hair back while I put this bit on.", "\nThere, it's not going to bleed any more, and you needn't get shuddering\nlike that at the sight of a little blood. ", " That's the way. ", " Poor boy, it\nwas enough to knock down a hox. ", " Never mind the wet hair; it's only\nvinegar and water. ", " That's the way; we'll soon strap it up. ", " I don't\nwant to hurt your feelings, Miss Hetty, but your par's a brute.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, Mary! ", " I won't stop in the kitchen if you say such things,\" cried\nHetty, stamping her little foot.", "\n\n\"Then you'd better go back into the parlour, my dear, for I shall say\nwhat I like in my own kitchen; so there now.\"", "\n\n\"It's very cruel and unkind of you, Mary.\"", "\n\n\"And it's very cruel and unkind of your par to keep this poor boy\nhalf-starved in that orfis.\"", "\n\n\"He did not, Mary. ", " I'm sure papa would not do such a thing.\"", "\n\n\"And that's why you go without half your dinner, and then take and put\nit in Antony's desk.\"", "\n\n\"Mary!\"", "\n\n\"Ah, you may Mary as long as you like, but I've seen you do it.\"", "\n\n\"Hush! ", "pray don't, Mary; he'll hear you.\"", "\n\n\"Not he, my dear. ", " Poor boy! ", "he's dropped off asleep, and the best thing\ntoo. ", " You're asleep, aren't you?\"", "\n\nI tried to answer \"No,\" but the faint deathly feeling came over me again\nas strongly as ever, and all seemed dark and silent once more.", "\n\nIt was getting dark when I awoke; for, from fainting, I must have lapsed\ninto a heavy sleep, the result of exhaustion and the shock. ", " My head\nached, and I was very stiff and in great pain as I tried to raise myself\nfrom the pillow which propped me up in the great Windsor chair. ", " Mary\nwas seated opposite to me, crooning some ditty in a low voice as she sat\nsewing, the needle clicking against her thimble as she thrust it through\nthe work.", "\n\nThe fire was burning brightly, the tea-things on the table, the pot on\nthe hob, and some buttered toast upon the fender.", "\n\nAs I was gazing at her, and noticing the play of the flames over her red\nand rugged countenance, she suddenly raised her eyes, gazed full at me,\nand the harsh repulsive look passed away as she showed a set of white\nteeth in a pleasant smile, and rose and came to me, bending down and\nlaying her hand upon my burning forehead.", "\n\n\"You won't want no doctor,\" she said; and to my utter astonishment she\nbent lower, kissed me, and then softly patted my cheek. ", " \"Poor boy,\" she\nsaid, \"it was a shame!\"", "\n\nI gazed up piteously and wildly, I believe, in her face, for it was so\nstrange. ", " She had always been so rough and harsh towards me, and her\nfrequent donations of bread and butter seemed to have been given to me\nmore out of spite to her employers than out of kindness to me; but now\nit was plain enough that under her rugged crust she possessed a true\nwoman's nature, and the ill-treatment I had received had completely made\nher my friend.", "\n\n\"I've been waiting all this time for you to wake and have tea,\" she\nsaid, placing the pot and the toast on the table. ", " \"Now then, see if you\ncan't sit up and have some.\"", "\n\n\"I couldn't drink any, thank you,\" I said faintly.", "\n\n\"Such stuff and nonsense! ", " It's quite fresh, and I've put in some extra\nas Miss Hetty give me. ", " Come now, sit up and try, there's a dear.\"", "\n\nI tried to sit up, but the pain was so great that I sank back, having\nhard work not to cry out; and seeing this, with a tenderness for which I\nshould not have given her credit, she gently raised me and backed the\npillows up, so as to support me; and then, finding that this was not\nsufficient, she ran out of the kitchen, to return in a few minutes,\ndoubling up what I knew was her best shawl, which she now formed into a\ncushion.", "\n\n\"There, now we shall do,\" she said cheerily; and, pouring out a cup of\ntea, she tasted and added milk till it was to her liking, and then held\nit to my lips.", "\n\nIt was like nectar, and I gave her a grateful look for that which seemed\nto impart new life to my bruised body.", "\n\n\"Now, you've got to eat some toast,\" she said, and I stared at her in\nwonder, for it seemed to be a new Mary upon whom I gazed.", "\n\n\"I couldn't eat a bit,\" I said helplessly.", "\n\n\"But you must,\" she said imperatively. ", " \"Now look here, you have had\nhardly anything since breakfast, and if you don't eat, you can't get\nwell.\"", "\n\nI took the toast she held to me, and managed to eat it. ", " That done, I\nhad another cup of tea, and the sickly faint feeling I had had every\ntime I moved seemed less overpowering; and at last I lay back there,\nlistening helplessly to Mary as she chatted to me and washed up the\ntea-things.", "\n\n\"Don't you trouble about them; they won't come in my kitchen. ", " He's ill\nin bed, or pretending to be, and the doctor says he ain't to move for a\nweek. ", " I hope he mayn't for a month--a brute! ", " I never see such a\ncowardly trick. ", " I wish my William had him. ", " He's going to have the law\nof Mr Wooster, so Mr Emmett the constable told me; and him and the\ndoctor'll make out a nice case between 'em, I know. ", " Pah! ", " I hate\nlawyers and doctors. ", " So you make yourself comfortable. ", " I'll be your\ndoctor, and if they ain't pretty civil to me, I'll be your lawyer, too,\nand go to the madgistrits, see if I don't. ", " If I was you I wouldn't stay\nwith 'em a minnit after I got well. ", " I shan't; I'm sick of 'em.\"", "\n\n\"I wish I could go, Mary,\" I said, \"but I don't want to go now you've\nbeen so kind.\"", "\n\n\"Kind! ", " Stuff! ", " It's only my way. ", " There ain't a better-tempered girl\nnowheres than I am; only when you come to live in a house where the\nmaster's a snarling, biting, growling hound, and the missus is a\nfault-finding, scolding, murmuring himidge, it's enough to put out a\nhartchangel. ", " But I say, if I was you, and could write such a lovely\nhand, I should send and tell my father and mother. ", " Oh, I am sorry,\ndear--I forgot about your poor father and mother. ", " But I would write and\ntell somebody.\"", "\n\nMary's allusion to my lovely handwriting was consequent upon my having\ncopied a letter for her to one Mr William Revitts, who was a policeman\nin London. ", " She had asked me to copy it for her, and direct it \"proper,\"\nbecause her hands were so dirty when she wrote that she was afraid he\nmight not be able to read it. ", " All the same, Mary's hands seemed to have\nbeen perfectly clean, though the probabilities were that the said Mr\nWilliam Revitts, \"mi one dere willim,\" would certainly not have been\nable to read the letter. ", " In fact, I broke down over the very beginning\nby mistaking \"one\" for the number, and had to be corrected, Mary having\nmeant to say _own_.", "\n\nHer allusion to my parents touched a tender chord, and my face worked as\nI recalled the happy times gone by. ", " \"I have nobody to write to,\" I said\nat last--\"only my uncle.\"", "\n\n\"Then I'd write and tell him, that I would.\"", "\n\n\"I am not quite sure where he lives,\" I said. ", " \"I never saw him till--\ntill he came to the funeral.\"", "\n\n\"But haven't you got nobody belonging to you--no friends at all?\"", "\n\n\"I think not,\" I said helplessly. ", " \"No one who would help me.\"", "\n\n\"Well, you are a one,\" said Mary, pausing in the act of wiping out the\ntea-tray after half filling it and pouring the dirty water off at one\ncorner. ", " \"Why, I've got no end o' people belonging to me; and if that\nbrute upstairs--as I wish he may ache bad for a week!--was to raise his\nhand against me, my William would be down and serve him worse than Mr\nWooster did, I can tell him--a wretch!\"", "\n\n\"Is that Mr William Revitts,\" I asked, \"the policeman?\"", "\n\n\"Yes; but he wouldn't come down here as a policeman, but as a gentleman,\nand he'd soon teach Mr Blakeford what he ought to--Yes! ", " What is it?\"", "\n\nThis was in answer to a shrill call for Mary in Mrs Blakeford's voice,\nand that lady came in immediately after, to Mary's great disgust.", "\n\n\"You must get hot water ready directly, Mary,\" she began in an ill-used\nway. ", " \"I'm sure _I_ don't know what I shall do. ", " He's very bad indeed.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, there's lots of hot water,\" said Mary shortly. ", " \"Biler's full, and\nkettle's full, and I'll put on the great black saucepan and light the\ncopper if you like.\"", "\n\nAs she spoke Mary seized the big poker, and began stoking and hammering\naway at the fire in a most vicious manner, as if determined to vent her\nspleen upon Mr Blakeford's coals.", "\n\n\"Your poor master's dreadfully bad,\" said Mrs Blakeford again, and she\nkept on looking at me in a way that seemed quite to indicate that I\nalone was to blame.", "\n\n\"Oh, yes, mum, I dessay he is, and so's other people too, and wuss. ", " I\ndessay he'll get better again if he don't die.\"", "\n\nMrs Blakeford stared at Mary in a half-terrified way, and backed to the\ndoor.", "\n\n\"You ring the bell when you want it, and I'll bring you a can of water\nupstairs,\" continued Mary ungraciously.", "\n\n\"And couldn't you help me a little in attending upon your master, Mary?\"", "\n\n\"No, I couldn't, mum,\" she said shortly, \"for I'm the worst nuss as ever\nwas; and besides, I've got my kitchen work to do; and if you wants a\nnuss, there's Mrs Jumfreys over the way would be glad to come, I\ndessay, only I ain't going to have her here in my kitchen.\"", "\n\nMrs Blakeford hastily backed out of the kitchen and retreated upstairs,\nwhile Mary's rough mask dropped off as soon as she had gone.", "\n\n\"I wasn't going to tell her as I nussed an invalid lady two years 'fore\nI came here,\" she said, smiling. ", " \"Besides, I didn't want to have\nnothing to do with him, for fear I should be tempted to give him his\nlotion 'stead of his physic, he aggravates me so. ", " Lotions is pison, you\nknow--outward happlication only.\"", "\n\nThat night I had a bed made up down in the kitchen, and passed a weary,\nfeverish time; but towards morning a pleasant feeling of drowsiness came\nover me. ", " I fell asleep to dream that I was at home once more, and all\nwas bright and sunshiny as I sat half asleep in the summer-house, when\nmy mother came and laid her hand upon my forehead, and I opened my eyes\nto find it was Mary, ready to ask me whether I was better; and though\nthe sweet, bright dream had gone, there was something very tender in the\neyes that looked in mine.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER SEVEN.", "\n\nDREAMS OF THE GREAT MAGNET.", "\n\nI was very stiff and sore, and there was a peculiar giddiness ready to\nassail me as soon as I moved, so Mary, in her double capacity of doctor\nand nurse, decided that I was not to attempt to walk about that day.", "\n\nThe consequence was that she made no scruple about dragging a little\ncouch out of the parlour into the kitchen, and after I was dressed,\nmaking me lie down near the fire.", "\n\n\"If they don't like it about the sofy, they must do the other thing,\"\nshe said, laughing. ", " \"I say, do you know what time it is?\"", "\n\n\"No,\" I replied.", "\n\n\"Half-past ten, and I've been waiting breakfast till you woke. ", " You\n_have_ had a sleep. ", " I wouldn't wake you, for I thought it would do you\ngood.\"", "\n\n\"I am better, a great deal,\" I said.", "\n\n\"Yes; so you are. ", " He ain't, or pretends he ain't. ", " Miss Hetty's been\ncatching it.\"", "\n\n\"Has she?\"", "\n\n\"Yes; for wanting to know about you. ", " Missus told her you were a wicked\nyoung wretch, and had half killed your master, and she was never to\nmention your name again.\"", "\n\nI was decidedly better, and in the course of the afternoon I got up and\nfound that the various objects had ceased to waltz around. ", " I made my\nway up to my bedroom, and for the first time had a look at myself in the\nglass, where I found that a sore feeling upon my face was caused by a\ncouple of black marks which crossed each other at a sharp angle, and\nthat high up above my temple, and just where the hair would cover it,\nthere was a patch of black court-plaister, which was placed across and\nacross in strips to cover a long and painful cut.", "\n\nThe days glided by; the weals on my face changed colour and began to\nfade, while the cut on my head grew less painful. ", " I was thrown a good\ndeal with Mary, for no work had been set me in the office, and Mr\nBlakeford kept his bed, being regularly attended by the doctor.", "\n\nI found--Mary being my informant--that there was to be quite a serious\ncase made of it, and Mrs Blakeford had told her that I was to be an\nimportant witness to the assault.", "\n\nA fortnight had passed; and as I sat alone day after day in the office\nthinking of a plan that had suggested itself to my mind, but fearing to\nput it into execution, I had two visitors who completely altered my\ncareer in life.", "\n\nThe first came one morning as I was writing a letter to my uncle--a\nletter destined never to reach him--in the shape of the big farmer, Mr\nWooster, who rapped sharply at the office door, and gazed sternly at me\nas I opened it and stood in the little passage.", "\n\n\"Where's Blakeford?\" ", "he said sharply.", "\n\n\"Ill in bed, sir,\" I said.", "\n\n\"It's a lie, you young rascal,\" he cried, catching me by the collar.", "\n\"Here, how old are you?\"", "\n\n\"Thirteen, sir.\"", "\n\n\"And you can tell lies like that, eh? ", "and without blushing?\"", "\n\n\"It is not a lie, sir,\" I said stoutly. ", " \"Mr Blakeford hasn't been down\nsince--since--\"\n\n\"I thrashed him, eh?\" ", "he said, laughing. ", " \"It was a good thrashing too,\neh, youngster? ", " But, hallo! ", "what's the matter with your head?\"", "\n\n\"A cut, sir.\"", "\n\n\"What! ", " Did you tumble down?\"", "\n\n\"No, sir. ", " It was done the day you--you beat Mr Blakeford.\"", "\n\n\"How?\"", "\n\nI was silent.", "\n\n\"He--he didn't dare to do it, did he?\"", "\n\nI was still silent.", "\n\n\"Look here, youngster, tell me the truth and I'll give you a shilling.\"", "\n\n\"I never told a lie yet, sir,\" I said stoutly, \"and I don't want your\nshilling.\"", "\n\nHe looked at me intently for a few moments, and then held out his hand.", "\n\"Shake hands,\" he said.", "\n\nI placed mine in his, and he squeezed it so that he hurt me, but I did\nnot flinch.", "\n\n\"I believe you, my lad. ", " You don't look like a lying sort, and I wish\nyou were out of this. ", " Now, tell me, did he make that cut on your head?\"", "\nI nodded. ", " \"What with?\"", "\n\n\"That ruler.\"", "\n\n\"Humph! ", " And what for?\"", "\n\n\"Because I let you in on that day.\"", "\n\n\"Hang him!\" ", "he cried, striding up and down the office, for he had walked\nstraight in, \"he's a bigger scoundrel than I thought him. ", " Now, look\nhere, my man, there's going to be an action, or a trial, or something,\nagainst me, and you'll be the principal witness. ", " Now, what are you\ngoing to do?\"", "\n\n\"Going to do, sir?\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" he said impatiently; \"you'll have to appear before the\nmagistrates, and you'll be asked all about my thrashing your master.", "\nWhat are you going to say?\"", "\n\n\"I shall tell them the truth, sir.\"", "\n\n\"No, you won't, my boy. ", " You'll say what Mr Blakeford tells you to\nsay.\"", "\n\n\"I shall tell the truth, sir,\" I said stoutly.", "\n\n\"Look here, my lad, if you tell the truth, that's all I want; if you\ndon't, you'll ruin me.\"", "\n\n\"I'm sure I shall tell the truth, sir,\" I said, colouring up and\nspeaking earnestly.", "\n\n\"You'll tell the magistrates, then, that I snatched up the poker and\nbeat Mr Blakeford with that, eh?\"", "\n\n\"No, sir, it was your walking-stick.\"", "\n\n\"Was it anything like that?\" ", "he said, holding out the one he carried.", "\n\n\"Yes, sir, just like it. ", " Here are the pieces, sir,\" I said; and I took\nthem out of my desk, where I had placed them.", "\n\n\"You're a brave boy,\" he cried, rubbing his hands; \"so they are. ", " Now\nlook here, my boy: Mr Blakeford says I assaulted him with the poker.", "\nJust you button those pieces of stick up in your socket--no, give them\nto me; I'll take them. ", " Now; when the day comes, and I ask you to tell\nthe truth about it, you speak out honestly, or, better still, go and\nhide yourself and never come near the court at all. ", " There's\nhalf-a-crown for you. ", " What, you won't take it! ", " Well, just as you like.", "\nGood-bye!\"", "\n\nHe shook hands with me again, and nodding in a friendly way, left the\noffice.", "\n\nHe had not been, gone more than an hour when there was another knock at\nthe door, and on opening it, I admitted Mr Rowle, who smiled at me as\nhe took off his hat and smoothed his thin streaky hair across his bald\nhead.", "\n\n\"Well, young un,\" he said, \"why, you're growing quite a man. ", " But what's\nthe matter with your forehead?\"", "\n\nI told him, and he gave a low, long whistle.", "\n\n\"I say, young un,\" he said, \"I dare say it ain't no business of mine,\nbut if I was you, I should look after another place. ", " Perhaps, though,\nhe wouldn't let you go.\"", "\n\n\"Mr Blakeford often says, Mr Rowle, that he wishes I was out of his\nsight.\"", "\n\n\"Gammon!\" ", "said my visitor; \"don't you believe him. ", " You do as you like;\nbut if I was a boy like you, I wouldn't stay here.\"", "\n\nI looked up at him guiltily, and he stared hard at me, as if reading my\nthoughts.", "\n\n\"Why, what's wrong?\" ", "he said; \"you look as red as a turkey cock!\"", "\n\n\"Please, Mr Rowle--but you won't tell Mr Blakeford?\"", "\n\n\"Tell Mr Blakeford? ", " Not I.\"\n\n\"I mean to go up to London, and try and find my uncle.\"", "\n\n\"Try and find him? ", " What, don't you know where he lives?\"", "\n\n\"No, sir.\"", "\n\n\"Humph! ", " London's a big place, you know.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir, but I dare say I could find him.\"", "\n\n\"What is he--a gentleman?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir, I think so.\"", "\n\n\"So don't I, my boy, or he'd never have left you in charge of old\nPouncewax. ", " But lookye here now; out with it! ", " What do you mean to do--\ngive notice to leave, or are you going to cut?\"", "\n\n\"Cut what, sir?\"", "\n\n\"Cut what! ", " Why, cut away--run up to London.\"", "\n\nI hesitated for a few moments and hung my head; then, looking up in my\nold friend's face, as he thrust his hand into his cuff--and I expected\nto see him draw his pipe--I felt that I had nothing to fear from him,\nand I spoke out.", "\n\n\"Please, Mr Rowle, I'm so unhappy here, that I was going to run away.\"", "\n\nHe caught me by the collar so sharply that I thought he was going to\npunish me; but it was only touring down his other hand with a sharp clap\nupon my shoulder.", "\n\n\"I'm glad of it, young un. ", " Run away, then, before he crushes all the\nhope and spirit out of you.\"", "\n\n\"Then you don't think it would be very wrong, sir?\"", "\n\n\"I think it would be very right, young un; and I hope if you find your\nuncle, he won't send you back. ", " If he wants to, don't come: but run away\nagain. ", " Look here; you'll want a friend in London. ", " Go and see my\nbrother.\"", "\n\n\"Your brother, sir?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, my brother Jabez. ", " You'll know him as soon as you see him; he's\njust like me. ", " How old do you think I am?\"", "\n\n\"I should think you're fifty, sir.\"", "\n\n\"Fifty-eight, young un; and so's Jabez. ", " There, you go and put his name\nand address down. ", " Fifty-eight he is, and I'm fifty-eight, so there's a\npair of us. ", " Now, then, write away: Mr Jabez Rowle, Ruddle and Lister.\"", "\n\n\"Mr Jabez Rowle,\" I said, writing it carefully down, \"Good. ", " Now Ruddle\nand Lister.\"", "\n\n\"Ruddle and Lister.\"", "\n\n\"Commercial printers.\"", "\n\n\"Com-mer-cial prin-ters.\"", "\n\n\"Short Street, Fetter Lane.\"", "\n\n\"Fetter Lane.\"", "\n\n\"And now let's look.\" ", " I handed him the scrap of paper.", "\n\n\"Why, it's lovely. ", " Copper-plate's nothing to it, young un. ", " There, you\ngo up and see him, and tell him you've come up to London to make your\nfortune, and he'll help you, I went up to London to make mine, young\nun.\"", "\n\n\"And did you make it, sir?\" ", " I said eagerly. ", " He looked down at his\nshabby clothes, smoothed his hair, and then, with a curious smile upon\nhis face--\n\n\"No, young un, I didn't make it. ", " I made something else instead.\"", "\n\n\"Did you, sir?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, young un--a mess of it. ", " Look here, I might have got on, but I\nlearned to drink like a fish. ", " Don't you. ", " Mind this: drink means going\ndownwards into the mud; leaving it alone means climbing up to the top of\nthe tree. ", " Bless your young heart, whatever you do, don't drink.\"", "\n\n\"No, sir,\" I said, \"I will not;\" but I did not appreciate his advice.", "\n\n\"There, you stick to that paper. ", " And now, how much money have you got?\"", "\n\n\"Money, sir?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, money. ", " London's a hundred miles away, and you can't walk.\"", "\n\n\"I think I could, sir.\"", "\n\n\"Well, try it; and ride when you're tired. ", " How much have you got?\"", "\n\nI took out my little blue silk purse, and counted in sixpences\nhalf-a-crown.", "\n\nHe looked at me for some few moments, and then stood thinking, as if\ntrying to make up his mind about something.", "\n\n\"I'll do it,\" he muttered. ", " \"Look here, young un, you and I are old\nfriends, ain't we?\"", "\n\n\"Oh, yes!\" ", " I said eagerly.", "\n\n\"Then I will do it,\" he said, and untying his neckerchief, he, to my\ngreat surprise, began to unroll it, to show me the two ends that were\nhidden in the folds. ", " \"For a rainy day,\" he said, \"and this is a rainy\nday for you. ", " Look here, young un; this is my purse. ", " Here's two\nhalf-sovs tied up in these two corners--that's one for you, and one for\nme.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, no, sir,\" I said, \"I'd rather not take it!\" ", "and I shrank away, for\nhe seemed so poor and shabby, that the idea troubled me.", "\n\n\"I don't care whether you'd rather or not,\" he said, untying one corner\nwith his teeth. ", " \"You take it, and some day when you've made your\nfortune, you give it me back--if so be as you find I haven't succeeded\nto my estate.\"", "\n\n\"Do you expect to come in for an estate some day, sir?\" ", " I said eagerly.", "\n\n\"Bless your young innocence, yes. ", " A piece of old mother earth, my boy,\nsix foot long, and two foot wide. ", " Just enough to bury me in.\"", "\n\nI understood him now, and a pang shot through me at the idea of another\none who had been kind to me dying. ", " He saw my look and nodded sadly.", "\n\n\"Yes, my lad, perhaps I shall be dead and gone long before then.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, sir, don't; it's so dreadful!\" ", " I said.", "\n\n\"No, no, my boy,\" he said quietly; and he patted my shoulder, as he\npressed the half-sovereign into my hand. ", " \"Not so dreadful as you think.", "\nIt sounds very awful to you youngsters, with the world before you, and\nall hope and brightness; but some day, please God you live long enough,\nyou'll begin to grow very tired, and then it will seem to you more like\ngoing to take a long rest. ", " But there, there, we won't talk like that.", "\nHere, give me that money back?\"", "\n\nI handed it to him, thinking that he had repented of what he had done,\nand he hastily rolled the other half-sovereign up, and re-tied his\nhandkerchief.", "\n\n\"Here,\" he said, \"stop a minute, and don't shut the door. ", " I shall soon\nbe back.\"", "\n\nHe hurried out, and in five minutes was back again to gaze at me\nsmiling.", "\n\n\"Stop a moment,\" he said, \"I must get sixpence out of another pocket. ", " I\nhad to buy an ounce o' 'bacco so as to get change. ", " Now, here you are--\nhold out your hand.\"", "\n\nI held it out unwillingly, and he counted eight shillings and four\nsixpences into it.", "\n\n\"That's ten,\" he said; \"it's better for you so. ", " Now you put some in one\npocket and some in another, and tie some up just the same as I have, and\nput a couple of shillings anywhere else you can; and mind and never show\nyour money, and never tell anybody how much you've got. ", " And mind this,\ntoo, when anybody asks you to give him something to drink, take him to\nthe pump. ", " That's all. ", " Stop. ", " Don't lose that address. ", " Gov'nor's not\ndown, I s'pose?\"", "\n\n\"No, sir,\" I said.", "\n\n\"All right then, I shan't stay. ", " Good-bye, young un. ", " When are you\ngoing?\"", "\n\n\"I'm not quite sure yet, sir.\"", "\n\n\"No? ", " Well, perhaps I shan't see you again. ", " Jabez Rowle, mind you.", "\nTell him all about yourself, mind, and--good-bye.\"", "\n\nHe trotted off, but came back directly, holding out his hand.", "\n\n\"God bless you, young un,\" he said huskily. ", " \"Good-bye.\"", "\n\nBefore I could speak again, the door closed sharply, and I was alone.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER EIGHT.", "\n\nI TAKE A BOLD STEP.", "\n\nMy head was in a whirl as soon as Mr Rowle had gone, and I sat at my\ndesk thinking over my project, for I had felt for days past that I could\nnot stay where I was--that I would sooner die; and night after night I\nhad lain awake thinking of the, to me, terrible step I proposed to take.", "\nMy life at Mr Blakeford's had been such a scene of misery and torture,\nthat I should have gone long enough before, had I dared. ", " Now that I had\ngrown older, and a little more confident, I had gradually nurtured the\nidea as my only hope, and the events of the past weeks had pretty well\nripened my scheme.", "\n\nAs I sat there, I laid my arms on the big desk, and my head down upon\nthem, trembling at my daring, as the idea took a far more positive shape\nthan ever; and now a feeling of reluctance to leave had come upon me.", "\nMary had been so kind; and then there was little Hetty, who had silently\nshown me so many tokens of her girlish goodwill.", "\n\nI felt as I sat there, with the money and address in my pocket, that I\nmust go now; and to act as a spur to my intentions, the words of Mr\nWooster came trooping across my memory.", "\n\nWould Mr Blakeford want me to go to the magistrates and say what was\nnot true?", "\n\nIn imagination, I saw his threatening dark face before me, and his thin\nlips just parting to display his white teeth in that doglike smile of\nhis, and I shuddered, as I felt how I feared him. ", " It would be horrible\nto be threatened till I promised to say what he wished, and to lie to\nthe magistrates with Mr Wooster's threatening face watching me the\nwhile.", "\n\nBut he would not ask me to tell a lie, I thought, and I could not run\naway. ", " Mary would never forgive me, and Hetty would think that I really\ndid cause her father to be so beaten. ", " No: I felt I could not go, and\nthat somehow I must get away from the house, go straight to Mr Rowle's\nlodgings, and give him back the money, which I had received upon such a\nfalse pretence.", "\n\nIt was all over. ", " I felt the idea of freeing myself from my wretched\nslavery was one that could never be carried out, and I must wait\npatiently and bear my miserable lot.", "\n\n_Crack_!", "\n\nI leaped up as if I had been shot, to see Mr Blakeford, in\ndressing-gown and slippers, his hair cut short, and looking very pale,\nstanding in the office, the ruler in his hand, with which he had just\nstruck the table and made me start.", "\n\n\"Asleep?\" ", "he said sharply.", "\n\n\"No, sir,\" I said, trembling as I looked at him over the partition.", "\n\"No, sir, I was not asleep.\"", "\n\n\"It's a lie, sir, you were asleep. ", " Come here.\"", "\n\nI descended from the stool, and opening the partition door, went slowly\ninto his part of the office, and stood by the table, his dark eyes\nseeming to pierce me through and through.", "\n\n\"Been worked so hard since I was ill, eh?\" ", "he said sneeringly.", "\n\n\"No, sir, I--\"\n\n\"Hold your tongue. ", " What's the matter with your head?\"", "\n\n\"My head, sir?\" ", " I stammered.", "\n\n\"Yes, that half-healed cut. ", " Oh, I remember, you fell down didn't you?\"", "\n\n\"Fell down, sir! ", " No, I--\"\n\n\"You fell down--pitched down--I remember, while climbing.\"", "\n\n\"No, sir, I--\"\n\n\"Look here, you dog,\" he hissed between his teeth; \"you fell down, do\nyou hear? ", "and cut your head when climbing. ", " Do you understand?\"", "\n\n\"No, sir, I--\"\n\n\"Once more, Antony Grace, listen to me. ", " If anyone asks you how you came\nby that cut, mind--you fell down when climbing--you fell down when\nclimbing. ", " If you forget that--\"\n\nHe did not finish, but seemed to hold me with his eye as he played with\nthe ruler and made it go up and down.", "\n\n\"Look here, my boy, you are my clerk, and you are to do exactly as I\ntell you. ", " Now, listen to me. ", " The day after to-morrow there is to be a\ncase of assault brought before the magistrates, and you will be sworn as\na witness. ", " You let Mr Wooster in--curse him!--and you saw him come up\nto my table where I was sitting, and make a demand for money.\"", "\n\n\"Please, sir, I did not hear him ask for money.\"", "\n\n\"You did, sir,\" he thundered; \"and you saw him strike me with his\nstick.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir, I saw him strike you,\" I cried hastily. ", " \"Oh, you did see\nthat, did you?\" ", "he said in sneering tones.", "\n\n\"Yes, sir.\"", "\n\n\"Did you see the stick break?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir,\" I said eagerly.", "\n\n\"Oh, come; I'm glad you can remember that. ", " Then he caught up the poker\nand beat me with it heavily across the body, till the poker was bent\nright round; and at last, when I was quite stunned and senseless, and\nwith the blood streaming from my lips, he left me half dead and went\naway.\"", "\n\nThere was a pause here, during which I could not take my eyes from his.", "\n\"You saw all that, didn't you?\"", "\n\n\"No, sir,\" I said, \"he did not take the poker.\"", "\n\n\"What?\"", "\n\n\"He did not take the poker, sir.\"", "\n\n\"Oh! ", "and he did not beat me with it till it was bent?\"", "\n\n\"No, sir.\"", "\n\n\"Go and fetch that poker,\" he said quietly; and I went trembling, and\npicked it up, to find it quite bent. ", " \"There, you see?\" ", "he said.", "\n\n\"Yes, sir, it is bent.\"", "\n\n\"Of course it is, Antony. ", " You don't remember that he struck me with it,\neh?\"", "\n\n\"No, sir,\" I said, trembling.", "\n\n\"Ah, I shall have to refresh your memory, my boy. ", " You remember, of\ncourse, about the blood?\"", "\n\n\"No, sir.\"", "\n\n\"What's that on the floor?\"", "\n\nI looked down at the place to which he pointed with the bent poker, and\nthere were some dark stains where I had fallen. ", " Then, raising my eyes\nto his again, I looked at him imploringly.", "\n\n\"I shall soon refresh your memory, Antony,\" he said, laughing silently,\nand looking at me so that I shivered again. ", " \"You will find, on sitting\ndown and thinking a little, that you recollect perfectly well how Mr\nWooster beat me cruelly with the poker, till it was bent like this, and\nleft me bleeding terribly on the office floor. ", " There, hold your tongue.", "\nYou'll recollect it all. ", " Sit down and try and remember it, there's a\ngood boy. ", " I'm better now, but I can't talk much. ", " Let me see, Antony,\nwhat time do you go to bed?\"", "\n\n\"Nine o'clock, sir,\" I faltered.", "\n\n\"Exactly. ", " Well, don't go to sleep, my boy. ", " I'll come up to you after\nyou are in bed, and see if you remember it any better. ", " Go back to your\ndesk.\"", "\n\nI crept back, watching him the while, as he stood balancing the poker in\nhis hand, and smiling at me in a way that made my blood turn cold.", "\nThen, throwing the poker back with a crash into the grate, he went out\nas silently as he had come, and I sat there thinking for quite two\nhours.", "\n\nAt the end of that time, I took a sheet of paper, and wrote upon it as\nwell as my wet trembling hands would let me--\n\n \"My dear Mary,--\n\n \"Please don't think me a very ungrateful boy, but I cannot, and I dare\n not, stay here any longer. ", " When you read this I shall be gone, never\n to come back any more. ", " Please tell Miss Hetty I shall never forget\n her kindness, and I shall never forget yours.", "\n\n \"I remain, your affectionate friend,--\n\n \"Antony Grace.", "\n\n \"P.S.--Some day, perhaps, we shall meet somewhere. ", " I am very unhappy,\n and I cannot write any more. ", " Mr Blakeford frightens me.\"", "\n\nThis letter I doubled and sealed up in the old fashion, and kept in my\npocket, meaning to post it, and at last, when I went into the kitchen to\ntea, I was half afraid to meet Mary. ", " She noticed my pale face, and I\ntold her the truth, that I had a bad headache, making it an excuse for\ngoing up to bed at eight o'clock, feeling as if the greatest event in my\nlife were about to take place, and shaking like a leaf.", "\n\nI felt that I had an hour to spare, and spent part of the time in making\na bundle of my best clothes and linen. ", " I tied up in a handkerchief,\ntoo, some thick slices of bread and butter, and some bread and meat that\nI had found that afternoon in my desk. ", " Then, as the night grew darker,\nI sat thinking and asking myself, after placing my bundles ready,\nwhether I should go at once, or wait till I heard Mr Blakeford coming.", "\n\nI had just decided to go at once, feeling that I dare not face Mr\nBlakeford again, when I heard his voice downstairs, and started up,\ntrembling in every limb.", "\n\n\"Where's that boy?\"", "\n\n\"Gone to bed,\" said Mary surlily. ", " Then I heard a door shut directly\nafter, and breathed more freely. ", " I felt that I must go at once, and\nstood in the middle of the room, shivering with nervous excitement, as I\nthought of the madness of the step I was about to undertake.", "\n\nA dozen times over I felt that I dare not go, till the recollection of\nMr Blakeford's dark threatening face and sneering smile gave me\nstrength, and made me call up the picture of myself before the\nmagistrates telling all I knew about the assault, of course not saying\nanything about the poker, or my employer's injuries; and then I began to\nthink about meeting him afterwards.", "\n\n\"He'll half kill me,\" I thought; and stopping at this, I nerved myself\nfor what I had to do, and putting on my cap, went to the door and\nlistened.", "\n\nI had spent so much time in indecision that the church clock was\nstriking ten, and I started as I thought of Mr Blakeford being already\nupon the stairs.", "\n\nFrom where I stood I could have seen the light shining out of the\nkitchen where Mary sat at work; but it was not there, and I knew that\nshe must have gone up to bed.", "\n\nIt now flashed upon me that this was why Mr Blakeford had been\nwaiting--he did not want Mary to interfere; and a cold chill came over\nme as I felt that he meant to beat me till I consented to say what he\nwished.", "\n\nThere was no time to lose, so, darting back, I caught up my two bundles,\ncrept to the door, descended the stairs on tiptoe, and felt my heart\nbeat violently at every creak the woodwork of the wretched steps gave.", "\n\nTwice over a noise in the house made me turn to run back, but as there\nwas silence once more, I crept down, and at last reached the mat in\nfront of the office door.", "\n\nAt the end of the passage was the parlour, where I knew Mr Blakeford\nwould be sitting, and as I looked towards it in the darkness, I could\nsee a faint glimmer of light beneath the door, and then heard Mr\nBlakeford cough slightly and move his chair.", "\n\nTurning hastily, I felt for the handle of the office door, which was\nhalf glass, with a black muslin blind over it, and moving the handle, I\nfound the door locked. ", " The key was in, though, and turning it, there\nwas a sharp crack as the bolt shot back, and then as I unclosed this\ndoor, I heard that of the parlour open, and a light shone down the\npassage.", "\n\n\"He's coming?\" ", " I said in despair; and for a moment, my heart failed me,\nso great an influence over me had this man obtained, and I stood as if\nnailed to the floor. ", " The next moment, though, with my heart beating so\npainfully that it was as if I was being suffocated, I glided into the\noffice and closed the door, holding it shut, without daring to let the\nhandle turn and the catch slip back.", "\n\nIf he came into the office, I was lost, and in imagination, I saw myself\nwith my cap on, and my bundles under my arm, standing trembling and\ndetected before him. ", " Trembling, indeed, as the light came nearer, and I\nsaw him dimly through the black blind approaching the office door.", "\n\nHe was coming into the office, and all was over! ", " Closer, closer he\ncame, till he was opposite the door, when he stopped short, as if\nlistening.", "\n\nHis face was not a yard from mine, and as I gazed at him through the\nblind, with starting eyes, seeing his evil-looking countenance lit up by\nthe chamber candlestick he carried, and the grim smile upon his lips, I\nfelt that he must hear me breathe.", "\n\nI was paralysed, for it seemed to me that his eyes were gazing straight\ninto mine--fascinating me as it were, where I stood.", "\n\nHe was only listening, though, and instead of coming straight into the\noffice, he turned off sharp to the left, and began to ascend the stairs\nleading to my bedroom.", "\n\nThere was not a moment to lose, but I was as if in a nightmare, and\ncould not stir, till, wrenching myself away, I darted across the office\nto the outer door, slipped the bolts, and turned the key with frantic\nhaste, just as his steps sounded overhead, and I heard him calling me by\nname.", "\n\nThe door stuck, and I could not get it open, and all the time I could\nhear him coming. ", " He ran across the room, every footstep seeming to come\ndown upon my head like lead. ", " He was descending the stairs, and still\nthat door stuck fast at the top.", "\n\nIn a despairing moment, I looked behind me to see the light shining in\nat the glass door as he descended, and then my hand glided to the top of\nthe door, and I found that I had not quite shot back the bolt.", "\n\nThe next moment it was free, the door open, and I was through; but,\nfeeling that he would catch me in the yard, I tore out the key, thrust\nit into the hole with trembling fingers, and as he dashed open the inner\ndoor I closed the one where I stood, and locked it from the outside.", "\n\nI had somehow held on to my bundles, and was about to run across the\nyard to the pump in the corner, place one foot upon the spout, and by\nthis means reach the top of the wall, when I stopped, paralysed once\nmore by the fierce barking of the dog.", "\n\nTo my horror I found that he was loose, for his hoarse growling came\nfrom quite another part of the yard to that where his kennel was fixed;\nand I stood outside the door, between two enemies, as a faint streak of\nlight shot out through the keyhole, playing strangely upon the bright\nhandle of the key.--\"Are you there, Antony? ", " Come back this moment, sir.", "\nUnlock this door.\"", "\n\nI did not answer, but stood fast, as the handle was tried and shaken\nagain and again.", "\n\n\"You scoundrel! ", "come back, or it will be worse for you. ", " Leo, Leo, Leo!\"", "\n\nThe dog answered the indistinctly heard voice with a sharp burst of\nbarking; and as the sound came nearer, I seemed to see the animal's\nheavy bull-head, and his sharp teeth about to be fixed in my throat.", "\n\nThe perspiration dripped from me, and in my horror I heard Mr Blakeford\nexclaim--\n\n\"You are there, you scoundrel, I know. ", " I heard you lock the door. ", " Come\nin directly, or I'll half kill you.\"", "\n\nMy hoarse breathing was the only sound I heard. ", " Then, directly after,\nthere were hasty steps crossing the office, and I knew he had gone round\nto reach the front.", "\n\nThere was not a moment to lose, and I was about to risk the dog's\nattack, sooner than face Mr Blakeford, when a thought struck me.", "\n\nI had the little bundle loosely tied up in a handkerchief, and in it the\nbread and meat.", "\n\nThis might quiet the dog; and with a courage I did not know I possessed,\nI hastily tore it open, and taking a couple of steps into the yard,\ncalled out, in a loud quick voice, \"Here, Leo, Leo!\" ", "throwing the bread\nand meat towards where I believed the dog to be.", "\n\nThere was a rush, a snarling whine, and the dog was close to me for the\nmoment. ", " The next, as I heard him in the darkness seize the meat, I was\nacross the yard, with one foot on the pump, and as I raised myself the\nfront door was flung open, and I heard Mr Blakeford rush out.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER NINE.", "\n\nON THE ROAD TO LONDON.", "\n\nAs Mr Blakeford ran down to the garden gate, I reached the top of the\nwall, from whence I should have dropped down, but that he was already\noutside, and would, I felt sure, have heard me. ", " If I had then run away,\nit seemed to me that it would be the easiest of tasks for him to pursue\nme, and hunt me down.", "\n\nIf I stayed where I was, I felt that he would see me against the sky,\nand I knew he would pass close by me directly to reach the yard doors,\nwhen, half in despair, I threw myself flat down, and lay as close as I\ncould, embracing the wall, and holding my bundle in my teeth.", "\n\nI heard him pass beneath the wall directly, and enter the yard by the\ngate, which he closed after him, before running up to the office door\nand unlocking it, allowing a stream of light to issue forth just across\nwhere the dog was peaceably eating my provender.", "\n\n\"Curse him, he has gone!\" ", " I heard Mr Blakeford mutter, and my blood\nran cold, as he made a hasty tour of the place. ", " \"I'll have him back if\nit costs me five hundred pounds,\" he snarled. ", " \"Antony, Antony! ", " Come\nhere, my boy, and I'll forgive you.\"", "\n\nHe stopped, listening, but of course I did not move; and then, in an\naccess of rage, he turned upon the dog.", "\n\n\"You beast, what are you eating there?\" ", "he roared. ", " \"Why didn't you\nseize him? ", " Take that!\"", "\n\nThere was a dull thud as of a heavy kick, a yelp, a whine, a snarl, and\nthen a dull worrying noise, as if the dog had flown at his master, who\nuttered a loud cry of pain, followed by one for help; but I waited to\nhear no more, for, trembling in every limb, I had grasped my bundle and\ndropped from the wall, when with the noise growing faint behind me I ran\nwith all my might in the direction of the London Road.", "\n\nHearing steps, though, coming towards me directly after, I stopped\nshort, and ran into a garden, cowering down amongst the shrubs, for I\nfelt certain that whoever it was in front would be in Mr Blakeford's\npay, and I waited some time after he had passed before continuing my\nflight.", "\n\nI ran on that night till there was a hot feeling of blood in my throat,\nand then I staggered up to, and leaned panting upon, a hedge by the\nroadside, listening for the sounds of pursuit. ", " A dog barking in the\ndistance sounded to me like Leo, and I felt sure that Mr Blakeford was\nin hot chase; then I stumbled slowly on, but not for any great distance,\nmy pace soon degenerating into a walk, till I regained my breath, when I\nran on again for a time, but at a steady trot now, for I had not since\nheard the barking of the dog. ", " Still I did not feel safe, knowing that\nat any moment Mr Blakeford might overtake me in his pony-chaise, when,\nunless I could escape by running off across country, I should be\nignominiously dragged back.", "\n\nAt last, after several attempts to keep up my running, I was compelled\nto be content with a steady fast walk, and thus I trudged on hour after\nhour, till Rowford town, where I had spent so many wretched hours, was a\nlong way behind.", "\n\nI had passed through two villages, but so far I had not met another soul\nsince leaving Rowford, nor heard the sound of wheels.", "\n\nIt was a very solitary road, leading through a pretty woodland tract of\nthe country, and often, as I toiled on, I came to dark overshadowed\nparts, passing through woods, and I paused, not caring to go on. ", " But\nthere was a real tangible danger in the rear which drove me onwards,\nand, daring the imaginary dangers, I pushed on with beating heart,\nthinking of robbers, poachers, and highway men, as I tried to rejoice\nthat there were no dangerous wild beasts in England.", "\n\nAt last, I could go no farther, but sank down perfectly exhausted upon a\nheap of stones that had been placed there for mending the road; and, in\nspite of my fears of pursuit, nature would have her way, and I fell fast\nasleep.", "\n\nThe sun was shining full upon me when I awoke, stiff and sore, wondering\nfor a moment where I was; and when at last I recalled all the past, I\nsprang up in dread, and started off at once, feeling that I had been\nslothfully wasting my opportunity, and that now I might at any moment be\novertaken.", "\n\nAs I hurried on, I looked down at my feet, to find that my boots and\ntrousers were thickly covered with dust; but there was no one to see me,\nand I kept on, awaking fully to the fact that I was faint and hungry.", "\n\nThese sensations reminded me of the contents of the little handkerchief,\nand I wistfully thought of the bread and butter that I might have saved.", "\n\nThen I stopped short, for the recollection of one bundle reminded me of\nthe other, and it was gone. ", " Where was it? ", " I had it when I sank down\nupon that stone-heap, and I must have come away and left it behind.", "\n\nIn my faint, hungry state, this discovery was terribly depressing, for\nthe bundle contained my good suit of mourning, besides my linen and a\nfew trifles, my only valuables in this world.", "\n\n\"I must have them back,\" I thought; and I started off to retrace my\nsteps at a run, knowing that I had come at least a couple of miles.", "\n\nIt was dreadfully disheartening, but I persevered, gazing straight\nbefore me, lest I should run into danger.", "\n\nIt seemed as if that stone-heap would never come into sight, but at last\nI saw it lying grey in the distant sunshine, and forgetting my hunger, I\nran on till I reached the spot, and began to look round.", "\n\nI had expected to see the bundle lying beside the stone-heap, as soon as\nI came in sight, but there were no traces of it; and though I searched\nround, and in the long grass at the side, there was no bundle.", "\n\nYes; I was certain that I had it when I sank down, and therefore\nsomebody must have taken it while I slept, for no one had passed me on\nthe road.", "\n\nI could have sat down and cried with vexation, but I had pretty well\noutgrown that weakness; and after a final glance round I was about to go\non again, when something a hundred yards nearer the town took my\nattention, and, running up to it, I saw a pair of worn-out boots lying\non the grass by the roadside.", "\n\nThey seemed to be nothing to me, and, sick at heart, I turned back and\ncontinued my journey, longing now for the sight of some village, where I\ncould buy a little milk and a few slices of bread.", "\n\nThe sun was growing hot, and licking up the dew beside the dusty road,\nbut it was a glorious morning, and in spite of my loss there was a\nfeeling of hopefulness in my heart at being free from the slavery I had\nendured at Mr Blakeford's. ", " I thought of it all, and wondered what Mary\nwould say, what Hetty would think, and whether Mr Blakeford would try\nto fetch me back.", "\n\nAs I thought on, I recovered the ground I had lost, and reached a pretty\npart of the road, where it dipped down in a hollow as it passed through\na wood. ", " It was very delicious and shady, and the birds were singing as\nthey used to sing from the woods around my old home; and so sweet and\nfull of pleasant memories were these sounds, that for the moment I\nforgot my hunger, and stood by a gate leading into the woods and\nlistened.", "\n\nMy reverie was broken by the sound of wheels coming up behind me, and\ntaking alarm on the instant, I climbed over the gate and hid myself,\ncrouching down amongst the thick bracken that showed its silvery green\nfronds around.", "\n\nI made sure it was Mr Blakeford in pursuit, and, once secure of my\nhiding-place, I rose up gently, so that I could peer in between the\ntrees and over the high bank to the sloping road, down which, just as I\nhad pictured, the four-wheeled chaise was coming at a smart trot, with\nMr Blakeford driving, and somebody beside him.", "\n\nMy first impulse was to turn round and dash wildly through the wood; but\nI partly restrained myself, partly felt too much in dread, and crouched\nthere, watching through the bracken till, as the chaise came nearer, I\nsaw that a common, dusty, tramp-looking boy was seated beside Mr\nBlakeford, and the next moment I saw that he had my bundle upon his\nknee.", "\n\nFor a moment I thought I might be deceived; but no, there was no doubt\nabout it. ", " There was my bundle, sure enough, and that boy must have\ntaken it from me as I lay asleep, and then met and told Mr Blakeford\nwhere he had seen me.", "\n\nI was pretty nearly right, but not quite, as it afterwards proved. ", " But\nmeanwhile the chaise had passed on, Mr Blakeford urging the pony to a\npretty good speed, and gazing sharply to right and left as he went\nalong.", "\n\nI had hardly dared to breathe as he passed, but crouched lower and\nlower, fancying that a robin hopping about on the twigs near seemed\nready to betray me: and not until the chaise had gone by some ten\nminutes or so did I dare to sit up and think about my future movements.", "\n\nThe recollection of the dusty, wretched look of the lad who held my\nbundle set me brushing my boots and trousers with some fronds of fern,\nand feeling then somewhat less disreputable-looking, I ventured at last\nto creep back into the road and look to right and left.", "\n\nI was terribly undecided as to what I ought to do. ", " Go back I would not,\nand to go forward seemed like rushing straight into danger. ", " To right or\nleft was nothing but tangled wood, wherein I should soon lose myself,\nand therefore nothing was left for me to do but go straight on, and this\nI did in fear and trembling, keeping a sharp look-out in front, and\nmeaning to take to the woods and fields should Mr Blakeford's chaise\nagain appear in sight.", "\n\nFor quite an hour I journeyed on, and then the roofs of cottages and a\nchurch tower appeared, making me at one moment press eagerly forward,\nthe next shrink back for fear Mr Blakeford should be there. ", " But at\nlast hunger prevailed, and making a bold rush, I walked right on, and\nseeing no sign of danger, I went into the village shop and bought a\nlittle loaf and some wonderfully strong-smelling cheese.", "\n\n\"Did you see a gentleman go by here in a chaise?\" ", " I ventured to say.", "\n\n\"What, with a boy in it?\" ", "said the woman who served me.", "\n\nI nodded.", "\n\n\"Yes, he went by ever so long ago. ", " You'll have to look sharp if you\nwant to catch them. ", " The gentleman was asking after you.\"", "\n\nI felt that I turned pale and red by turns, as I walked out into the\nroad, wondering what it would be best to do, when, to my great delight I\nsaw that there was a side lane off to the left, just a little way\nthrough the village, and hurrying on, I found that it was quite a byway\noff the main road. ", " Where it led to I did not know, only that there was\na finger-post with the words \"To Charlock Bridge\" upon it, and turning\ndown I walked quite a couple of miles before, completely worn out, I sat\ndown beside a little brook that rippled across the clean-washed stones\nof the road, and made the most delicious meal I ever ate in my life.", "\n\nBread and cheese and spring water under the shade of a high hedge, in\nwhich a robin sat--it looked to me like the one I had seen in the wood--\nand darted down and picked up the crumbs I threw it from time to time.", "\nAs my hunger began to be appeased, and I had thoroughly slaked my\nburning thirst, by using my closed hand for a scoop, I began to throw\ncrumbs into the bubbling brook, to see them float down for some\ndistance, and then be snapped up by the silvery little fishes with which\nthe stream seemed to swarm. ", " All the while, though, my head had been\nconstantly turning from side to side, in search of danger, and at last\njust as I was about to continue my journey, hoping to gain the London\nRoad once more, I saw the danger I sought, in the shape of the boy with\nmy bundle running across the fields, as if he had come from the high\nroad, and was trying to get into the lane below me to cut me off.", "\n\nI looked sharply behind me, expecting to see the chaise of Mr\nBlakeford, but it was not in sight; so, stooping down, I waded quickly\nthrough the brook, kept under the shelter of the hedge, and ran on\nsteadily, so as not to be out of breath.", "\n\nThe water filled my boots, but it only felt pleasantly cool, and, as I\nthought, made me better able to run, while, as I raised my head from\ntime to time, I could catch sight of the boy with the bundle running\nhard across field after field, and losing so much time in getting\nthrough hedges or over gates that I felt that I should be past the spot\nwhere he would enter the lane before he could reach it.", "\n\nTo my surprise, though, I found that the lane curved sharply round to\nthe right, giving him less distance to run, so that when I tried hard to\nget by him, having given up all idea of hiding, I found that he had\njumped over into the lane before I came up. ", " Then to my horror, as I\nturned a sharp corner, I came straight upon him, he being evidently\nquite as much surprised as I at the suddenness of our encounter--the\nwinding of the lane and the height of the hedges having kept us out of\nsight the one of the other, until the very last moment, when we came\nface to face, both dusty, hot, weary, and excited as two lads could be,\nand for the moment neither of us moved.", "\n\nI don't know how it was that I did not try to run off by the fields in\nanother direction, but it seems to me now that I was stirred by the same\nsavage instincts as an ostrich, who, seeing any hunter riding as if to\ncut him off, immediately forgets that there is plenty of room behind,\nand gallops across his pursuer's track, instead of right away.", "\n\nAs I ran panting up, the lad stopped short, and my eyes falling upon my\nbundle, a new set of thoughts came flashing across my mind, making me\nforget my pursuer in the high road.", "\n\nAs for the lad, he stood staring at me in a shifty way, and it soon\nbecame evident that he gave me as much credit for chasing him as I did\nhim for chasing me.", "\n\nHe was the first to speak, and calling up the low cunning of his nature,\nhe advanced a step or two, saying:\n\n\"I say, you'd better hook it; that, gent's a-looking for you.\"", "\n\n\"You give me my bundle,\" I said, making a snatch at it, and getting hold\nwith one hand, to which I soon joined the other.", "\n\n\"'Taint your bundle,\" he said fiercely. ", " \"Let go, or I'll soon let you\nknow. ", " Let go, will yer?\"", "\n\nHe shook at it savagely, and dragged me here and there, for he was the\nbigger and stronger; but I held on with all my might. ", " I was horribly\nfrightened of him, for he was a coarse, ruffianly-looking fellow; but\ninside that bundle was my little all, and I determined not to give it up\nwithout a struggle.", "\n\n\"Here, you wait till I get my knife out,\" he roared. ", " \"It's my bundle,\nyer young thief!\"", "\n\n\"It is not,\" I panted: \"you stole it from me while I lay asleep.\"", "\n\n\"Yer lie! ", " Take that!\"", "\n\n_That_ was a heavy blow on my chin which cut my lip, and seemed to\nloosen my teeth, causing me intense pain; but though for a moment I\nstaggered back, the blow had just the opposite effect to that intended\nby the boy. ", " A few moments before, I was so horribly afraid of him, that\nI felt that I must give up; now the pain seemed to have driven all the\nfear out of me, for, springing at him with clenched fists, I struck out\nwildly, and with all my might; the bundle went down in the dust, and,\nafter a minutes scuffle, and a shower of blows, there, to my intense\nastonishment, lay the boy too, grovelling and twisting about, rubbing\nhis eyes with his fists, and howling dismally.", "\n\n\"You let me alone; I never did nothing to you,\" he whined.", "\n\n\"You did; you stole my bundle,\" I cried, in the heat of my triumph.", "\n\n\"No, I didn't. ", " I on'y picked it up. ", " I didn't know it was yourn.\"", "\n\n\"You knew I was by it,\" I said.", "\n\n\"Yes; but I thought perhaps it weren't yourn,\" he howled.", "\n\n\"Now look here,\" I said, \"you give me what you took out of it.\"", "\n\n\"I didn't take nothing out of it,\" he whined. ", " \"I was only going to,\nwhen that gent came along on the shay, and asked me where you was.\"", "\n\n\"You've got my best shoes on,\" I said. ", " \"Take them off.\"", "\n\nHe pulled them off, having half spoiled them by cutting the fronts, to\nlet his feet go in.", "\n\n\"Where's that gentleman now?\" ", " I said.", "\n\n\"I don't know,\" he whined. ", " \"He said if I didn't show him where you was,\nhe'd hand me over to the police; and I cut off across the fields, when\nwe was walking the pony up a hill.\"", "\n\n\"You're a nice blackguard,\" I said, cooling down fast now, as the fear\nof Mr Blakeford came back. ", " I was wondering, too, how to get rid of my\nconquest, when, just as I stooped to pick up the shoes, he shrank away,\nuttering a cowardly howl, as if I had aimed a blow at him; and, starting\nup, he ran back along the lane shoeless, and seemed making for the high\nroad.", "\n\n\"He'll tell Mr Blakeford,\" I thought; and catching up the bundle, I\nhurried on in the opposite direction, till, finding the brook again\ncross the road, I hastily stooped down and washed my bleeding knuckles,\nbefore starting off once more, getting rid of the marks of the struggle\na fast as I could, and looking back from time to time, in momentary\nexpectation of seeing Mr Blakeford's head above the hedge.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER TEN.", "\n\nALONG THE TOWING-PATH.", "\n\nI felt in better spirits now. ", " My rest and breakfast, and my encounter\nwith the boy, had given me more confidence in myself. ", " Then, too, I had\nrecovered my bundle, replacing in it my shoes, and, after carefully\nwrapping them up, the remains of my bread and cheese.", "\n\nHour after hour I walked on, always taking the turnings that led to the\nright, in the belief that sooner or later they would bring me to the\nLondon Road, which, however, they never did; and at last, in the\nafternoon, I sat down under a tree and made a second delicious meal.", "\n\nI passed, during the rest of that day's journey, through a couple more\nvillages, at the latter of which I obtained a large mug of milk for a\npenny; and at last, footsore and worn out, I found myself at nightfall\nfar away in a pleasant pastoral country, where haymaking seemed to be\ncarried on a good deal, from the stacks I passed. ", " There were hills\nbehind me, and hills again straight before me, the part where I was\nbeing very level.", "\n\n\"What am I to do?\" ", " I asked myself, for I could go no farther, and a\nfeeling of desolation began to make my heart sink. ", " \"I must sleep\nsomewhere--but where?\"", "\n\nThe answer came in the shape of a haystack, one side of which was being\ncut away, and soon after, I was seated on the sweet-scented, soft stuff,\nfeasting away once more, to drop at last, almost unconsciously, into a\nsweet sleep, from which I started up to find it quite dark, and that I\nwas growing cold.", "\n\nThere was plenty of loose straw close by, as if threshing had been going\non, and taking my bundle for a pillow, and nestling beneath the straw\nwhich I drew over the hay, I was soon fast asleep once more, only to\nwake up rested and refreshed as the birds were singing cheerily upon\nanother sunshiny morning.", "\n\nMy toilet consisted in getting rid of the bits of straw and hay, after\nwhich I started to walk on once more, following a winding lane, which\nbrought me out at a wooden bridge, crossing a river, down by whose\npebbly side I finished my toilet, and rose refreshed and decent-looking,\nfor my bundle contained my brush and comb.", "\n\nThere was a little public-house on the other side of the stream, with\ncows in a field hard by, and directing my steps there, after stopping on\nthe bridge for a few minutes to gaze at the fish glancing in the\nsunshine, I found I could buy some bread and milk, the privilege being\ngiven me of sitting down on a bench and watching the sparkling river as\nI made my breakfast.", "\n\nWith every mouthful came hope and confidence. ", " I felt as if I really was\nfree, and that all I now had to do was to trudge steadily on to London.", "\nHow long it would take me I did not know--perhaps a month. ", " But it did\nnot matter; I could continue to be very sparing of my money, so as to\nmake it last.", "\n\nIt was a red-armed, apple-faced woman who gave me the mug, and she\nstared at me curiously, frightening me so much, lest she should ask me\nquestions, that I hastily finished my milk, and, picking up the bread,\nsaid \"good-morning,\" and walked along by the side of the river, there\nbeing here a towing-path, upon which I soon encountered a couple of\nhorses, the foremost of which was ridden by a boy with a whip, while\nthey dragged a long rope which kept plashing down into the river, and\nthen, being drawn taut, showered down pearly drops of water, which\nseemed to be smoothed out by a long, low, narrow barge, painted yellow\nand red, at the end of which was a man smoking, with his eyes half shut,\nas he leaned upon the tiller gear.", "\n\nThey were going against the stream, and their progress was slow, as I\nsat down and watched them go out of sight round the bend of the river.", "\n\n\"I wonder where this river runs to, and where I should go, if I walked\nall along this path?\" ", " I said to myself, and then like a flash, the idea\ncame, right or wrong, I could not tell, that it must go on and on to\nLondon.", "\n\nIt was full of hope, that thought; so full that I leaped up, and trudged\non so steadily, that at the end of an hour I again saw a couple of\nhorses in front, drawing another barge, with the rope plashing in and\nout of the river; but this barge was going on in the same direction as I\nwas, and as I drew nearer I began to envy the boy riding so idly on the\nforemost horse, and wished it were my fate to change places with him,\nfor one of my feet was very sore.", "\n\nIt pained me a good deal; but, all the same, there was a joyous feeling\nof freedom to cheer me on, and I limped forward, thinking how I had\nnothing to fear now, no dreary copying to do, and then stand shivering,\nexpecting blows, if I had omitted a word, or forgotten to cross some\n_t_. ", " All was bright and beautiful, with the glancing river, the\nglorious green meadows, and the gliding barge going so easily with the\nstream.", "\n\nThere was a stolid-looking man holding the tiller of the barge, staring\ndreamily before him, and smoking, looking as motionless, and smoking\nnearly as much, as the chimney of the cabin beside him. ", " The barge\nitself was covered with great tarred cloths of a dingy black, but the\nwoodwork about the cabin was ornamented with yellow and scarlet diamonds\nand ovals carved in the sides.", "\n\nThe man took not the slightest notice of me as I limped on, gazing at\nhim and the gliding barge, but smoked away steadily, and I went on,\ngetting nearer and nearer to the horses, thinking as I did so of how\npleasant it would be to lie down on that black tarpaulin, and glide\nalong upon the shiny river without a care; and it seemed to me then,\nill-used and weary as I was, that the life of a bargeman would be\nperfect happiness and bliss.", "\n\nAs I drew near the boy, who was sitting sidewise on the foremost horse,\nwith a shallow round-bottomed zinc bucket hanging from the collar on the\nother side, I found that he was watching me as he whistled some doleful\nminor ditty, pausing every now and then to crack his whip and utter a\nloud \"Jeet!\"", "\n\nThis was evidently a command to the horses, one of which gave its head a\ntoss up and the other a toss down, but paid no further heed, both\ncontinuing their steady way along the tow-path, while the boy went on\nwith his whistling.", "\n\nI gradually drew up closer and closer, as the whistling kept on, to find\nthat about every minute, as if calculated exactly, but of course from\nmere habit, there was the crack of the whip, the loud \"Jeet?\" ", "and the\nnod up and nod down of the two horses.", "\n\nI trudged up close alongside the boy now, being anxious to learn where\nthe river really did run, but not liking at first to show my ignorance,\nso we went on for some time in silence.", "\n\nHe was a rough, common-looking lad, with fair curly hair, and the skin\nof his face all in scaly patches where it had been blistered by the sun,\nand I took him to be about my own age. ", " He was dressed in a loose jacket\nand a pair of cord trousers, both of which were several sizes too large\nfor him, but the jacket-sleeves had been cut off above the elbow, and\nthe trousers were rolled up above his knees, showing his bare legs and\nclean white feet. ", " His coarse shirt was clean, what could be seen of it,\nbut the tops of the trousers were drawn up by strings over his\nshoulders, so that they took the place of vest.", "\n\nAltogether, even to his old, muddy, torn felt hat, through which showed\ntufts of his curly hair, he was ragged to a degree; but he seemed as\nhappy as the day was long and as healthy as could be, as he whistled\naway, stared at me, and uttered another loud \"_Jeet_!\" ", "going a little\nfurther this time, and making it \"Jeet, Sammy--jeet, Tommair-y!\"", "\n\nThe horses this time tightened the rope a little, but only for a few\nmoments, when it fell back into the water with a plash, the barge glided\non, the horses' hoofs crushed the sandy gravel, and the rope whisked and\nrustled as it brushed along the thick growth of sedge by the water-side.", "\n\n\"Woss the matter with yer foot, matey?\" ", "said the boy at last, breaking\nthe ice as he gave his whip another crack, and then caught and examined\nthe thong.", "\n\n\"Sore with walking,\" I said; and then there was another pause, during\nwhich he kept on whistling the minor air over and over again, while I\nwaited for another opening.", "\n\n\"Why don't you take off your shoes, matey?\" ", "he said. ", " \"They allus makes\nmy feet sore. ", " I don't like shoes. ", " Jeet, Tommair-y! ", " Jeet, Sam-mair-y?\"", "\n\nThis was a new light, and I thought, perhaps, I should be easier, for\none shoe was constantly scraping the tendon at the back of my heel. ", " So\nsitting down on the grass, I untied and slipped off my shoes, my socks\nfollowing, to be thrust into my pocket, and I limped on, setting my feet\ndelicately on the gravel, which hurt them, till I changed on to the\nshort soft turf beside the path.", "\n\nThe barge had passed me, but I soon overtook it, and then reached the\nboy, who watched me complacently as I trudged on, certainly feeling\neasier.", "\n\n\"One on 'ems a-bleeding,\" said my new friend then. ", " \"Shoes allus hurts.", "\nJeet!\"", "\n\n\"Yes, when you walk far,\" I said, the conversation beginning to warm\nnow.", "\n\n\"Walked far, matey?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, ever so far. ", " Have you come far?\"", "\n\n\"_Pistol_,\" I thought he said.", "\n\n\"Where?\" ", " I asked.", "\n\n\"Bristol. ", " Jeet, Sammy!\" ", " _Crack_!", "\n\n\"All along by the river?\"", "\n\n\"We don't call it the river, we call it the canal here. ", " It's river\nfarther up towards London.\"", "\n\n\"Are you going to London?\" ", " I said.", "\n\n\"Yes. ", " Are you?\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" I said; and my heart was at rest, for I knew now that which I\nwanted to find out without asking. ", " This river did go right to London,\nand I must be on the upper part of the Thames.", "\n\nWe went on for some little time in silence, and then my new friend\nbegan:\n\n\"Why don't you go and paddle yer feet in the water a bit?\"", "\n\nIt was a good suggestion, and the shallow sparkling water looked very\ndelicious and cool.", "\n\n\"Tie your shoestrings together and hing 'em on to Tommy's collar. ", " You\ncan hing yer bundle, too, if yer li-ak.\"", "\n\nI hesitated for a moment. ", " One boy had already appropriated my bundle,\nbut he had not the frank honest look of the one on the horse, and\nbesides, I did not like to seem suspicious. ", " So, tying the shoestrings\ntogether, I hung them on the tall hame of the collar, and the bundle\nbeside them, before going quickly over the gravel down to the shallow\nwater.", "\n\n\"Turn up yer trousers!\" ", "shouted the boy; and I obeyed his good advice,\nending by walking along the shallow water close behind the tow-rope, the\nsoft sand feeling delicious to my feet as the cool water laved and eased\nthe smarting wound.", "\n\nAt last I walked out with my feet rested, and the blood-stain washed\naway, to run forward and join my companion, who looked at me in a very\nstolid manner.", "\n\n\"Hev a ride?\" ", "he said at last.", "\n\n\"May I?\"", "\n\n\"Fey-ther!\"", "\n\n\"Hel-lo-a!\" ", "came slowly from the barge.", "\n\n\"May this chap hev a ri-ad?\"", "\n\n\"Ay-er!\"", "\n\nThe boy slipped down off the horse with the greatest ease, and stuck his\nwhip into a link of the trace.", "\n\n\"Now, then,\" he said, \"lay holt o' his collar, and I'll give yer a leg\nup.\"", "\n\nI obeyed him, and seizing my leg, he nearly shot me right over the\nhorse, but by hanging tightly on to the collar I managed to save myself,\nand shuffled round into the proper position for riding sidewise, feeling\nthe motion of the horse, in spite of a certain amount of boniness of\nspine, delightfully easy and restful.", "\n\n\"They're all right,\" the boy said, as I glanced at my bundle. ", " \"They\nwon't fall off. ", " Are yer comf'able?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, capital,\" I said, and we journeyed on, my luck seeming almost too\ngood to be believed.", "\n\nWe went on talking away, now and then passing another barge, when the\nropes were passed one over the other boat, and the journey continued.", "\n\nSoon afterwards I made my first acquaintance with a lock, and got down\noff the horse to stand by the barge and gaze in wonderment at the\nprocess. ", " As it glided softly into the space between walls, a pair of\ngreat doors were shut behind it, and I and my new companion helped to\nturn handles, with the result that I saw the water foam and rush out,\nand the barge slowly sink down to a lower level, when a couple of great\ndoors were swung open at the other end. ", " There was a certain amount of\npushing and thrusting, and the barge glided out into the river ten feet\nlower than it was before.", "\n\nThen the rope was once more made fast, the horses tugged, and we went on\nagain, but not far before a shrill voice shouted \"Jack!\" ", "and my\ncompanion stood still till the barge came abreast of him, being steered\nclose in, when I saw a woman lean over the side and hold out a basket,\nwhich the boy caught, and then ran after me once more, where I was\nmounted on the first horse.", "\n\n\"My dinner,\" he said eagerly. ", " \"Got yourn?\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" I said, colouring up as I pulled the remains of my bread and\ncheese out of my pocket, there being a large piece of the latter.", "\n\n\"Steak pudden to-day,\" said my companion, hanging his basket on to the\ncollar by my knee, and revealing a basin half full of savoury-odoured\nbeef-steak pudding, which was maddening to me in my hungry state.", "\n\n\"I say, what a whacking great piece of cheese! ", " I like cheese,\" said my\ncompanion; \"let's go halves.\"", "\n\nPride kept me back for a moment, and then I said--\n\n\"I'll give you threepence if you'll give me half your dinner.\"", "\n\n\"I don't want your threepence,\" he said scornfully. ", " \"You shall have\nhalf if you give me half your new bread and cheese. ", " Ourn's allus stale.", "\nLook, here's some cold apple puff too.\"", "\n\nSo there was, and delicious it looked, sufficiently so to make my mouth\nwater.", "\n\n\"Got a knife, matey?\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" I said, \"but--\"\n\n\"I say, I tell you what,\" said my would-be host. ", " \"Have you really got\nthreepence?\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" I said, and was about to say more, when Mr Rowle's words\noccurred to me and I was silent.", "\n\n\"Then we'll have half a pint o' cider at the next lock, and twopen'orth\no' apples, shall us?\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" I said, delighted at the prospect; and the result was that we two\nhearty boys soon finished pudding, puff, and the last scrap of the bread\nand cheese, after which my new friend shouted, \"Mother!\" ", " The boat was\nsteered in close, and the shrill-voiced woman took the basket back.", "\n\n\"Is your name Jack?\" ", " I said, as I descended, and we trudged on together\nslowly beside the horses, each of which was now furnished with a tin\nbucket hung from the top of its head, and containing some beans and\nchaff.", "\n\n\"Yes; what's yourn?\"", "\n\n\"Antony.\"", "\n\n\"Ho!\"", "\n\nThere was silence after this, for we came up to another lock, close by\nwhich was a little public-house, where Jack was sent to get a stone\nbottle filled with beer, and up to whose door he summoned me, and we\npartook of our half-pint of cider, Jack proving most honourable as to\nhis ideas of half.", "\n\nThen the beer having been passed on board, Jack's mother and father\ntaking not the slightest notice of me, the barge was passed through the\nlock, and Jack beckoned and waved his hand.", "\n\n\"You give me the twopence, and I'll buy,\" he said. ", " \"If we ask Mother\nBurke for twopen'orth all at once she won't give us more than she would\nfor a penny. ", " Stop a moment,\" he said, \"you only give me a penny, and\nwe'll keep t'other for to-morrow.\"", "\n\nI handed a penny to him, and we went into the lock cottage, in whose\nlattice window were displayed two bottles of ginger-beer, a couple of\nglasses of sugar-sticks, and a pile of apples.", "\n\nOur penny in that out-of-the-way place bought us a dozen good apples,\nand these we munched behind the horses as we trudged on slowly, mile\nafter mile.", "\n\nI did not feel tired now, and we boys found so much to talk about that\nthe time went rapidly by. ", " Jack's father and mother did not trouble\nthemselves about my being there, but towards six o'clock handed the boy\nout his tea in a bottle, whose neck stuck out of the basket that had\nheld his dinner, and in which were some half a dozen slices of bread and\nbutter.", "\n\n\"'Tain't full,\" said Jack, holding the bottle up to the light; \"she\nmight ha' filled it. ", " There is more brem-butter. ", " Never mind, I'll fill\nit up with water. ", " You won't mind?\"", "\n\n\"No,\" I said; but as a lock was then coming in sight, and a\ndecent-looking village, an idea occurred to me. ", " \"Let's buy a pen'orth\nof milk and put to it,\" I said.", "\n\nJack's eyes sparkled, and hanging the basket _pro tem._ ", "on the hames, he\ncracked his whip, and we proceeded a little more quickly towards the\nlock, where I bought a twopenny loaf and some milk for our tea. ", " I say\n_ours_, for Jack literally shared his with me.", "\n\n\"Where are you going to sleep?\" ", "said Jack to me at last, as the evening\nmists were beginning to rise on the meadows.", "\n\n\"I don't know,\" I said rather dolefully, for the idea had not occurred\nto me before.", "\n\n\"Come and bunk along o' me.\"", "\n\n\"Where?\" ", " I asked.", "\n\n\"Under the tarpaulin in front o' the barge,\" he said; \"I allus sleeps\nthere now, cos father says my legs gets in the way in the cabin.\"", "\n\n\"But would your father mind?\"", "\n\n\"Not he. ", " He'll go ashore as soon as we make fast for the night and lets\nthe horses loose to feed. ", " He wouldn't mind.\"", "\n\nAnd so it turned out, for the barge was made fast to a couple of stout\nposts in a wider part of the canal, close to a lock where there was a\npublic-house. ", " The horses were turned out to graze on the thick grass\nbeside the tow-path, and after a little hesitation I took my bundle and\nshoes and crept in beneath a tarpaulin raised up in the middle to make\nquite a tent, which Jack had contrived in the fore port of the barge.", "\n\n\"Ain't it jolly and snug?\" ", "he cried.", "\n\n\"Ye-es,\" I replied.", "\n\n\"On'y it won't do to stop in when the sun gets on it, 'cos it's so hot\nand sticky. ", " I like it. ", " Feyther can't kick you here.\"", "\n\nThis was a revelation. ", " I had been thinking Jack's life must be one of\nperfect bliss.", "\n\n\"Does your father kick you, then?\"", "\n\n\"Not now. ", " He used to when he came home after being to the public, when\nhe was cross; but he didn't mean nothing. ", " Feyther's werry fond o' me.", "\nI wouldn't go back to sleep in the cabin now for no money.\"", "\n\nJack's conversation suddenly stopped, and I knew by his hard breathing\nthat he was asleep: but I lay awake for some time, peering out through a\nlittle hole left by the tarpaulin folds at the stars, thinking of Mr\nBlakeford and his pursuit; of what Mary would say when she read my\nletter; and from time to time I changed the position of my bundle, to\ntry and turn it into a comfortable pillow; but, try how I would, it\nseemed as if the heel of one or other of my shoes insisted upon getting\nunder my ear, and I dropped asleep at last, dreaming that they were\nwalking all over my head.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER ELEVEN.", "\n\nMY VAGABOND LIFE COMES TO AN END.", "\n\nSomehow or other that idea about my boots being in antagonism to me\nseemed to pervade the whole of my slumbers till morning, when one of\nthem, I fancied, had turned terribly vicious, and was kicking me hard in\nthe side.", "\n\nI could not move, and the kicking seemed to go on, till a more vigorous\nblow than before roused me to consciousness; but still for a few moments\nI could not make out where I was, only that it was very dark and stuffy,\nand that. ", " I felt stiff and sore.", "\n\nJust then a gruff voice awoke my mind as well as my body, and I found\nthat some one was administering heavy pokes through the tarpaulin with\nwhat seemed to be a piece of wood.", "\n\n\"All right, feyther,\" cried Jack just then; and as we scrambled out from\nbeneath the tent I found it was grey dawn, that a heavy mist hung over\nthe river, and that Jack's father had been poking at the tarpaulin with\nthe end of a hitcher, the long iron-shod pole used in navigating the\nbarge.", "\n\n\"Going to lie abed all day?\" ", "he growled. ", " \"Git them horses to.\"", "\n\n\"Come along, matey; never mind your boots,\" cried Jack, and he leaped\nashore.", "\n\nI did not like leaving my bundle behind, but I felt bound to help, and\nfollowing Jack's example, I helped him to catch the horses, which were\nsoon attached to the tow-line thrown ashore by the bargeman, who cast\nloose the mooring ropes, and with the stars still twinkling above our\nheads we were once more on our way, Jack walking beside the horse and I\nbarefooted beside him.", "\n\nMy feet did not pain me now, but I felt that to replace my boots would\nbe to chafe them again, so I contented myself with letting them ride,\nwhile for the present I made my way afoot.", "\n\nMy proceedings as we went along seemed to greatly interest Jack, who\nstared hard as he saw me stoop down and wash my face and hands at a\nconvenient place in the river, for a shake and a rub of his curly head\nseemed to constitute the whole of his toilet. ", " My hair I smoothed as I\nwalked by his side, while he looked contemptuously at my little\npocket-comb.", "\n\n\"That wouldn't go through my hair,\" he said at last. ", " Then in the same\nbreath, \"Old woman's up.\"", "\n\nI turned to see how he knew it, expecting his mother to be on the little\ndeck: but the only thing visible besides Jack's father was a little curl\nof smoke from the iron chimney in front of the rudder.", "\n\n\"That means brakfass,\" said Jack, grinning; \"don't you want yourn?\"", "\n\nI said I did, and asked how soon we should get to a lock where I could\nbuy some bread and milk.", "\n\n\"Don't you waste your money on bread and milk,\" said my companion,\n\"there'll be lots o' brakfass for both on us. ", " You wait till we get\nfarther on and we can get some apples and a bottle of ginger-beer.\"", "\n\nIt seemed so fair an arrangement that when the shrill voice summoned\nJack to fetch his breakfast I shared it with him, and so I did his\ndinner and tea, while we afterwards regaled ourselves with fruit, and\nsweets, and cider, or ginger-beer.", "\n\nThis went on day after day, for though the pace was slow I found that I\ncould not have got on faster. ", " Besides which, I had endless rides,\nJack's proceedings with me never once seeming to awaken either interest\nor excitement on the part of his parents. ", " In fact, Jack's father seemed\nto occupy the whole of his time in leaning upon the tiller and smoking,\nwith the very rare exceptions that he might occasionally make use of the\nhitcher in rounding some corner. ", " As for the passing of other barges,\nthe men upon them seemed to do the greater part of the necessary work in\nlifting tow-ropes. ", " At the locks, too, he would stolidly stare at Jack\nand me as we turned the handles with the lock-keeper, and then perhaps\ngrunt approval.", "\n\nJack's mother appeared to spend all her time in cooking and other\ndomestic arrangements, for she never showed herself on deck except to\nannounce the readiness of a meal by a shrill shout for her boy, rarely\nspeaking a word to him at such times as he took his food from her hands.", "\n\nLife on the river seemed to breed taciturnity, and though we boys\ngenerally had something to say, for the most part we jogged on silently\nwith the horses, who hung their heads and kept on their course as if\nhalf asleep.", "\n\nTo me it was a dreamy time of constant journeying by the shining river;\nfor at last we passed through a lock into the Isis, and then continued\nour way on and on through locks innumerable till we passed out again\ninto what I suppose must have been the Grand Junction or Regent's\nCanal--to this day I am not sure which. ", " The hundred miles or so I was\nto have walked to London must have been more than doubled by the\nturnings and doublings of the river; but I was never tired, and Jack\nnever wearied of my society. ", " There was always something to see in the\never-changing scenery, and sometimes, if we came to a stoppage early in\nthe evening, Jack brought out a rough line and a willow wand, and we\nfished for perch by some rushing weir.", "\n\nI could have been content to go on for ever leading such a free,\nenjoyable life, like some young gipsy, so peaceable and happy seemed my\nexistence as compared to that with Mr Blakeford; but at last, after a\nvery long, slow journey, we began to near the metropolis, the goal of my\nwanderings, and one evening the pleasant communings of Jack and myself\nwere suddenly brought to an end.", "\n\nWe had been making slow progress along the canal as it wound now amongst\nhouses and large buildings. ", " The pleasant fields were far behind, and\nthe water was no longer bright. ", " It seemed, too, as if we had left the\nsun behind, while the tow-path had long grown so hard and rough that I\nwas glad to get my boots out of the bundle in which they were tied up\nand wear them once again.", "\n\n\"Here, you sir,\" Jack's father shouted to me from the barge, \"you must\nsheer off now.\"", "\n\nIt was said in a rough, peremptory fashion that was startling: but he\ntook no further notice of me, only went on smoking, and I went back to\nJack, who was now seated on the horse just as at our first meeting.", "\n\n\"Feyther say you must go now?\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" I said dolefully.", "\n\n\"Then you'd better cut off. ", " I say, feyther!\"", "\n\n\"Hullo!\"", "\n\n\"Lash the tiller, and go and get his bundle and chuck it ashore.\"", "\n\nThe great rough fellow methodically did as he was told--fastening the\nrudder, going slowly forward, and fishing out my bundle from under the\ntarpaulin, and turning to me:\n\n\"Ketch!\" ", "he shouted, and he threw the bundle from the barge to the\nshore, where I caught it, and he slowly plodded back, after giving me a\nfriendly nod.", "\n\nI took my bundle under my arm and rejoined Jack, who was whistling his\nminor air, and then we boys looked at each other dolefully.", "\n\n\"Aintcher going?\" ", "said Jack at last.", "\n\n\"Yes,\" I said, \"I'm going directly.\" ", " Then, quickly pulling out a little\npenknife I had in my pocket, I held it to Jack. ", " \"Will you have that,\nJack?\" ", " I said.", "\n\nHis eyes sparkled as he took it, but he did not speak.", "\n\n\"Do you think I might give your father something for letting me come up\nalong with you?\" ", " I said.", "\n\nJack stared in a dull, stolid way for a moment, the idea being so novel\nto him. ", " Then his face lit up and he checked the horses.", "\n\n\"Hold on, fey-ther,\" he shouted; and as if it was quite right to obey\nhis son's words, the great fellow steered the long barge so that it came\nclose in.", "\n\n\"There's a beer-shop,\" said Jack, pointing to a place close by the\ntowing-path, all glorious with blue and gold announcements of Barclay,\nPerkins and Co.'s Entire. ", " \"You go and get a pot o' porter--it's\nthreepence ha'penny, mind--and give it the old man; we'll wait.\"", "\n\nI ran up to the door of the public-house and asked the man in\nshirt-sleeves and white apron for a pot of porter, which he drew in the\nbright pewter vessel, and I paid for it with one of my sixpences,\nreceived my change, and then had to make solemn assurance that I would\nbring back the pot before I was allowed to take it down to the\ncanal-side, where Jack and his father were waiting.", "\n\nThe latter's face was as stolid as ever as I went up to him; but there\nwas a little extra opening of his eyes as he saw the foaming liquid in\nthe bright pewter and stretched out his hand.", "\n\n\"Beer ain't good for boys,\" he said gruffly; and then, blowing off the\nfroth, he put the vessel to his lips, and slowly poured it all down,\nwithout stopping, to the very last drop; after which he uttered a heavy\nsigh of either pleasure or regret, and brought his eyes to bear on me.", "\n\n\"Feyther likes a drop o' beer,\" said Jack.", "\n\n\"Ketch!\" ", "said \"father,\" and he threw the empty pot to me, which luckily\nI caught, and stood watching him as he went to the tiller. ", " \"Go on!\"", "\n\nJack gave me a nod, cracked his whip, and the horses drew the slack rope\nalong the cindery tow-path till it was tight. ", " Jack's father paused in\nthe act of refilling his pipe and gave me another nod, and Jack's\nmother's head came above the hatchway to stare at me as the barge moved,\nand I stood watching it with my bundle under my arm and the bright\npewter vessel in my hand.", "\n\nMy reverie was interrupted by a shout from the public-house door, and I\ntook the pot back, to return once more to the towing-path, sick at heart\nand despondent, as I thought of the pleasant days of my short vagabond\ncareer.", "\n\nIt was like parting with very good friends, and I sat down at last upon\na log, one of a pile of timber, full of regrets; for these rough people\nhad in their way been very kind to me, and I thought that perhaps I\nshould never see them any more.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER TWELVE.", "\n\nMY FIRST NIGHT IN TOWN.", "\n\nI did not sit thinking long, for I felt that I must be up and doing.", "\nThe long barge had crept silently away and was out of sight, but I felt\nthat after my dismissal I ought not to follow it; so I crossed a bridge\nover the canal and went on and on between rows of houses and along\nstreets busy with vehicles coming and going, and plenty of people.", "\n\nFor the first half-hour I felt that everybody knew me and was staring at\nthe boy who had run away from Mr Blakeford's office; but by degrees\nthat idea passed off and gave place to another, namely, that I was all\nalone in this great city, and that it seemed very solitary and strange.", "\n\nFor above an hour I walked on, with the streets growing thicker and the\nnoise and bustle more confusing. ", " I had at last reached a busy\nthoroughfare; gas was burning, and the shops looked showy and\nattractive. ", " The one, however, that took my attention was a coffee-shop\nin a side street, with a great teapot in the window, and a framed card\non which I read the list of prices, and found that a half-pint cup of\ncoffee would be one penny, and a loaf and butter twopence.", "\n\nMy money was getting scarce, but I was tired and hungry, and after\nstaring at that card for a long time I thought I would venture to go in,\nand walked right up to the door. ", " I dared, however, go no farther, but\nwalked straight on, turned, and came back, and so on several times,\nwithout being able to make up my mind; but at last, as I was still\nhovering about the place, I caught sight of a policeman advancing in the\ndistance, and, fully assured that it must be Mary's friend, Mr Revitts,\nin search of me, I walked breathlessly into the coffee-house and sat\ndown at the nearest table.", "\n\nThere were several men and lads seated about, but they were all, to my\ngreat relief, reading papers or periodicals, and I was recovering my\nequanimity somewhat, when it was upset by a bustling maid, who came as I\nthought fiercely up to me with a sharp \"What's for you?\"", "\n\n\"A cup of coffee, if you please,\" I stammered out.", "\n\n\"And roll and butter?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, please,\" I said, somewhat taken aback that she should, as I felt,\nhave divined my thoughts; and then, in an incredibly short space of\ntime, a large cup of steaming coffee and a roll and pat of butter were\nplaced on the table.", "\n\nAfter timidly glancing round to find that it was no novel thing for any\none to enter a coffee-house and partake of the fare before me, I\nproceeded to make my meal, wishing all the while that Jack had been\nthere to share it, and wondering where he was, till at last the coffee\nwas all drunk, the roll and butter eaten, and after paying what was due\nI stole off once more into the streets. ", " I went on and on in a\nmotiveless way, staring at the wonders ever unfolding before me, till,\nutterly wearied out, the thought struck me that I must find a\nresting-place somewhere, for there were no haystacks here, there was no\nfriendly tarpaulin to share with Jack, and, look where I would, nothing\nthat seemed likely to suggest a bed.", "\n\nI had wandered on through wide, well-lighted streets, and through\nnarrow, poverty-stricken places, till I was in a busy, noisy row, along\nthe pavement of which were broad barrows with flaming lamps, and laden\nwith fish, greengrocery, and fruit. ", " There was noise enough to confuse\nanyone used to London; to me it was absolutely deafening.", "\n\nI had seen by a clock a short time before that it was nearly ten, and my\nlegs ached so that I could scarcely stand; and yet, in the midst of the\nbusy throng of people hurrying here and there, I alone seemed to be\nwithout friend or home.", "\n\nI had been wandering about in a purposeless way for a long time, trying\nto see some one who would win my confidence enough to make me ask where\nI could obtain a night's lodging, when I suddenly became aware that a\nbig lad with a long narrow face and little eyes seemed to be watching\nme, and I saw what seemed to me so marked a resemblance to the young\nscoundrel who had stolen my bundle, that I instinctively grasped it more\ntightly and hurried away.", "\n\nOn glancing back, I found that the boy was following, and this alarmed\nme so that I hastened back into the big street, walked along some\ndistance, then turned and ran as hard as I could up one street and down\nanother, till at last I was obliged to stop and listen to make sure\nwhether I was pursued.", "\n\nTo my horror I heard advancing steps, and I had just time to shrink back\ninto a doorway before, by the dim light of the gas, I saw the lad I\nsought to avoid run by, and as soon as his heavy boots had ceased to\necho, I crept out and ran in the other direction, till, completely worn\nout, I sat down upon a doorstep in a deserted street, and at last\ndropped off fast asleep.", "\n\nI was startled into wakefulness by a strange glare shining in my face,\nand, looking up, there was a round glowing eye of light seeming to\nsearch me through and through.", "\n\nFor a few moments I could do nothing but stare helplessly and then\nstarted nervously as a gruff voice exclaimed--\"Here; what's in that\nbundle?\"", "\n\n\"My clothes and clean shirt, sir,\" I faltered. ", " \"Let's look.\"", "\n\nMy hands shook so that I was some time before I could get the\nhandkerchief undone; but in the meantime I had been able to make out\nthat the speaker was a policeman, and in my confusion at being awakened\nout of a deep sleep, I associated his coming with instructions from Mr\nBlakeford.", "\n\nAt last, though, I laid my bundle open on the step, and my questioner\nseemed satisfied.", "\n\n\"Tie it up,\" he said, and I hastened to obey. ", " \"Now, then, young\nfellow,\" he continued, \"how is it you are sitting here asleep? ", " Why\ndon't you go home?\"", "\n\n\"Please, sir, I came up from the country to-day, and I ran away from a\nboy who wanted to steal my bundle, and then I sat down and fell asleep.\"", "\n\n\"That's a likely story,\" he said, making the light of the lantern play\nupon my face. ", " \"Where were you going?\"", "\n\n\"I don't know, sir. ", " Yes I do--to Mr Rowle.\"", "\n\n\"And where's Mr Rowle's?\"", "\n\n\"It's--it's--stop a minute, sir. ", " I've got the address written down.", "\nIt's at a great printing-office.\"", "\n\nAs I spoke I felt in my pockets one after the other for the address of\nMr Rowle's brother, but to my dismay I found that it was gone, and,\nsearch how I would, there was no sign of it in either pocket. ", " At last I\nlooked up full in the policeman's face, to exclaim pitifully--\"Please,\nsir, it's gone.\"", "\n\n\"Is it now?\" ", "he said in a bantering, sneering tone. ", " \"That's a wonder,\nthat is: specially if it warn't never there. ", " Look here, young fellow,\nwhat have you come to London for?\"", "\n\n\"Please, sir, I've come to seek my fortune.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, you have, have you? ", " Now look here, which are you, a young innocent\nfrom the country, or an artful one? ", " You may just as well speak out, for\nI'm sure to find out all about it.\"", "\n\n\"Indeed I've come up from the country, sir, to try and get a place, for\nI was so unhappy down there.\"", "\n\n\"Then you've run away from your father and mother, eh?\"", "\n\n\"No, sir; they are both dead.\"", "\n\n\"Well, then, you've run away from home, eh?\"", "\n\n\"No, sir,\" I said sadly; \"I haven't any home.\"", "\n\n\"Well, what's got to be done? ", " You can't stop here all night.\"", "\n\n\"Can't I, sir?\"", "\n\n\"Can't you, sir? ", " Why, what a young gooseberry it is! ", " Have you been to\nLondon before?\"", "\n\n\"No, sir.\"", "\n\n\"When did you come up?\"", "\n\n\"Only this evening, sir.\"", "\n\n\"And don't you know that if I leave you here some one'll have your\nbundle, and perhaps you too, before morning?\"", "\n\n\"I was so tired, sir, I fell asleep.\"", "\n\n\"Come along o' me. ", " The best thing I can do for you's to lock you up\ntill morning.\"", "\n\n\"Thank you, sir.\"", "\n\nHe burst out into a roar of laughter as he turned off the light of his\nbull's-eye.", "\n\n\"Come along, youngster,\" he said, \"it's all right, I see. ", " Why, you are\nas green as a gooseberry.\"", "\n\n\"Am I, sir?\" ", " I said piteously, for I felt very sorry that I was so\ngreen, as he called it, but I was too much confused to thoroughly\nunderstand what he meant.", "\n\n\"Greener, ever so much. ", " Why, if you'd gone down Covent Garden to sleep\namongst the baskets you'd have got swept up for cabbage leaves.\"", "\n\n\"Covent Garden Market, sir? ", " Is that close here?\" ", " I said.", "\n\n\"As if you didn't know,\" he replied, returning to his doubting vein.", "\n\n\"I've heard my papa speak of it,\" I said, eager to convince him that I\nwas speaking the truth. ", " \"He said the finest of all the fruit in the\ncountry went there, and that the flowers in the central--central--\"\n\n\"Avenue?\" ", "suggested the constable.", "\n\n\"Yes, central avenue--were always worth a visit.\"", "\n\n\"That's so. ", " And that's what your papa said, eh?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir, I have heard him say so more than once.\"", "\n\n\"Then don't you think, young fellow, as it looks very suspicious for a\nyoung gent as talks about his _papa_ to be found sleeping on a\ndoorstep?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir, I suppose it does,\" I said, \"but I have no friends now.\"", "\n\n\"Well, you'd better come along o' me, and tell your tale to the\ninspector. ", " I'm not going to leave you here. ", " He'll soon get to know the\nrights of it. ", " You've run away, that's what you've done.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir,\" I said; \"I did run away, but--\"\n\n\"Never mind the buts, youngster. ", " You'll have to be sent back to your\nsorrowing friends, my absconding young sloper.\"", "\n\n\"No, no, no?\" ", " I cried wildly, as he took hold of my cuff. ", " \"Don't send\nme back, pray don't send me back.\"", "\n\n\"None o' that 'ere now,\" he said, giving me a rough shake. ", " \"You just\ncome along quietly.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, I will, sir, indeed I will!\" ", " I cried, \"but don't, pray don't send\nme back.\"", "\n\n\"Why not? ", " How do you know but it won't be best for yer? ", " You come along\no' me sharp, and we'll soon physic your constitution into a right\nstate.\"", "\n\nThe agony of dread that seized me at that moment was more than I could\nbear. ", " In imagination I saw myself dragged back to Mr Blakeford, and\nsaw the smile of triumph on his black-looking face, as he had me again\nin his power, and, boy as I was then, and full of young life and\nhopefulness, I believe that I would gladly have jumped into the river\nsooner than have had to trust to his tender mercies again.", "\n\nIn my horror, then, I flung myself on my knees before the policeman, and\nclasped his leg as I appealed wildly to him to let me go.", "\n\n\"If you sent me back, sir,\" I cried piteously, \"he'd kill me.\"", "\n\n\"And then we should kill him,\" he said, laughing. ", " \"Not as that would be\nmuch comfort to you. ", " Here, get up.\"", "\n\n\"You don't know what I suffered, sir, after poor papa and mamma died.", "\nHe used me so cruelly, and he beat me, too, dreadfully. ", " And now, after\nI have run away, if he gets me back he will be more cruel than before.\"", "\n\n\"Well, I s'pose he wouldn't make it very pleasant for you, youngster.", "\nThere, come: get up, and you shall tell the inspector, too, all about\nit.\"", "\n\n\"No, no, no,\" I cried wildly, as in spite of his efforts to get me up I\nstill clung to his leg.", "\n\n\"Come, none of that, you know. ", " I shall have to carry you. ", " Get up.\"", "\n\nHe seized me more roughly, and dragged me to my feet, when with a hoarse\ncry of dread, I made a dash to escape, freed my arm and ran for freedom\nonce again, as if it were for my life.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER THIRTEEN.", "\n\nP.C. REVITTS.", "\n\nIn my blind fear of capture I did not study which way I went, but\ndoubling down the first turning I came to, I ran on, and then along the\nnext, to stop short directly afterwards, being sharply caught by the\nconstable from whom I had fled, and who now held me fast.", "\n\n\"Ah! ", "you thought it, did you?\" ", "he said coolly, while, panting and\nbreathless, I feebly struggled to get away. ", " \"But it won't do, my lad.", "\nYou've got to come along o' me.\"", "\n\n\"And then I shall be sent back,\" I cried, as I tried to wrestle myself\nfree. ", " \"I've never done any harm, sir; and he'll half kill me. ", " You\ndon't know him. ", " Pray let me go.\"", "\n\n\"I know you to be a reglar young coward,\" he said roughly. ", " \"Why, when I\nwas your age, I shouldn't have begun snivelling like this. ", " Now, then,\nlook here. ", " You ain't come to London only to see your Mr Hot Roll, or\nwhatever you call him. ", " Is there any one else you know as I can take you\nto? ", " I don't want to lock you up.\"", "\n\n\"No, sir, nobody,\" I faltered. ", " \"Yes, there is--there's Mr Revitts.\"", "\n\n\"Mr who?\"", "\n\n\"Mr Revitts, sir,\" I said excitedly. ", " \"He's a policeman, like you.\"", "\n\n\"Ah, that's something like a respectable reference!\" ", "he said. ", " \"What\ndivision?\"", "\n\n\"What did you say, sir?\"", "\n\n\"I said what division?\"", "\n\n\"Please, sir, I don't know what you mean.\"", "\n\n\"Do you know P.C. Revitts, VV division?\"", "\n\n\"No, sir,\" I said, with my heart sinking. ", " \"It's Mr William Revitts I\nknow.\"", "\n\n\"Which his name is William,\" he muttered. ", " Then, aloud, \"Here, come\nalong.\"", "\n\n\"No, no, sir,\" I cried in alarm. ", " \"Don't send me back.\"", "\n\n\"Come along, I tell yer.\"", "\n\n\"What's up?\" ", "said a gruff voice; and a second policeman joined us.", "\n\n\"Don't quite know yet,\" said the first man; and then he said something\nin a low voice to the other, with the result that, without another word,\nI was hurried up and down street after street till I felt ready to drop.", "\nSuddenly my guide turned into a great blank-looking building and spoke\nto another policeman, and soon, after a little shouting, a tall,\nburly-looking constable in his buttoned-up greatcoat came slowly towards\nus in the whitewashed room.", "\n\n\"Here's a lad been absconding,\" said my guide, \"and he says he'll give\nyou for a reference.\"", "\n\n\"Eh! ", "me?\" ", "said the newcomer, making me start as he stared hard in my\nface. ", " \"Who are you, boy. ", " I don't know you.\"", "\n\n\"Antony Grace, please, sir,\" I faltered.", "\n\n\"And who's Antony Grace?\"", "\n\n\"There, I thought it was a do,\" said the first constable roughly. ", " \"What\nd'yer mean by gammoning me in this way? ", " Come along.\"", "\n\n\"No, sir, please. ", " Pray give me time,\" I cried. ", " \"Don't send me back.", "\nPlease, Mr Revitts, I have run away from Mr Blakeford, and if I am\nsent back to Rowford he'll kill me. ", " I know he will.\"", "\n\n\"'Old 'ard, Smith,\" said the big constable. ", " \"Look here, boy. ", " What did\nyou say? ", " Where did you come from?\"", "\n\n\"Rowford, sir. ", " Pray don't send me back.\"", "\n\n\"And what's the name of the chap as you're afraid on?\"", "\n\n\"Mr Blakeford, sir.\"", "\n\n\"I'm blest!\"", "\n\n\"What did you say, sir?\"", "\n\n\"I said I'm blest, boy.\"", "\n\n\"Then you do know him?\" ", "said the first constable.", "\n\n\"I don't quite know as I do, yet,\" was the reply.", "\n\n\"Well, look here, I want to get back. ", " You take charge of him. ", " I found\nhim on a doorstep in Great Coram Street. ", " There's his bundle. ", " If he\ndon't give a good account of himself, have it entered and lock him up.\"", "\n\n\"All right,\" said the other, after a few moments' hesitation.", "\n\n\"Then I'm off,\" said the first man; and he left me in charge of the big\nconstable, who stood staring down at me so fiercely, as I thought, that\nI looked to right and left for a way of escape.", "\n\n\"None o' that, sir,\" he said sharply, in the words and way of the other,\nwhose heavy footsteps were now echoing down the passage. ", " \"Lookye here,\nif you try to run away, I've only got to shout, and hundreds of\nthousands of pleecemen will start round about to stop yer.\"", "\n\nAs he spoke he pushed me into a Windsor arm-chair, where I sat as if in\na cage, while he held up one finger to shake in my face.", "\n\n\"As the Clerkenwell magistrate said t'other day, the law's a great\nnetwork, and spreads wide. ", " You're new in the net o' the law, young\nfellow, and you can't get out. ", " Just look here, we knows a deal in the\nlaw and police, and I can find out in two twos whether you are telling\nme the truth or doing the artful.\"", "\n\n\"Please, sir--\"\n\n\"Hold your tongue, sir! ", " You can make your defence when your time comes;\nand mind this, it's my dooty to tell you that what you says now may be\nused in evidence again you.\"", "\n\nThus silenced, I stood gazing up in his big-whiskered face, that seemed\nto loom over me, in the gaslight, and wondered why there should be so\nmuch form and ceremony over taking my word.", "\n\n\"Now look here,\" he said pulling out a notebook and pencil, like the\nauctioneer's, only smaller, and seeming as if he were going to take an\ninventory of my small person. ", " \"Now, look here,\" he repeated, moistening\nthe point of his pencil, \"you told Joe Smith you knowed me, and I never\nset eyes on you afore.\"", "\n\n\"Please, sir,\" I said hastily, \"I told him I know Mr Revitts, who's in\nthe police.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, and you said you had run away from Rowford and a Mr Blake--\nBlake--What's his name?\"", "\n\n\"Blakeford, sir,\" I said despondently, for it seemed that this was not\nmy Mr Revitts.", "\n\n\"Blakeford. ", " That's right; and he ill-used you?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir.\"", "\n\n\"He's a little fair man, ain't he, with blue eyes?\" ", " And he rustled the\nleaves of his notebook as if about to take down my answer.", "\n\n\"No, sir,\" I cried eagerly; \"he's tall and dark, and has short hair, and\nvery white teeth.\"", "\n\n\"Ho! ", " Tall, is he?\" ", "said the constable, making believe to write, and\nthen holding out his pencil at me. ", " \"He's a nice, kind, amiable man,\nain't he, as wouldn't say an unkind word to a dorg?\"", "\n\n\"Oh no, sir,\" I said, shuddering; \"that's not my Mr Blakeford.\"", "\n\n\"Ho! ", " Now, then, once more. ", " There's a servant lives there at that\nhouse, and her name's Jane--ain't it?\"", "\n\n\"No, sir, Mary.\"", "\n\n\"And she's got red hair and freckles, and she--she's very little and--\"\n\n\"No, no,\" I cried excitedly, for after my heart had seemed to sink\nterribly low, it now leaped at his words. ", " \"That isn't Mary, and you are\nsaying all this to try me, sir. ", " You--you are Mr William Revitts, I\nknow you are;\" and I caught him eagerly by the arm.", "\n\n\"Which I don't deny it, boy,\" he said, still looking at me suspiciously,\nand removing my hand. ", " \"Revitts is my name. ", " P.C. Revitts, VV 240; and I\nain't ashamed of it. ", " But only to think of it. ", " How did you know of me,\nthough?\"", "\n\n\"I wrote Mary's letters for her, sir.\"", "\n\n\"Whew! ", " That's how it was she had so improved in her writing. ", " And so\nyou've been living in the same house along a her?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir,\" I said, \"and she was so good and kind.\"", "\n\n\"When she wasn't in a tantrum, eh?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir, when she wasn't in a--\"\n\n\"Tantrum, that's it, boy. ", " We should ha' been spliced afore now if it\nhadn't been for her tantrums. ", " But only to think o' your being picked up\nin the street like this. ", " And what am I to do now? ", " You've absconded,\nyou have; you know you've absconded in the eyes of the law.\"", "\n\n\"Write to Mary, please, sir, and ask her if it wasn't enough to make me\nrun away.\"", "\n\n\"Abscond, my lad, abscond,\" said the constable.", "\n\n\"Yes, sir,\" I said, with a shiver, \"abscond.\"", "\n\n\"You didn't--you didn't,\" he said in a half hesitating way, as he felt\nand pinched my bundle, and then ran his hand down by my jacket-pocket.", "\n\"You didn't--these are all your own things in this, are they?\"", "\n\n\"Oh yes, sir!\" ", " I said.", "\n\n\"Because some boys when they absconds, makes mistakes, and takes what\nisn't theirs.\"", "\n\n\"Do they, sir?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, my lad, and I'm puzzled about you. ", " You see, it's my duty to treat\nyou like a runaway 'prentice, and I'm uneasy in my mind about what to\ndo. ", " You see, you did run away.\"", "\n\n\"Oh yes, sir, I did run away. ", " I was obliged to. ", " Mr Blakeford wanted\nme to tell lies.\"", "\n\n\"Well, that seems to come easy enough to most people,\" he said.", "\n\n\"But I am telling the truth, sir,\" I said. ", " \"Write down to Rowford, and\nask Mary if I'm not telling the truth.\"", "\n\n\"Truth! ", " Oh, I know that, my boy,\" he said kindly. ", " \"Here, give's your\nhand. ", " Come along.\"", "\n\n\"But you won't send me back, sir?\"", "\n\n\"Send you back? ", " Not I, boy. ", " He's a blackguard, that Blakeford. ", " I know\nhim, and I only wish he'd do something, and I had him to take up for it.", "\nMary's told me all about him, and if ever we meets, even if it's five\npounds or a month, I'll punch his head: that's what I'll do for him. ", " Do\nyer hear?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir,\" I said.", "\n\n\"Now, what's to be done with you?\"", "\n\nI shook my head and looked at him helplessly.", "\n\nHe stood looking at me for a few moments and then went into another\nroom, where there was a policeman sitting at a desk, like a clerk, with\na big book before him. ", " I could see him through the other doorway, and\nthey talked for a few minutes; and then Mr Revitts came back, and stood\nstaring at me.", "\n\n\"P'r'aps I'm a fool,\" he muttered. ", " \"P'r'aps I ain't. ", " Anyhow, I'll do\nit. ", " Look here, youngster, I'm going to trust you, though as you've\nabsconded I ought to take you before a magistrate or the inspector, but\nI won't, as you're a friend of my Mary.\"", "\n\n\"Thank you, sir,\" I said.", "\n\n\"And if you turn out badly, why, woe betide you.\"", "\n\n\"Please, sir, I won't turn out badly if I can help it; but Mr Blakeford\nsaid I was good for nothing.\"", "\n\n\"Mr Blakeford be blowed! ", " I wouldn't ask him for a character for a\ndorg; and as for Mary, she don't want his character, and he may keep it.", "\nI'll take her without. ", " I wouldn't speak to any one like this,\nyoungster; but you know that gal's got a temper, though she's that good\nat heart that--that--\"\n\n\"She'd nurse you so tenderly if you were ill,\" I said enthusiastically,\n\"that you wouldn't wish to be better.\"", "\n\nHe held out his hand and gave mine a long and solemn shake.", "\n\n\"Thankye, youngster,\" he said, \"thankye for that. ", " You and I will be\ngood friends, I see. ", " I _will_ trust your word, hang me if I don't.", "\nHere, come along.\"", "\n\n\"Are you--are you going to take me up, sir?\" ", " I faltered, with a shiver\nof apprehension.", "\n\n\"I'm a-going to give you the door-key where I lodges, my lad. ", " I'm on\nnight duty, and shan't be home till quarter-past six, so you may have my\nbed and welcome. ", " Now, look here,\" he said, \"don't you go and let\nanybody fool you. ", " I'm going to show you the end of a long street, and\nyou'll go right to the top, then turn to the right along the road till\nyou come to the fourth turning, and on the right-hand side, number\ntwenty-seven, is where I lodges. ", " Here's the key. ", " You puts it in the\nlock, turns it, shuts the door after you, and then goes gently upstairs\nto the second-pair back.\"", "\n\n\"Second-pair back, sir?\" ", " I said dubiously.", "\n\n\"Well there, then, to the back room atop of the house, and there you may\nsleep till I come. ", " Now then, this way out.\"", "\n\nIt was a change that I could not have believed in, and I accompanied the\nconstable wonderingly as he led me out of the police-station and through\nseveral dark-looking streets, till he stopped short before a long dim\nvista, where straight before me two lines of gaslights stretched right\naway till they seemed to end in a bright point.", "\n\n\"Now, then,\" he said, \"you can't make any mistake there.\"", "\n\n\"No, sir.\"", "\n\n\"Off you go then to the top, and then you'll find yourself in a big\nroad.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir.\"", "\n\n\"Turn to the right, and then count four streets on the right-hand side.", "\nDo you understand?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir.\"", "\n\n\"Go down that street about halfway, till you see a gaslight shining on a\ndoor with number twenty-seven upon it. ", " Twenty-seven Caroline Street.", "\nNow, do you understand? ", " Straight up to the top, and then it's right,\nright, right, all the way.\"", "\n\n\"I understand, sir.\"", "\n\n\"Good luck to you then, be off; here's my sergeant.\"", "\n\nI should have stopped to thank him, but he hurried me away; and half\nforgetting my weariness, I went along the street, found at last the road\nat the end, followed it as directed, and then in the street of little\nhouses found one where the light from the lamp shone as my guide had\nsaid.", "\n\nI paused with the key in my hand, half fearing to use it, but summoning\nup my courage, I found the door opened easily and closed quietly, when I\nstood in a narrow passage with the stairs before me, and following them\nto the top, I hesitated, hardly knowing back from front. ", " A deep heavy\nbreathing from one room, however, convinced me that that could not be\nthe back, so I tried the other door, to find it yield, and there was\njust light enough from the window to enable me to find the bed, on which\nI threw myself half dressed, and slept soundly till morning, when I\nopened my eyes to find Mr Revitts taking off his stiff uniform coat.", "\n\n\"Look here, youngster,\" he said, throwing himself upon the bed, \"I\ndessay you're tired, so don't you get up. ", " Have another nap, and then\ncall me at ten, and we'll have some breakfast. ", " How--how--\" he said,\nyawning.", "\n\n\"What did you say, sir?\"", "\n\n\"How--Mary look?\"", "\n\n\"Very well indeed, sir. ", " She has looked much better lately, and--\"\n\nI stopped short, for a long-drawn breath from where Mr Revitts had\nthrown himself upon the bed told me plainly enough that he was asleep.", "\n\nI was too wakeful now to follow his example, and raising myself softly\nupon my elbow, I had a good look at my new friend, to see that he did\nnot look so big and burly without his greatcoat, but all the same he was\na stoutly built, fine-looking man, with a bluff, honest expression of\ncountenance.", "\n\nI stayed there for some minutes, thinking about him, and then about\nMary, and Mr Blakeford, and Hetty, and I wondered how the lawyer had\ngot on before the magistrates without me. ", " Then, rising as quietly as I\ncould, I washed and finished dressing myself before sitting down to wait\npatiently for my host's awakening.", "\n\nThe first hour passed very tediously, for there was nothing to see from\nthe window but chimney-pots, and though it was early I began to feel\nthat I had not breakfasted, and three hours or so was a long time to\nwait. ", " The room was clean, but shabbily furnished, and as I glanced\nround offered little in the way of recreation, till my eyes lit on a set\nof hanging shelves with a few books thereon, and going on tiptoe across\nthe room, I began to read their backs, considering which I should\nchoose.", "\n\nThere was the \"Farmer of Inglewood Forest,\" close by the \"Old English\nBaron,\" with the \"Children of the Abbey,\" and \"Robinson Crusoe.\" ", " Side\nby side with them was a gilt-edged Prayer-book, upon opening which I\nfound that it was the property of \"Mr William Revitts, a present from\nhis effectinat friend Mary Bloxam.\" ", " On the opposite leaf was the\nfollowing verse:--\n\n \"When this yu see, remember me,\n And bare me in yure mind;\n And don't forget old Ingerland,\n And the lass yu lef behind.\"", "\n\nThe Bible on the shelf was from the same source. ", " Besides these were\nseveral books in shabby covers--Bogatsky's \"Golden Treasury,\" the\n\"Pilgrim's Progress,\" and the \"Young Man's Best Companion.\"", "\n\nI stood looking at them for a few minutes, and then reached down poor\nold \"Robinson Crusoe,\" bore it to the window, and for the fourth time in\nmy life began its perusal.", "\n\nIn a very short time my past troubles, my precarious future, and my\npresent hunger were all forgotten, and I was far away from the attic in\nNorth London, watching the proceedings of Robinson in that wonderful\nisland, having skipped over a good many of the early adventures for the\nsake of getting as soon as possible into that far-away home of mystery\nand romance.", "\n\nThe strengthening of his house, the coming of the savages, the intensely\ninteresting occurrences of the story, so enchained me, that I read on\nand on till I was suddenly startled by the voice of Mr Revitts\nexclaiming:\n\n\"Hallo, you! ", " I say, what's o'clock?\"", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER FOURTEEN.", "\n\nBREAKFAST WITH THE LAW, AND WHAT FOLLOWED.", "\n\nI let the book fall in a shamefaced way as my host took a great, ugly\nold silver watch from beneath his pillow, looked at it, shook it, looked\nat it again, and then exclaimed:\n\n\"It's either 'levin o'clock or else she's been up to her larks. ", " Hush!\"", "\n\nHe held up his hand, for just then a clock began to strike, and we both\ncounted eleven.", "\n\n\"Then she was right for once in a way. ", " Why didn't you call me at ten?\"", "\n\n\"I forgot, sir. ", " I was reading,\" I faltered; for I felt I had been\nguilty of a great breach of trust.", "\n\n\"And you haven't had no breakfast,\" he said, dressing himself quickly,\nand then plunging his face into the basin of water, to splash and blow\nloudly, before having a most vigorous rub with the towel. ", " \"Why, you\nmust be as hungry as a hunter,\" he continued, as he halted in what was\napparently his morning costume of flannel shirt and trousers. ", " \"We'll\nvery soon have it ready, though. ", " Shove the cloth on, youngster; the\ncups and saucers are in that cupboard, that's right, look alive.\"", "\n\nI hastened to do what he wished, and in a few minutes had spread the\ntable after the fashion observed by Mary at Mr Blakeford's, while Mr\nRevitts took a couple of rashers of bacon out of a piece of newspaper on\nthe top of the bookshelf, and some bread and a preserve jar containing\nbutter out of a box under the table. ", " Next he poured some coffee out of\na canister into the pot, and having inserted his feet into slippers, he\nprepared to go out of the room.", "\n\n\"Bedroom, with use of the kitchen, for a single gentleman,\" he said,\nwinking one eye. ", " \"That's me. ", " Back in five minutes, youngster.\"", "\n\nIt must have been ten minutes before he returned, with the coffee-pot in\none hand and the two rashers of hot sputtering bacon in the other, when\nin the most friendly spirit he drew a chair to the table, and saying,\n\"Help yourself, youngster,\" placed one rasher upon my plate and took the\nother upon his own.", "\n\n\"I say, only to think of my mate coming upon you fast asleep in London,\"\nhe said, tearing me off a piece of bread. ", " \"Why, if he'd been looking\nfor you, he couldn't ha' done it. ", " Don't be afraid o' the sugar. ", " There\nain't no milk.\"", "\n\nI was very hungry, and I gladly began my breakfast, since it was offered\nin so sociable a spirit.", "\n\n\"Let's see. ", " How did you say Mary looked?\"", "\n\n\"Very well indeed, sir,\" I replied.", "\n\n\"Send me--come, tuck in, my lad, you're welcome--send me any message?\"", "\n\n\"She did not know I was coming, sir.\"", "\n\n\"No, of course not. ", " So you've come to London to seek your fortune, eh?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir.\"", "\n\n\"Where are you going to look for it first?\" ", "he said, grinning.", "\n\n\"I don't know, sir,\" I said, rather despondently.", "\n\n\"More don't I. Pour me out another cup o' coffee, my lad, while I cut\nsome more bread and scrape. ", " Only to think o' my mate meeting you! ", " And\nso Mary looks well, does she?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir.\"", "\n\n\"And ain't very comfortable, eh?\"", "\n\n\"Oh no, sir! ", " It's a very uncomfortable place.\"", "\n\n\"Ah, I shall have to find her a place after all! ", " She might just as well\nhave said _yes_ last time, instead of going into a tantrum. ", " I say,\ncome; you ain't half eating. ", " I shall write and tell her I've seen you.\"", "\n\nIf I was half eating before, I was eating nothing now, for his words\nsuggested discovery, and my being given up to Mr Blakeford: when,\nseeing my dismay, my host laughed at me.", "\n\n\"There, get on with your toke, youngster. ", " If I tell Mary where you are,\nyou don't suppose she'll go and tell old Blakeford?\"", "\n\n\"Oh no, sir! ", "she wouldn't do that,\" I said, taking heart again, and\nresuming my breakfast.", "\n\n\"And I say, youngster, suppose you don't say _sir_ to me any more. ", " I'm\nonly a policeman, you know. ", " I say, you were a bit scared last night,\nweren't you?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir--yes, I mean, I was very much afraid.\"", "\n\n\"Ah, that's the majesty of the law, that is! ", " Do you know, I've only got\nto go into a crowd, and just give my head a nod, and they disperse\ndirectly. ", " The police have wonderful power in London.\"", "\n\n\"Have they, sir?\"", "\n\n\"Wonderful, my lad. ", " We can do anything we like, so long as it's men.", "\nHundreds of 'em 'll give way before a half-dozen of us. ", " It's only when\nwe've got to deal with the women that we get beat; and that ain't no\nshame, is it?\"", "\n\n\"No, sir,\" I said, though I had not the faintest notion why. ", " \"You're\nquite right,\" he said; \"it ain't no shame. ", " What! ", " Have you done?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir--yes, I mean.\"", "\n\n\"Won't you have that other cup of coffee?\"", "\n\n\"No, thank you.\"", "\n\n\"Then I will,\" he said, suiting the action to the word. ", " \"Well, now\nthen, youngster, what are you going to do, eh?\"", "\n\n\"I'm going to try and find Mr Rowle's brother, sir, at a great\nprinting-office,\" I said, searching my pockets, and at last finding the\naddress given me. ", " \"Perhaps he'll help me to find a situation.\"", "\n\n\"Ah, p'r'aps so. ", " They do have boys in printing-offices. ", " Now, if you\nwere a bit bigger you might have joined the police, and got to be a\nsergeant some day. ", " It's a bad job, but it can't be helped. ", " You must\ngrow.\"", "\n\n\"I am growing fast, sir,\" I replied.", "\n\n\"Ah, I s'pose so. ", " Well, now lookye here. ", " You go and see Mr Rowle, and\nhear what he says, and then come back to me.\"", "\n\n\"Come back here?\" ", " I said, hesitating.", "\n\n\"Unless you've got somewhere better to go, my lad. ", " There, don't you\nmind coming. ", " You're an old friend o' my Mary, and so you're an old\nfriend o' mine. ", " So, for a week, or a fortnight, or a month, if you like\nto bunk down along o' me till you can get settled, why, you're welcome;\nand if a man can say a better word than that, why, tell him how.\"", "\n\n\"I--I should be very, very grateful if you would give me a night or\ntwo's lodging, sir,\" I said, \"and--and I've got six shillings yet.\"", "\n\n\"Then don't you spend more than you can help, youngster. ", " Do you know\nwhat's the cheapest dinner you can get?\"", "\n\n\"No, sir--no, I mean.\"", "\n\n\"Penny loaf and a pen'orth o' cheese. ", " You come back here and have tea\nalong o' me. ", " I don't go on duty till night. ", " There, no shuffling,\" he\nsaid, grinning. ", " \"If you don't come back I'll write and tell old\nBlakeford.\"", "\n\nI could see that he did not mean it, and soon after I left my bundle\nthere, and started off to try if I could find Mr Rowle's brother at the\ngreat printing-office in Short Street, Fetter Lane.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER FIFTEEN.", "\n\n\"BOYS WANTED.\"", "\n\nI went over the address in my own mind to make sure, and also repeated\nthe directions given me by Mr Revitts, so as to make no mistake in\ngoing into the City. ", " Then I thought over again Mr Rowle's remarks\nabout his brother, his name, Jabez, his age, and his being exactly like\nhimself. ", " That would, I thought, make it easy for me to recognise him;\nand in this spirit I walked on through the busy streets, feeling a good\ndeal confused at being pushed and hustled about so much, while twice I\nwas nearly run over in crossing the roads.", "\n\nAt last, after asking, by Mr Revitts' advice, my way of different\npolicemen when I was at fault, I found myself soon after two in Short\nStreet, Fetter Lane, facing a pile of buildings from the base of which\ncame the hiss and pant of steam, with the whirr, clang, and roar of\nmachinery; while on the doorpost was a bright zinc plate with the legend\n\"Ruddle and Lister, General Printers;\" and above that, written on a card\nin a large legible hand, and tacked against the woodwork, the words\n\"Boys Wanted.\"", "\n\nThis announcement seemed to take away my breath, and I hesitated for a\nfew minutes before I dared approach the place; but I went up at last,\nand then, seeing a severe-looking man in a glass box reading a\nnewspaper, I shrank back and walked on a little way, forgetting all\nabout Mr Jabez Rowle in my anxiety to try and obtain a situation by\nwhose means I could earn my living.", "\n\nAt last, in a fit of desperation, I went up to the glass case, and the\nman reading the newspaper let it fall upon his knees and opened a little\nwindow.", "\n\n\"Now then, what is it?\" ", "he said in a gruff voice.", "\n\n\"If you please, sir, there's a notice about boys wanted--\"\n\n\"Down that passage, upstairs, first floor,\" said the man gruffly, and\nbanged down the window.", "\n\nI was a little taken aback, but I pushed a swing-door, and went with a\nbeating heart along the passage, on one side of which were rooms fitted\nup something like Mr Blakeford's office, and on the other side a great\nopen floor stacked with reams of paper, and with laths all over the\nceiling, upon which boys with curious pieces of wood, something like\nlong wooden crutches, were hanging up sheets of paper to dry, while at\nbroad tables by the windows I could see women busily folding more sheets\nof paper, as if making books.", "\n\nIt was but a casual glance I had as I passed on, and then went by a room\nwith the door half open and the floor carpeted inside. ", " There was a\npleasant, musical voice speaking, and then there was a burst of\nlaughter, all of which seemed out of keeping in that dingy place, full\nof the throb of machinery, and the odour of oil and steam.", "\n\nAt the end of the passage was the staircase, and going up, I was nearly\nknocked over by a tall, fat-headed boy, who blundered roughly against\nme, and then turned round to cry indignantly--\n\n\"Now, stoopid, where are yer a-coming to?\"", "\n\n\"Can you tell me, please, where I am to ask about boys being wanted?\" ", " I\nsaid mildly.", "\n\n\"Oh, find out! ", " There ain't no boys wanted here.\"", "\n\n\"Not wanted here!\" ", " I faltered, with my hopes terribly dashed, for I had\nbeen building castles high in the air.", "\n\n\"No; be off!\" ", "he said roughly, when a new character appeared on the\nscene in the shape of a business-looking man in a white apron, carrying\ndown an iron frame, and having one hand at liberty, he made use of it to\ngive the big lad a cuff on the ear.", "\n\n\"You make haste and fetch up those galleys, Jem Smith;\" and the boy went\non down three stairs at a time. ", " \"What do you want, my man?\" ", "he\ncontinued, turning to me.", "\n\n\"I saw there were boys wanted, sir, and I was going upstairs.\"", "\n\n\"When that young scoundrel told you a lie. ", " There, go on, and in at that\nswing-door; the overseer's office is at the end.\"", "\n\nI thanked him, and went on, pausing before a door blackened by dirty\nhands, and listened for a moment before going in.", "\n\nThe hum of machinery sounded distant here, and all within seemed very\nstill, save a faint clicking noise, till suddenly I heard a loud\nclap-clapping, as if a flat piece of wood were being banged down and\nthen struck with a mallet; and directly after came a hammering, as if\nsome one was driving a wooden peg.", "\n\nThere were footsteps below, and I dared not hesitate longer; so, pushing\nthe door, it yielded, and I found myself in a great room, where some\nforty men in aprons and shirt-sleeves were busy at what at the first\nglance seemed to be desks full of little compartments, from which they\nwere picking something as they stood, but I was too much confused to\nnotice more than that they took not the slightest notice of me, as I\nstopped short, wondering where the overseer's room would be.", "\n\nAt one corner I could see an old man at a desk, with a boy standing\nbeside him, both of them shut up in a glass case, as if they were\ncuriosities; in another corner there was a second glass case, in which a\nfierce-looking man with a shiny bald head and glittering spectacles was\ngesticulating angrily to one of the men in white aprons, and pointing to\na long, narrow slip of paper.", "\n\nI waited for a moment, and then turned to the man nearest to me.", "\n\n\"Can you tell me, please, which is the overseer's office?\" ", " I said, cap\nin hand.", "\n\n\"Folio forty-seven--who's got folio forty-seven?\" ", "he said aloud.", "\n\n\"Here!\" ", "cried a voice close by.", "\n\n\"Make even.--Get out; don't bother me.\"", "\n\nI shrank away, confused and perplexed, and a dark, curly-haired man on\nthe other side turned upon me a pair of deeply set stern eyes, as he\nrattled some little square pieces of lead into something he held in his\nhand.", "\n\n\"What is it, boy?\" ", "he said in a deep, low voice.", "\n\n\"Can you direct me to the overseer's office, sir?\"", "\n\n\"That's it, boy, where that gentleman in spectacles is talking.\"", "\n\n\"Wigging old Morgan,\" said another man, laughing.", "\n\n\"Ah!\" ", "said the first speaker, \"that's the place, boy;\" and he turned his\neyes upon a slip of paper in front of his desk.", "\n\nI said, \"Thank you!\" ", "and went on along the passage between two rows of\nthe frame desks to where the fierce-looking bald man was still\ngesticulating, and as I drew near I could hear what he said.", "\n\n\"I've spoken till I'm tired of speaking; your slips are as foul as a\nditch. ", " Confound you, sir, you're a perfect disgrace to the whole\nchapel. ", " Do you think your employers keep readers to do nothing else but\ncorrect your confounded mistakes? ", " Read your stick, sir--read your\nstick!\"", "\n\n\"Very sorry,\" grumbled the man, \"but it was two o'clock this morning,\nand I was tired as a dog.\"", "\n\n\"Don't talk to me, sir; I don't care if it was two o'clock, or twelve\no'clock, or twenty-four o'clock. ", " I say that slip's a disgrace to you;\nand for two pins, sir--for two pins I'd have it framed and stuck up for\nthe men to see. ", " Be off and correct it.--Now, then, what do you want?\"", "\n\nThis was to me, and I was terribly awe-stricken at the fierce aspect of\nthe speaker, whose forehead was now of a lively pink.", "\n\n\"If you please, sir, I saw that you wanted boys, and--\"\n\n\"No; I don't want boys,\" he raved. ", " \"I'm sick of the young monkeys; but\nI'm obliged to have them.\"", "\n\n\"I am sorry, sir--\" I faltered.", "\n\n\"Oh yes; of course. ", " Here, stop! ", "where are you going?\"", "\n\n\"Please, sir, you said you didn't want any boys.\"", "\n\n\"You're very sharp, ain't you? ", " Now hold your tongue, and then answer\nwhat I ask and no more. ", " What are you--a machine boy or reader?\"", "\n\n\"If you please, sir, I--I don't know--I thought--I want--\"\n\n\"Confound you; hold your tongue!\" ", "he roared. ", " \"Where did you work last?\"", "\n\n\"At--at Mr Blakeford's,\" I faltered, feeling bound to speak the truth.", "\n\n\"Blakeford's! ", " Blakeford's!--I know no Blakeford's. ", " At machine?\"", "\n\n\"No, sir! ", " I wrote all day.\"", "\n\n\"Wrote? ", " What, wasn't it a printing-office?\"", "\n\n\"No, sir.\"", "\n\n\"How dare you come wasting my time like this, you insolent young\nscoundrel! ", " Be off! ", " Get out with you! ", " I never knew such insolence in\nmy life.\"", "\n\nI shrank away, trembling, and began to retreat down the avenue, this\ntime with the men's faces towards me, ready to gaze in my red and guilty\ncountenance, for I felt as if I had been guilty of some insult to the\nmajesty of the printing-office. ", " To my great relief, though, the men\nwere too busy to notice me; but I heard one say to another, \"Old\nBrimstone's hot this morning.\" ", " Then I passed on, and saw the dark man\nlooking at me silently from beneath his overhanging brows; and the next\nmoment, heartsick and choking with the effects of this rebuff, the\nswing-door was thrown open by the fat-headed boy coming in, and as I\npassed out, unaccustomed to its spring, the boy contrived that it would\nstrike me full in the back, just as if the overseer had given me a rude\npush to drive me away.", "\n\nI descended the stairs with the spirit for the moment crushed out of me;\nand with my eyes dim with disappointment, I was passing along the\npassage, when, as I came to the open door of the carpeted room, a man's\nvoice exclaimed--\n\n\"No, no, Miss Carr, you really shall not. ", " We'll send it on by one of\nthe boys.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, nonsense, Mr Lister; I can carry it.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, yes; of course you can, but I shall not let you. ", " Here, boy, come\nhere.\"", "\n\nI entered the room nervously, to find myself in presence of a handsome,\nwell-dressed man, another who was stout and elderly, and two young\nladies, while upon the table lay a parcel of books, probably the subject\nof the remark.", "\n\n\"Hallo! ", "what boy are you?\" ", "said the younger man. ", " \"Oh! ", "one of the new\nones, I suppose.\"", "\n\n\"No, sir,\" I said, with voice trembling and my face working, for I was\nunnerved by the treatment I had just received and the dashing of my\nhopes; \"I came to be engaged, but--but the gentleman upstairs turned me\naway.\"", "\n\n\"Why?\" ", "said the elder man sharply.", "\n\n\"Because I had not been in the printing-office, sir.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, of course!\" ", "he said, nodding. ", " \"Of course. ", " We want lads accustomed\nto the trade, my man.\"", "\n\n\"You should teach him the trade, Mr Ruddle,\" said one of the young\nladies quickly, and I darted a look of gratitude at her.", "\n\n\"Too busy, Miss Carr,\" he said, smiling at her. ", " \"We don't keep a\nprinter's school.\"", "\n\n\"I'll teach him,\" whispered the young man eagerly, though I heard him;\n\"I'll teach him anything, if you'll promise not to be so cruel.\"", "\n\n\"What a bargain!\" ", "she replied, laughing; and she turned away.", "\n\n\"I don't think we need keep you, my lad,\" said the young man bitterly.", "\n\n\"Indeed!\" ", "said the other young lady; \"why, I thought he was to carry our\nparcel of books?\"", "\n\n\"But he is a strange boy, my dear young ladies,\" said the elder man;\n\"I'll ring for one from the office.\"", "\n\n\"No; don't, pray!\" ", "said the lady addressed as Miss Carr quickly. ", " \"I\ndon't think we will carry the parcel. ", " You will carry it for us, will\nyou not?\"", "\n\n\"Oh, yes, indeed I will!\" ", " I cried eagerly; and I stepped forward, for\nthere was something very winning in the speakers voice.", "\n\n\"Stop a moment, my man,\" said the elder gentleman rather sternly, while\nthe younger stood biting his lips; \"where do your father and mother\nlive?\"", "\n\nThose words made something rise in my throat, and I looked wildly at\nhim, but could not speak.", "\n\nHe did not see my face, for he had taken up a pen and drawn a memorandum\nslip towards him.", "\n\n\"Well; why don't you speak?\" ", "he said sharply, and as he raised his eyes\nI tried, but could not get out a word, only pointed mutely to the shabby\nband of crape upon my cap.", "\n\n\"Ah!\"", "\n\nThere was a deep sigh close by me, and I saw that the young lady\naddressed as Miss Carr was deadly pale, and for the first time I noticed\nthat she was in deep mourning.", "\n\n\"My dear Miss Carr!\" ", "whispered the young man earnestly.", "\n\n\"Don't speak to me for a minute,\" she said in the same tone; and then I\nsaw her face working and lip quivering as she gazed wistfully at me.", "\n\n\"Poor lad!\" ", "said the elder man abruptly. ", " Then, \"Your friends, my boy,\nyour relatives?\"", "\n\n\"I have none, sir,\" I said huskily, \"only an uncle, and I don't know for\ncertain where he lives.\"", "\n\n\"But you don't mean that you are alone in the world?\" ", "said the young man\nquickly, and he glanced at the lady as he spoke.", "\n\n\"Yes, sir,\" I said quietly, for I had now recovered myself, \"I am quite\nalone, and I want to get a situation to earn my living.\"", "\n\nThe elder gentleman turned upon me and seemed to look me through and\nthrough.", "\n\n\"Now, look here, young fellow,\" he said, \"you are either a very\nunfortunate boy or a designing young impostor.\"", "\n\n\"Mr Ruddle!\" ", "exclaimed Miss Carr indignantly; and I saw the young man's\neyes glitter as he gazed at her sweet, sad face, twenty times more\nattractive now than when she was speaking lightly a minute before.", "\n\n\"I don't want to be harsh, my dear, but here we are obliged to be firm\nand business-like. ", " Now, boy, answer me; have you been to a good\nschool?\"", "\n\n\"No, sir,\" I said, speaking sharply now, for his use of the word\n\"impostor\" stung me; \"I was educated at home.\"", "\n\n\"Humph! ", "where do you come from?\"", "\n\n\"Rowford, sir.\"", "\n\n\"Town on a tall hill?\"", "\n\n\"No, sir,\" I said in surprise; \"Rowford is quite in a hole; but we lived\nfour miles from Rowford, sir, on the Cawleigh road.\"", "\n\n\"Then you know Leydon Wood.\"", "\n\n\"Oh yes, sir! ", "that's where papa used to take me to collect specimens.\"", "\n\n\"Humph! ", " Don't say _papa_, my boy. ", " Boys who go into the world to get\ntheir living don't speak of their papas. ", " John Lister!\"", "\n\n\"Wait a minute, Ruddle,\" said the younger man, whose back was towards\nus; and I saw that he was leaning over Miss Carr and holding her hand.", "\n\"If you wish it,\" he whispered softly, \"it shall be done.\"", "\n\n\"I do wish it,\" she said with an earnest look in her large eyes as she\ngazed kindly at me; and the young man turned round, flushed and excited.", "\n\nI was shrinking away towards the door, pained and troubled, for I felt\nthat I had no business there, when Mr Lister motioned me to stop, and\nsaid something to the elder gentleman.", "\n\nHe in turn screwed up his face, and gave the younger a comical look.", "\n\n\"Your father would not have done so, John Lister,\" he said. ", " \"What am I\nto say, Miss Carr?\"", "\n\nFor answer the young lady rose and went and laid her hands in one of\nhis.", "\n\n\"If you please, Mr Ruddle,\" she said in a low musical voice, \"it will\nbe a kindly act.\"", "\n\n\"God bless you, my dear,\" he said tenderly. ", " \"I believe if I were with\nyou long you'd make me as much your slave as you have John Lister.\"", "\n\n\"Then you will?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, my dear, yes, if it is really as he says.\"", "\n\nShe darted an intelligent look at me, and then hastily pulled down her\ncrape veil as Mr Lister followed her to her chair.", "\n\n\"Come here, my lad,\" said Mr Ruddle, in quiet business-like tones. ", " \"We\nwant boys here, but boys used to the printing trade, for it does not\nanswer our purpose to teach them; we have no time. ", " But as you seem a\nsharp, respectable boy, and pretty well educated, you might, perhaps, be\nwilling to try.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, if you'll try me, I'll strive so hard to learn, sir!\" ", " I cried\nexcitedly.", "\n\n\"I hope you will, my boy,\" he said drily, \"but don't profess too much;\nand mind this, you are not coming here as a young gentleman, but as a\nreading-boy--to work.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir. ", " I want to work,\" I said earnestly.", "\n\n\"That's well. ", " Now, look here. ", " I want to know a little more about you.", "\nIf, as you say, you came from near Rowford, you can tell me the names of\nsome of the principal people there?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir; there's Doctor Heston, and the Reverend James Wyatt, and Mr\nElton.\"", "\n\n\"Exactly,\" he said gruffly; and he opened a large book and turned over a\nnumber of pages. ", " \"Humph! ", "here it is,\" he said to himself, and he seemed\nto check off the names. ", " \"Now, look here, my man. ", " What is the name of\nthe principal solicitor at Rowford?\"", "\n\n\"Mr Blakeford, sir,\" I said with a shiver, lest he should want to write\nto him about me.", "\n\n\"Oh, you know him?\" ", "he said sharply.", "\n\n\"Yes, sir. ", " He managed papa's--my father's--affairs,\" I said, correcting\nmyself.", "\n\n\"Then I'm sorry for your poor father's affairs,\" he said, tightening his\nlips. ", " \"That will do, my lad. ", " You can come to work here. ", " Be honest and\nindustrious, and you'll get on. ", " Never mind about having been a\ngentleman, but learn to be a true man. ", " Go and wait outside.\"", "\n\nI tried to speak. ", " I wanted to catch his hands in mine. ", " I wanted to\nfling my arms round Miss Carr, and kiss and bless her for her goodness.", "\nI was so weak and sentimental a boy then. ", " But I had to fight it all\ndown, and satisfy myself by casting a grateful glance at her as I went\nout to wait.", "\n\nI was no listener, but I heard every word that passed as the ladies rose\nto go.", "\n\n\"Are you satisfied, my dear?\" ", "said Mr Ruddle.", "\n\n\"God bless you?\" ", "she said; and I saw her raise her veil and kiss him.", "\n\n\"God bless you, my dear!\" ", "he said softly. ", " \"So this little affair has\nregularly settled it all, eh? ", " And you are to be John's wife. ", " Well,\nwell, well, my dear, I'm glad of it, very glad of it. ", " John, my boy, I\nwould my old partner were alive to see your choice; and as for you, my\nchild, you've won a good man, and I hope your sister will be as\nfortunate.\"", "\n\n\"I hope I shall, Mr Ruddle,\" said the other lady softly.", "\n\n\"If I were not sixty, and you nineteen, my dear, I'd propose for you\nmyself,\" he went on laughingly. ", " \"But come, come, I can't have you giddy\ngirls coming to our works to settle your affairs. ", " There, be off with\nyou, and you dine with us on Tuesday next. ", " The old lady says you are to\ncome early. ", " I'm afraid John Lister here won't be able to leave the\noffice till twelve o'clock; but we can do without him, eh?\"", "\n\n\"Don't you mind what he says, Miriam,\" said Mr Lister. ", " \"But stop,\nhere's the parcel. ", " I'll send it on.\"", "\n\n\"No, no. ", " Please let that youth carry it for us,\" said Miss Carr.", "\n\n\"Anything you wish,\" he whispered earnestly; and the next moment he was\nat the door.", "\n\n\"You'll carry this parcel for these ladies,\" he said; \"and to-morrow\nmorning be here at ten o'clock, and we'll find you something to do.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir. ", " Thank you, sir,\" I said eagerly; and taking the parcel, I\nfollowed the ladies into Holborn, and then along Oxford Street to a\nsubstantial row of houses near Cavendish Square, where the one I looked\nupon as my friend paused at a large door and held out her hand to me.", "\n\n\"I shall hope to hear from Mr Lister that you have got on well at the\noffice,\" she said in her sweet musical voice. ", " \"Recollect that you are\nmy _protege_, and I hope you will do me credit. ", " I shall not forget to\nask about you. ", " You will try, will you not?\"", "\n\n\"Oh yes,\" I said hoarsely, \"so hard--so very hard!\"", "\n\n\"I believe you will,\" she said, taking the parcel from my hand; \"and now\ngood-bye.\"", "\n\nThe next moment I was standing alone upon the pavement, feeling as if a\ncloudiness had come over the day, while, as I looked down into my hand,\nit was to see there a bright new sovereign.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER SIXTEEN.", "\n\nPLANS FOR THE FUTURE.", "\n\nI went straight back to Mr Revitts, and only when nearly there did I\nremember that I had not thought to ask about Mr Rowle. ", " But I felt it\ndid not matter now, for I had obtained a situation, and he could not be\nannoyed to find that I was coming to the same establishment.", "\n\nMr Revitts was enjoying himself when I reached his room; that is to\nsay, he was sitting in his dingy old red-flannel shirt and his blue\nuniform trousers, with his sleeves rolled well up above the elbow,\nreading the police news in a daily paper and smoking a short black pipe,\nwith the wreaths of smoke floating out of the open window.", "\n\n\"Here you are then, my lad,\" he said, \"just in time. ", " You and I will go\nout and have a bit o' something at the cookshop. ", " Did you find your\nfriend?\"", "\n\n\"No, sir--no Mr Revitts,\" I said, correcting myself, \"I forgot to ask\nfor him.\"", "\n\nHe let his paper fall in his lap and stared hard at me.", "\n\n\"Now, look here, my lad,\" he said, expelling a large cloud of smoke, \"I\ndon't want you to commit yourself, and it's my dooty to tell you that\nwhatever you say will be--No, no, nonsense. ", " Come, speak out. ", " What are\nyou laughing at? ", " What have you been doing?\"", "\n\nHereupon I told him my adventure, my eyes sparkling with delight.", "\n\n\"And a whole sovereign into the bargain!\" ", "he cried as I finished.", "\n\"Let's look at it.\"", "\n\nI handed him the bright new golden coin, and he span it up in the air,\ncaught it dexterously, and bit it. ", " Then he tried it three or four times\non the table, as a shopman would a piece of money on a counter, and\nended by making believe to thrust it into his pocket.", "\n\n\"It's a good one,\" he said, \"and I think I shall stick to it for your\nboard and lodging last night and this morning. ", " What do you say?\"", "\n\n\"I think you ought to be paid, sir,\" I said eagerly, \"for you were very\ngood to me.\"", "\n\nHe stared hard at me for a few moments, and then thrust the sovereign\nback in my hand.", "\n\n\"I've seen a good many boys in my time,\" he said, \"but I'm blessed if\never I run again one like you. ", " Why, you've got plenty of pluck, or else\nyou wouldn't have run away; but of all the simple--well, I won't say\nsimple, but green--of the green chaps I ever did come across you are\nabout the greenest.\"", "\n\nI flushed up far from that tint at his words, for there was the old\ncomplaint again about my greenness.", "\n\n\"Please, Mr Revitts, I'm very sorry I'm so green,\" I said, looking at\nhim wistfully; \"perhaps it's because I've always lived in the country.\"", "\n\nHe stared harder at me.", "\n\n\"Come here,\" he said sharply, and going to the window, he placed me\nbetween his knees, laid a great hand upon each of my shoulders grasping\nthem firmly, and gazed straight into my eyes. ", " \"Look here, youngster,\"\nhe said angrily, \"is it R or F? ", " Are you trying to humbug me? ", " Because,\nif so, it won't do: I'm too old.\"", "\n\n\"Humbug you, sir?\" ", " I said wonderingly. ", " \"I don't know what you mean.\"", "\n\n\"That you don't,\" he said, dropping his fierce way and sinking back\nsmiling. ", " \"'Struth, what a boy you are!\"", "\n\nI gazed at him in a troubled way, for I felt hurt.", "\n\n\"I'm very sorry, Mr Revitts,\" I said, \"and I hope you don't think I\nwould do anything to deceive you,\" for that \"R or F\" puzzled me.", "\n\n\"Deceive me? ", " Not you, my boy. ", " Why, you couldn't deceive a sparrer or a\nhoyster. ", " Why, you're as transparent as a pane of glass. ", " I can see\nright through you and out on the other side.\"", "\n\n\"I'm afraid I am very stupid, sir,\" I said sadly. ", " \"I'll try to learn to\nbe more clever. ", " I don't know much, only about books, and natural\nhistory, and botany, but I'll try very hard not--not to be so--so--\ngreen.\"", "\n\n\"Why, bless your young heart, where have you been all your life? ", " You're\neither as cunning as--No, you ain't, you really are as innocent as a\nlamb.\"", "\n\n\"I've always been at home with papa and mamma, sir.\"", "\n\n\"Sir, be hanged! ", " My name's William Revitts; and if you and me's going\nto be good friends, my boy, you'll drop that sir-ing and mistering, and\ncall me plain Bill.\"", "\n\n\"Should you like it, sir, if I did?\" ", " I asked anxiously.", "\n\n\"No, _sir_, I shouldn't. ", " Yes, I should. ", " Now then, is it to be friends\nor enemies?\"", "\n\n\"Oh, friends, please,\" I said, holding out my hand.", "\n\n\"Then there's mine, young Antony,\" he cried seizing it in his great,\nfingers. ", " \"And mind, I'm Bill, or old Bill, whichever you like.\"", "\n\n\"I'm sure--Bill, I should be glad to be the best of friends,\" I said,\n\"for I have none.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, come now, you said that Polly was very good to you.\"", "\n\n\"What, Mary? ", " Oh yes!\"", "\n\n\"Well, then, that's one. ", " But, I say, you know you mustn't be so\nprecious innocent.\"", "\n\n\"Mustn't I, sir?\"", "\n\n\"What!\" ", "he cried, bringing his hand down crash on the table.", "\n\n\"Mustn't I, Bill?\"", "\n\n\"That's better. ", " No: that you mustn't. ", " I seem to look upon you as quite\nan old friend since you lived so long with my Polly. ", " But, I say, your\neducation has been horribly neglected. ", " You're quite a baby to the boys\nup here at your age.\"", "\n\n\"But papa was so anxious that I should learn everything,\" I said, as I\nthought of Mr Ruddle's words, \"and we had lessons every day.\"", "\n\n\"Hah! ", " Yes; but you can't learn everything out o' books,\" he continued,\nlooking at me curiously. ", " \"You never went away to school, then?\"", "\n\n\"No. ", " I was going in a month or two.\"", "\n\n\"Hah! ", "and it was put off. ", " Well, we can't help it now, only you mustn't\nbe so jolly easy-going. ", " Everybody here will glory in taking you in.\"", "\n\n\"Do you mean cheating me?\"", "\n\n\"That's just what I do mean. ", " Why, some chaps would have nailed that sov\nlike a shot, and you'd never have seen it again. ", " You see, I'm in the\npolice, and we couldn't stoop to such a thing, but I know lots o' men as\nwould say as a sov was no use to a boy like you, and think as they ought\nto take care of it for you.\"", "\n\n\"Well, wouldn't that be right, Mr Revitts?\" ", " I said.", "\n\n\"No, it wouldn't, young greenhorn,\" he cried sharply, \"because they'd\ntake care of it their way.\"", "\n\n\"Greenhorn?\" ", " I said eagerly. ", " \"Oh, that's what you mean by my being\ngreen! ", " You mean ignorant and unripe in the world's ways.\"", "\n\n\"That's just what I do mean,\" he cried, slapping me on the shoulder.", "\n\"Brayvo! ", "that's the result of my first lesson,\" he continued admiringly.", "\n\"Why, I'm blessed if I don't think that if I had you here six months,\nand took pains, I could make a man of you.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, I wish you would,\" I cried excitedly. ", " \"I do so want to be a true,\ngood man--one such as papa used to speak of--one who could carve his way\nto a noble and honourable career, and grow to be loved and venerated and\nheld in high esteem by the world at large. ", " Oh, I would try so hard--I'd\nwork night and day, and feel at last, that I had not tried in vain.\"", "\n\n\"He-ar! ", "he-ar! ", " Brayvo, brayvo, youngster! ", " Well done our side! ", " That's\nyour style!\" ", "he cried, clapping his hands and stamping his feet as I\nstopped short, flushed and excited with the ideas that had come\nthronging to my brain, and then gazed at him in a shamefaced and bashful\nmanner. ", " \"That's your sort, my boy, I like that. ", " I say, did your father\nteach you that sorter thing.\"", "\n\n\"Yes. ", " Mr Rev--Yes, Bill.\"", "\n\n\"I say, your par, as you called him, wasn't a fool.\"", "\n\n\"My papa,\" I said proudly, \"I mean my dear father, was the best and\nkindest of men.\"", "\n\n\"That I'll lay sixpence he was. ", " Why, I was feeling quite out of heart\nabout you, and thinking you such a hinnocent young goose that I\nshouldn't know how to help you. ", " Why, lookye here, I've been kicking\nabout in the world ever since I was ten, and been in the police six\nyears, and I couldn't make a speech like that.\"", "\n\n\"Couldn't you, sir--Mr--I mean Bill?\"", "\n\n\"No, that I couldn't. ", " Why, I tell you what. ", " You and I'll stick\ntogether and I don't know what we mightn't make of you at last--p'r'aps\nLord Mayor o' London. ", " Or, look here, after a few years we might get you\nin the police.\"", "\n\n\"In the police?\" ", " I faltered.", "\n\n\"To be sure, and you being such a scholard and writing such a hand--I\nknow it, you know. ", " Lookye here,\" he continued, pulling out a\npocket-book, from one of the wallets in which he drew a note I had\nwritten for Mary, \"I say, you writing such a hand, and being well up in\nyour spelling, you'd rise like a air balloon, and get to be sergeant,\nand inspector, and perhaps superintendent, and wear a sword! ", " You mark\nmy words, youngster; you've got a future before you.\"", "\n\n\"Do you think so?\"", "\n\n\"I just do. ", " I like you, young Antony, hang me if I don't; and if you\nstick to me I'll teach you all I know.\"", "\n\n\"Will you?\" ", " I said eagerly.", "\n\n\"Well, all I can. ", " Just hand me that paper o' tobacco. ", " Thankye. ", " I'll\nhave just one more pipe, and then we'll go to dinner.\"", "\n\nHe filled and lit his pipe, and went on talking.", "\n\n\"First and foremost, don't you get trying to smoke.\"", "\n\n\"No, I will not,\" I said.", "\n\n\"That's right. ", " It's all very well for men, a little of it; but I don't\nlike to see boys at it, as too many tries just now. ", " I often sees 'em on\nmy beat, and I never feel so jolly happy as when I come across one\nlooking white after it about the gills, and so sick he can't hold his\nhead straight up. ", " But, as I was a-saying, you stick to me and I'll\nteach you all I can, and I know two or three things,\" he continued,\nclosing one eye and opening it again.", "\n\n\"You must, sir.\"", "\n\n\"Yes; there's some clever chaps I have to deal with sometimes--roughs\nand thieves and the like; but they have to get up very early in the\nmorning to take me in.\"", "\n\n\"Do they, sir--Bill?\" ", " I said wonderingly.", "\n\n\"There, now you're getting innocent again,\" he said sharply. ", " \"You don't\nmean to tell me as you don't understand that?\"", "\n\n\"Oh yes, I do: you mean that they would have to get up very early to\nmaster you--say at daybreak.\"", "\n\n\"What a young innocent you are,\" he cried, laughing; and then seeing my\npained look, he slapped me on the shoulder again. ", " \"It's all right, my\nboy. ", " You can't help it; and you'll soon learn all these things. ", " I know\na lot, but so do you--a sight o' things I don't. ", " Why, I'll be bound to\nsay you could write a long letter without making a single mistake in the\nspelling.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, I think I could,\" I said innocently. ", " \"Both papa and mamma took\ngreat pains with me over that.\"", "\n\n\"Look at that, now!\" ", "he said. ", " \"Why, I couldn't write two lines in my\npocket-book without putting down something as the sergeant would chaff.\"", "\n\n\"Chaff?\" ", " I said, \"cut-up stuff for horses?\"", "\n\n\"Yes: that's it,\" he said, grinning. ", " \"Stuff as they cut up. ", " There,\nyou'll soon know what chaff is, my lad. ", " But, you know, all the same,\nand speaking quite fair, I do maintain as spelling ain't square.\"", "\n\n\"Not square?\"", "\n\n\"I mean fair and square and above-board. ", " Them as invented spelling\ncouldn't have been very clever, or they'd have made everything spelt as\nit sounded. ", " Why, it only seems natural to spell doctor's stuff\nf-i-z-z-i-k, and here you have to stick in _p's_, and _h's_, and _y's_,\nand _s's_, and _c's_, as ain't wanted at all.\"", "\n\n\"It is puzzling, certainly,\" I said.", "\n\n\"Puzzling? ", " Puzzling ain't nothing to it. ", " I can write a fair round\nhand, and spell fast enough my way. ", " Our sergeant says there isn't a man\non our station as can write such a nice looking report; but when it\ncomes to the spelling--there, I won't tell you what he said about that!\"", "\n\n\"But you could soon improve your spelling.\"", "\n\n\"Think so?\" ", "he said eagerly. ", " \"Oh no, I don't fancy we could.\"", "\n\n\"I am sure you could,\" I said. ", " \"The best way is to do dictation.\"", "\n\n\"Dictation? ", " What, ordering about?\"", "\n\n\"Oh no; not that sort of dictation. ", " I mean for me to read to you from a\nbook and you write it down, and then I mark all the misspelt words, and\nyou write them down and learn them.\"", "\n\n\"Look at that now!\" ", "he exclaimed. ", " \"To be sure, that's the way. ", " Now,\nyou know, I bought a spelling-book, that didn't seem to do no good; so I\nbought a pocket dictionary, and that was such a job to go through, so\nfull of breakneck words as no one never heard of before, that I give\nthat up. ", " Why, you ain't innocent after all. ", " Would you mind trying me?\"", "\n\n\"Mind! ", "no,\" I cried; \"we could use either a slate or paper.\"", "\n\n\"So we could, and do it with either a pencil or a pen. ", " I say, come:\nfair and square, I'll teach you all I know if you'll teach me all you\nknow.\"", "\n\n\"That's agreed,\" I said.", "\n\n\"Done for you,\" he cried, shaking hands. ", " \"And now my pipe's out, and\nwe'll go and have dinner. ", " Wait till I roll down my sleeves and get on\nmy stock. ", " Why, you and I will be as jolly as can be here. ", " It's rather\na long way to go to your work, but you must get up a bit earlier. ", " Two\nmiles night and morning won't kill you; and I've been thinking what\nwe'll do. ", " You've got your sovereign. ", " We'll go to a place I know, and\nbuy one o' them little iron fold-up bedsteads and a mattress and pillow\nand blanket, and stand it there. ", " It's breaking into your sov, but then\nyou'll have the bit o' furniture, which will be your property, so the\nmoney won't be wasted. ", " What do you say?\"", "\n\nI was delighted, and said so.", "\n\n\"Well, then, lookye here,\" he continued, as he took great pains with his\nhair and whiskers before the glass, and then put on and buttoned up his\nuniform coat, to stand before me a frank, manly fellow of about thirty,\n\"you're my company this week, and after that you shall put so much of\nyour salary into the stock to pay for living, and we shall both be free\nand independent, and what's left you can shove in the bank.\"", "\n\n\"In the bank?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, savings-bank. ", " I don't mind telling you as an old friend I've got\nforty-four pun ten there.\"", "\n\n\"Mary has thirty-seven pounds in a savings-bank,\" I said.", "\n\n\"Now there's for you!\" ", "he said.", "\n\n\"Yes, she told me so; but perhaps I oughtn't to have told you.\"", "\n\n\"Well,\" he said seriously, \"I s'pose you oughtn't, because it was told\nyou in confidence, but I'm glad you did. ", " She never told me.\"", "\n\n\"Did you ever tell her how much you had saved?\"", "\n\n\"No, that I didn't, only as I was saving, so it's all fair. ", " Look here,\nyoungster--I mean Antony,\" he said, after standing staring in the glass\nfor a few minutes, \"I tell you what it is, you coming up has about\nbrought matters to a head.\"", "\n\n\"Has it, Bill?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, it hayve, my boy. ", " Do you know, I don't for the life of me know\nwhy we two have been waiting; do you?\"", "\n\n\"No,\" I said shaking my head.", "\n\n\"No, nor more don't Mary, I'll bet a sixpence. ", " We got engaged to one\nanother, and then we said as it wouldn't be sensible, to get married at\nonce, as we might both see some one we liked better, don't you see?\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" I said, feeling puzzled all the same, \"it was very prudent.\"", "\n\n\"I could have got married lots o' times since, but I've never seen a\ngirl as I liked so well, and I s'pose Mary hasn't seen a chap, for she\nkeeps on writing.\"", "\n\n\"Oh yes; and she thinks a deal of you. ", " She's very proud of you.\"", "\n\n\"Is she, though?\" ", "he said, with a satisfied smile, and giving his head a\nshake in his stock. ", " \"Well, then, I tell you what: I'll write and ask\nMary to say the day, and then meet her at the station. ", " We'll take a\nlittle bigger place, and she'll come up and make us both comfortable.", "\nWhat do you say to that?\"", "\n\nI clapped my hands, and he stood smiling in an exceedingly simple way,\nand looking like a very big overgrown boy, for a few moments, before\nturning himself round to me.", "\n\n\"See that,\" he said, in a quiet business-like way. ", " \"I was laughing at\nyou for being soft and green just now, and I'm blessed if I don't feel\nas if I was ten times worse. ", " Come along, company, it's ever so late,\nand my report says hot mutton chop, a cup of tea, and some bread and\nbutter.\"", "\n\nThat evening, after a hearty meal, for which Revitts insisted upon\npaying, there was just time to make the purchases he proposed, which\nalmost melted the whole of my sovereign, and then it was time for him to\ngo on duty.", "\n\n\"They've cost a deal,\" he said thoughtfully, \"but then you've still got\nthe money, only in another shape. ", " Now, you get back home and take in\nthe things when they come, and then sit and read a bit, and afterwards\ngo to bed. ", " I wouldn't go out, if I was you.\"", "\n\nWe parted, and I followed out his directions, being shrewd enough to see\nthat he thought me hardly fit to be trusted alone.", "\n\nThe next morning I woke to find it was half-past six, and that Revitts\nhad come home and was preparing for bed. ", " He looked tired out, and was\nvery black and dirty, having been, he said, at a fire; but he was not\ntoo much fatigued to give me a friendly bit or two of advice as to\ngetting my breakfast and going down to the office.", "\n\n\"Have a good breakfast before you start, my boy, and get some bread and\ncheese for your lunch--that's twopence. ", " When you come back you'll find\nthe tea-things out, and you can make dinner and tea too.\"", "\n\nIn good time I started, leaving Revitts sleeping off his night's\nfatigue, and about ten minutes to ten I was at the door of the great\nprinting-office, flushed with exercise and dread, but eager all the same\nto make a beginning.", "\n\nI hesitated as to whether I should go in at once or wait till it struck\nten, but I thought that perhaps I might be some time before I saw Mr\nRuddle, so I walked straight in, and the man reading the paper in his\ngloss case looked up at me in a very ill-used way as I stopped at his\nwindow.", "\n\n\"You again?\" ", "he said gruffly. ", " \"Well, what is it?\"", "\n\n\"If you please, I've come to work,\" I said.", "\n\n\"Work? ", " Why, it's ten o'clock. ", " Why weren't you here at eight?\"", "\n\n\"Mr Ruddle said ten o'clock, sir, and I want to see him.\"", "\n\n\"Oh!\" ", "he said gruffly, as if he were the gatekeeper of an earthly\nparadise. ", " \"Well, I s'pose you must pass in. ", " Go on.\"", "\n\nI went on into the passage, feeling as if the doorkeeper was the most\nimportant personage there, and as if the proprietors must make a\npractice of asking permission to go into their own place.", "\n\nI went, then, nervously down the passage till I came to the door of the\nroom where I had seen Messrs. Ruddle and Lister. ", " It was ajar, and there\nwere loud voices talking, and though I knocked they went on.", "\n\n\"Stern firmness is one thing, Grimstone,\" I heard Mr Ruddle saying,\n\"and bullying another.\"", "\n\n\"But you don't consider, sir, that I bully the men, do you?\" ", "said\nanother voice which was quite familiar to me.", "\n\n\"You may call it what you like, Grimstone. ", " There, I'm busy now.\"", "\n\nThere was a sharp step, and the door was flung wide open and closed,\nwhen my friend the overseer, who had been so rough to me on the previous\nday, came out and pretty nearly knocked me down.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER SEVENTEEN.", "\n\nMY FIRST LITERARY EFFORTS. ", " I MAKE ANOTHER FRIEND.", "\n\nThe overseer and I stood in the dim light gazing at one another for a\nfew moments, during which I seemed to read in his sharp, harsh face an\nair of resentment at my presence.", "\n\n\"Hallo!\" ", "he said, in an angry voice, and evidently rejoicing at having\nencountered some one upon whom he could vent a little of the anger\nseething within him. ", " \"What, are you here again, you young vagabond?", "\nDidn't I tell you yesterday to go about your business? ", " Be off with you,\nor I'll send for a policeman. ", " How dare you! ", " What do you mean?\"", "\n\n\"But please, sir,\" I remonstrated.", "\n\n\"Will you be off?\" ", "he roared; and I felt that I was about to be driven\nfrom the place, when the proprietor's door was sharply opened and Mr\nLister appeared.", "\n\n\"Confound it all, Grimstone,\" he cried, \"what's the matter now? ", " Look\nhere, sir; I will not have this bullying and noise in the place.\"", "\n\n\"Your father never spoke to me like that, Mr John, when he was alive.\"", "\n\n\"My father put up with a great deal from you, Grimstone, because you\nwere an old and faithful servant of the firm; but that is no reason why\nI, his son, should submit to what is sometimes bordering on insolence.\"", "\n\n\"Insolence, Mr John?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, Grimstone, insolence.\"", "\n\n\"What _is_ the matter?\" ", "said Mr Ruddle, coming out.", "\n\n\"Mr John says I'm insolent, Mr Ruddle,\" said the overseer angrily;\n\"was I ever insolent to you, sir, or his father?\"", "\n\n\"Well, if you want the truth, Grimstone, you often were very insolent,\nonly we put up with it for old acquaintance' sake. ", " But what's the\nmatter now?\"", "\n\n\"I was just speaking to this young vagabond, who persists in hanging\nabout the place, sir, when Mr John came out and attacked me, sir.\"", "\n\n\"Don't call names, Grimstone,\" said Mr Lister hotly. ", " \"This young\nvagabond, as you call him, is a fresh boy whom Mr Ruddle has taken on,\nand whom I desire you to treat kindly.\"", "\n\n\"Why didn't he speak, then,\" said the overseer angrily; \"how was I to\nknow that he was engaged? ", " In Mr Lister senior's time the engaging of\nboys for the office was left to the overseer.\"", "\n\nHe stalked off, evidently in high dudgeon, leaving the masters gazing at\none another.", "\n\n\"He grows insufferable,\" said Mr Lister angrily. ", " \"One would think the\nplace belonged to him.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, he is rough,\" said Mr Ruddle; \"but he's a good overseer, John,\nand a faithful old servant. ", " He was with us when we first began. ", " Well,\nmy boy, you've come then; now go upstairs to the composing-room, and ask\nMr Grimstone to give you a job; he'll be a bit cross, I dare say, but\nyou must not mind that.\"", "\n\n\"No; sir; I'll try not.\"", "\n\n\"That's right,\" he said, giving me a friendly nod, and I hurried\nupstairs and walked right through the composing-room to Mr Grimstone's\nglass case.", "\n\nHe saw me coming, but, though I tapped softly at the door several times,\nhe refused to take any notice of me for some minutes, during which I had\nto stand uncomfortably aware of the fact that I had given terrible\noffence to this man in authority, by allowing myself to be engaged\ndownstairs after he had bade me go.", "\n\nHe was busy, pen in hand, looking over some long, narrow pieces of\npaper, and kept on turning them over and over, making his spectacles\nflash as he changed his position, and directing the top of his very\nshiny bald head at me, till at last he raised it, gave a start, and\nturned as if astonished at seeing me there; but it was poor pantomime\nand badly done.", "\n\n\"Well, what is it?\" ", "he said.", "\n\n\"If you please, sir, Mr Lister sent me up to ask you to give me a job.\"", "\n\n\"Me give you a job,\" he said, in a menacing tone; \"why, I thought you\nwould be hanger-on down below, and not come up into the office, where\nyou'd get your nice white hands dirtied. ", " What job can I give you? ", " What\ncan you do? ", " What do you know? ", " Here, Smith, take this boy, and give him\na page of pie to dis.\"", "\n\nThe big, fat-headed boy came up from a distant part of the room, scowled\nat me, and led me to one of the desk-like frames, upon which were four\nlarge open trays full of compartments of various sizes.", "\n\n\"Here you are!\" ", "he said, \"lay holt;\" and he thrust a little heavy square\npaper packet into my hands. ", " \"It's burjoyce,\"--so it sounded to me;\n\"look alive, and then come for another.\"", "\n\nHe went away, leaving me balancing the heavy packet in my hand. ", " It was\nabout the size and thickness of a small book, but what next to do with\nit, or how I was to do it, I, did not know.", "\n\nOf course I know now that it was the petty, contemptible revenge of a\nlittle-minded man to set me, a totally uninstructed novice, to do that\nwhich an old practised compositor will shelve if he can, as an\nuncongenial task. ", " To \"dis a page of burjoyce pie\" was, in fact, to\ndistribute--that is, place in its proper compartments, or in the case--\nevery large and small letter, space and point, of a quantity of\n_bourgeois_, or ordinary newspaper type, that had been accidentally\nmixed, or \"pied\" as it is technically termed. ", " The distribution of an\nordinary page or column of type is comparatively easy, for the skilled\nworkman reads it off word by word, and drops the letters dexterously in\nthe compartment assigned; but in \"pie\" the letters and spaces are all\njumbled, and the task is troublesome and slow.", "\n\nThere was I, then, with about as easy a task as if I had been suddenly\nhanded the various parts of a watch, and told to put them together; and\nI felt helpless and ashamed, not daring to interrupt any of the busy men\nintent upon their work at the various frames.", "\n\nAn hour must have elapsed before I felt that I dare venture to go\ntowards Mr Grimstone's glass case, and I was about desperately to tell\nhim that I was ignorant and helpless, and quite unfit to do what he had\nset me, when the dark, stern-eyed man I had seen on the previous day\ncame round by where I stood.", "\n\nHe gazed at me curiously, and gave me a nod, and was passing on, when I\ndesperately exclaimed:\n\n\"If you please, sir--\"\n\n\"Eh? ", " What, is it, my boy?\" ", "he said.", "\n\n\"I was told, sir, to dis this pie,\" I said, fearful that I was making\nsome absurd blunder about the word _pie_.", "\n\n\"Well, why don't you do it? ", " Get the sponge off the stone and give it a\ngood soaking in a galley.\"", "\n\n\"I'm very sorry, sir,\" I said, encouraged by his quiet, kind way, \"but I\ndon't know how.\"", "\n\n\"Haven't you been in a printing-office before?\"", "\n\n\"No, sir.\"", "\n\n\"And never distributed type?\"", "\n\n\"No, sir.\"", "\n\n\"How absurd! ", " Who set you to do it?\"", "\n\n\"Mr Grimstone, sir.\"", "\n\n\"But does he know that you have never handled type?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir.\"", "\n\n\"Ass?\" ", "he muttered. ", " \"Here, come along with me, my man. ", " No; better not,\nperhaps. ", " Leave that packet alone, my boy. ", " There, lay it down. ", " Stand\nhere and try and learn the case.\"", "\n\n\"Learn the case, sir?\" ", " I said, with my heart sinking within me at being\ngiven another impossible task.", "\n\n\"Yes, it's very easy; only wants time,\" he said kindly; \"Here, pick up\none of these pieces of type,\" he continued, dexterously taking up a\nlittle thin bit of black metal, \"like this, and turn it in your fingers,\nand see what letter is stamped on the end, and then put it back in the\nsame compartment of the case.\"", "\n\n\"Is that tray the case, sir?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, quite right, go on. ", " You can come and ask me anything you don't\nknow.\"", "\n\nI darted a grateful look at him, and eagerly began my task, though in\nfear and trembling, lest Mr Grimstone should come and find fault\nbecause I had not \"dis'd the pie.\"", "\n\nFew people, I think, realise the sufferings of a sensitive boy at\nschool, or at his first launching into life, when set to some task\nbeyond his perception or powers. ", " The dread of being considered stupid;\nthe fear of the task-masters, the strangeness, the uncongenial\nsurroundings, all combine to make up a state of mental torture that\nproduces illness; and yet it is often ridiculed, and the sufferer\ntreated with cruelty for non-performance of that which, simple to the\ninitiated, is to him in his ignorance an utter impossibility.", "\n\nIt was with a sense of relief I cannot describe that I began to lift the\nmetal types one by one, looked at them, and put them back; and I was not\nlong in finding out that, while the capital letters in the upper of the\ntwo trays before me ran nearly regularly A, B, C, D, and so on, and\nbeneath them the figures 1, 2, 3, 4, etc, the lower case was a perfect\npuzzle.", "\n\nThe compartments were not like those above, all small squares, and the\nsame size, but some were very large, and some very small; some were\nlong, and some were square; but I found that they were made upon a\nregular plan. ", " For instance, there was one very large compartment nearly\nin the middle at the top of the lower tray, that was evidently six times\nas big as the small compartments; while below and beside it were many\nmore that were four times as big as the small ones; others being only\ntwice as big.", "\n\nI naturally examined the large compartment first, and found it full of\nlittle thin slips of metal nearly an inch long, at the end of each of\nwhich, and beautifully formed, was the letter _e_. ", " There was no doubt\nabout it, and it was evident that there were more _e's_ than anything\nelse. ", " Then under it I found the compartment full of _h's_, and away to\nthe left, _n's_ and _m's_; _t's_, _d's_, _u's_, _o's_, _a's_, and _r's_\nwere in other large compartments, and it gradually dawned upon my mind\nthat these letters were placed where they would be handiest for use, and\nthat there was the largest number of those that would be most frequently\nrequired.", "\n\nMy surmise was quite right, and with this idea as the key, I soon found\nout that little-used _x_ and _z_ were in very small numbers, in the most\nout-of-the-way parts of the tray, just as were the double letters _ae_\nand _oe_, etc. ", " One compartment close under my hand, and very full,\npuzzled me the most, for the pieces of metal therein were short, and had\nno letters on the end; and at last, after trying in vain to understand\ntheir meaning, I determined to ask the dark man next time he passed, and\nwent on trying to master my task with the strange clicking noise made by\nthe men going on all round.", "\n\nI hardly dared glance about, but in the casual glimpses I stole, I began\nto understand now that the men about me were picking up, letter by\nletter, the types, to form words, and arranging them in little curiously\nshaped tools they held in their hands.", "\n\nI had been busily learning my letters for about half an hour, when the\nbig, fat-headed boy came up to me.", "\n\n\"Now then!\" ", "he said, in a bullying tone that was a very good imitation\nof the overseer's, \"done that page?\"", "\n\n\"No!\" ", " I said.", "\n\n\"You ain't?\"", "\n\n\"No; I did not know how.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, you'll catch it, just, when Mr Grimstone knows. ", " You ain't coming\nhere to do just as you like; and I tell you what it is--\"\n\n\"Well, what is it, boy?\" ", "said a quiet, stern voice, and my heart, gave a\njoyful thump as I saw the dark man come up.", "\n\n\"Please, he ain't dis'd this here pie.\"", "\n\n\"No; he did not know how. ", " I set him to learn the case.\"", "\n\n\"But Mr Grimstone said he was to--\"\n\n\"Jem Smith, do you know you are a fool?\" ", "said the dark man quietly.", "\n\n\"I dessay I am, Mr Hallett, but Mr Grimstone said as this boy was\nto--\"\n\n\"And if you don't go about your business I shall box your ears.\"", "\n\n\"No, you--\"\n\nHe did not finish his sentence, for there was something in the deep-set\ndark eyes which had such an effect upon him that he sneaked off, and I\nturned to my protector.", "\n\n\"Would you please tell me why these little things have no letters on\ntheir ends, sir?\" ", " I said.", "\n\n\"Because they are spaces, my boy. ", " Don't you remember in reading a book\nthere is a little distance between every word?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir,\" I said eagerly; \"and after a full stop there's a bigger\nspace.\"", "\n\n\"To be sure!\" ", "he said, smiling, and his pale face looked less stern and\nsevere. ", " \"Look: these little things, as you call them, but as we call\nthem, thick spaces, go between every word, and these square ones after a\nfull stop. ", " How are you getting on?\"", "\n\n\"I know that's _e_, sir.\"", "\n\n\"Yes; go on.\"", "\n\n\"And that's _h_, and that _o_, and\n_u_--_m_--_a_--_r_--_i_--_s_--_o_--_n_--_t_,\" I said, touching the boxes\nin turn.", "\n\n\"Good, very good,\" he said, \"and what is that?\"", "\n\n\"That, sir?--_d_.\"", "\n\n\"No, it is _p_. ", " And that?\"", "\n\n\"Oh, that is _b_.\"", "\n\n\"No, it is _q_. ", " Now you know the meaning of mind your _p's_ and _q's_.", "\nYou must learn the difference, and try to recollect this; all the\nletters, you see, are reversed, like a seal.\"", "\n\n\"Like the motto on papa's seal. ", " Yes, I see, sir,\" I said eagerly.", "\n\n\"That's right, my boy,\" he said looking at me curiously. ", " \"Go on, I am\ntoo busy to stay.\"", "\n\n\"Now! ", "what's all this?\" ", "said Mr Grimstone, bustling up with Jem Smith.", "\n\n\"Please, sir,\" said the latter, \"I telled him as he was to--\"\n\n\"I found the boy unable to do what was set him, Mr Grimstone,\" said my\nprotector quietly, \"and told him to go on with learning his case. ", " The\nboy has never been in an office before.\"", "\n\n\"That was for me to know, Mr Hallett,\" cried the overseer, growing red\nin the face. ", " \"What the devil do you mean by--\"\n\n\"Interfering, Mr Grimstone? ", " I did it because I was sure you were too\ngood a manager to wish time to be wasted in this large office. ", " And--I\nmust ask you, please when you speak to me, to omit these coarse\nexpressions.\"", "\n\n\"Of all the insolence--\"\n\n\"Insolent or not, sir,\" said the dark man sternly, \"have the goodness to\nremember that I always treat you with respect, and I expect the same\nfrom you. ", " Excuse me, but a quarrel between us will not improve your\nposition with the men.\"", "\n\nMr Grimstone looked at him furiously; and turning redder in the face\nthan ever, seemed about to burst into a tirade of angry language, but my\nprotector met his look in a way that quelled him, and turning upon the\nfat-headed boy, who was looking on open-mouthed, the overseer gave him a\nsounding box on the ear.", "\n\n\"What are you standing gaping there for, you lazy young scoundrel?\" ", "he\nroared; \"go and wash those galleys, and do them well.\"", "\n\nThen, striding off, he went into his glass case, while Jem Smith, in a\ncompartment at the end of an avenue of cases, began to brush some long\nlengths of type, and whenever I glanced at him, he shook his fist, as he\nshowed his inflamed eyes red with crying and his face blackened by\ncontact with his dirty hands.", "\n\nMy protector, Mr Hallett, had left me at once, and I saw no more of him\nfor some time, as I worked away, sorry at having been the innocent means\nof getting him into a quarrel. ", " At last, just as I was very intent in\npuzzling out the difference between _p's_ and _q's_ I started, for the\ngreat lubberly boy came up close behind me.", "\n\n\"I'll give you a warming when you goes out to dinner, see if I don't,\"\nhe whispered; but he shuffled off directly, as Mr Hallett came towards\nme, saw that I was busy, and after giving me a friendly nod, went back,\nleaving his calm, strangely stern face so impressed upon me, that I kept\nfinding myself thinking of him, his eyes seeming to stare at me from out\nof every box.", "\n\nBut still I worked on, feeling each moment more and more sure of my way,\nand at last in a fit of enterprise I set to work and managed to find the\nletters forming my own name, and laid them side by side.", "\n\nI felt no little nervous dread as dinner-time approached, for Jem\nSmith's warming was in waiting; but as one o'clock struck, Mr Hallett\ncame up to me while the other men were hurrying off, and said kindly:\n\n\"Did that boy threaten you?\"", "\n\n\"He--he said something, sir,\" I replied, hesitating.", "\n\n\"I thought so. ", " He's gone now, so don't go out to dinner, my man. ", " I can\ngive you a little of mine. ", " I'll speak to him before you go to-night.\"", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER EIGHTEEN.", "\n\nMY FRIEND JEM SMITH MAKES ME AMBITIOUS.", "\n\nI was receiving my first lessons in the fact that there is as much\ngood-will as ill-will in the world--in other words, that there really\nis, as has been so poetically expressed, a silver lining to every cloud;\nand I gladly availed myself of Mr Hallett's kind offer, following him\nto his frame, as they called the skeleton desks that supported the\ncases, and there sitting down close by him to partake of some bread and\nmeat which he brought out carefully wrapped in a clean white napkin.", "\n\n\"Don't be afraid, my boy,\" he said, \"make a good meal; and I should\nadvise you, for the present, to bring your dinner with you and eat it\nhere. ", " Better than going into the streets.\"", "\n\nHe then ate his own dinner quickly, and without taking the slightest\nnotice of me beyond seeing once that I had a sufficiency of the bread\nand meat, but took out an oblong memorandum-book, and began busily\ndrawing and making some calculation.", "\n\nAs he worked at this, I sat and had a good look at him, and could see\nthat his large, massive head was covered with crisp dark hair that was\nalready slightly sprinkled with grey. ", " From time to time he raised his\neyes from his book to look up, as if diving into the distance, or trying\nto catch some idea that was wandering away from him, and at such moments\nhis deeply set eyes had a curiously intense look about them, while his\nforehead was deeply marked with thoughtful lines.", "\n\nI don't think he was more than thirty, but he looked, so to speak,\nvigorously old, or, rather, worn like some piece of steel that has been\nused hard, but has grown sharper and more elastic by that use. ", " He was a\ntall, well-made man, but thin and spare, giving the idea of one who was\nascetic in his habits and devoting himself to some particular end.", "\n\nHe did not speak to me again, and I was not sorry, for there was that in\nhis face and ways that rather repelled than attracted, and I somehow\nfelt that if he, in his quiet, firm way, were angry with me, I should be\nmore alarmed than by the noisy bullying of Mr Grimstone, the overseer.", "\n\nTwo o'clock was signalled by the coming back of the compositors, who\nresumed their white aprons and rolled up their sleeves, when the sharp\nclicking noise went on as before. ", " Mr Hallett, at the first entrance of\none of his fellow-workmen, had shut his book with a snap, and thrust it\ninto his breast, rolled up the napkin, and then, turning to me with a\nnod,--\n\n\"Two o'clock, my boy,\" he said. ", " \"Get on with your work.\"", "\n\nAs he spoke he resumed his own, and I went back to my case.", "\n\nI had hardly been there ten seconds, and was diligently making sure\nwhich was the compartment containing the letter _u_, which had a\nterribly strong resemblance to the letter _n_, when Mr Grimstone\nsuddenly pounced on me from round the end of the case. ", " I say pounced,\nfor it was so wonderfully like a cat coming upon a mouse. ", " He seemed\nsurprised and disappointed at finding me there, though I did not\ncomprehend his looks then, and after staring hard for a moment or two,\nhe went away.", "\n\nThe hours glided away, and I was so interested in what I was doing, that\nI hardly noticed the lapse of time, while, long before the afternoon was\npast, the work the men were engaged upon seemed so attractive that I\nfelt impelled to imitate them by trying to pick up the letters forming\nvarious words, and then replacing them in the different boxes.", "\n\nThe first time it was rather difficult, but the second time I got on\npretty well, and I was just beginning for the third time, when Mr\nHallett came round my way and caught me in the act. ", " I felt very guilty,\nbut he seemed to approve, and walked away, to return directly with a\nlittle sliding steel thing, such as the men were using.", "\n\n\"Here's a stick, my boy; try and place the letters, nick uppermost, in\nthat.\"", "\n\nI took the stick, as he called it, and found that as fast as I placed a\nletter in, it seemed to do its best to jump out again; then one letter\ngot upon another, or two or three appeared to quarrel and join in a\nregular squabble, so that their awkwardness and utter refusal to lie\nquietly side by side at last put me in a profuse perspiration.", "\n\nI was busily fumbling about when Mr Grimstone, whose voice I had often\nheard scolding different men, came round, saw what I was doing, and\nsnatched the composing-stick away.", "\n\n\"Tchah! ", " What waste of time! ", " Come along here,\" he cried angrily, and I\nfollowed him to his glass office, where he sat down upon a worn stool.", "\n\"Now then,\" he said, sharply, \"I've decided to give you a trial.\"", "\n\nI remember thinking that he was very stupid to assume that he had full\nauthority, when I knew that he had not, but, of course, I was silent.", "\n\n\"And now mind this, sir: I am overseer here, and what I say I will have\ndone, I have done. ", " You hear?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir,\" I said.", "\n\n\"And now we understand one another.\"", "\n\nSaying this, he bounced down from his stool again, and led me to the end\nof the large room and through a door into a dirty place with a great\nleaden sink, water, and brushes, and a pot containing some liquid.", "\n\nJem Smith was there, having just brought in a long narrow tray\ncontaining a column of type.", "\n\n\"Here, Smith, show this boy how to wash a galley; and see that he does\nit well.\"", "\n\nJem Smith grinned at me as soon as we were left alone, and I saw plainly\nenough that he meant to have some compensation for the box on the ear he\nhad received; but I tried hard to contain myself, and meant to submit\npatiently to anything that might follow.", "\n\n\"Here, ketch hold o' that galley,\" he said sharply, \"and look here,\nyoung man, don't you get trying to play the sneak here, and begin\ngetting old Hallett to take your part. ", " He's only a sneak, and everybody\nhere hates him 'cause he won't take his beer. ", " You keep away from him,\nor it'll be the worse for you. ", " I've only got to tell the other boys,\nand they'll make it so warm for you as you'll wish as you'd never come\nhere. ", " Now, then, why don't you ketch hold o' that galley?\"", "\n\n\"I don't know what a galley is,\" I said sturdily.", "\n\n\"Don't know what a galley is,\" he said, imitating my way of speaking;\n\"you're a pretty sort of fellow to come and get work at a\nprinting-office. ", " There, ketch holt, stoopid: that's the galley; put it\nhere, and you needn't be so precious frightened of getting your fingers\nblack. ", " There's the brush, dip it, and fetch all that ink off.\"", "\n\nI took the brush, dipped it in the liquor in the pot, and on brushing\nthe surface of the type found that the strong solution easily brought\noff all the black ink; and I ended as instructed, by thoroughly rinsing\nthe type and placing it to drain.", "\n\nThis done, I had to wash several more galleys, with the result that I\nwas made tolerably black; and to make matters worse, my companion\nbrought in a black roller of some soft material, and dabbed it against\nmy cheek.", "\n\nI plucked up my spirit and felt ready to strike out, but somehow I kept\nmy anger down, and after washing the roller in turn, I was allowed to\ndry my hands and clean my face, which Jem Smith persuaded me to do with\nthe strong solution of potash, making it tingle smartly; and, but for\nthe rapid application of pure water, I believe the skin would have been\nmade sore.", "\n\nThis seemed to afford the young ruffian intense delight, and taking up\nthe brush, he dipped it in the potash and tried to brush my hair.", "\n\nI retreated from him as far as I could, but he got between me and the\ndoor, and with the malignant pleasure felt by some boys in persecuting\nthose who are weaker than themselves, he caught me by the collar.", "\n\n\"Just you call out, that's all,\" he said, \"and I'll half kill you. ", " Hold\nstill, you little sneak. ", " You make so much noise as'll reach outside,\nand I'll jump on you.\"", "\n\nWe were close beside the lead sink and the pot of solution-lye, as the\nprinters call it; and now a new idea seemed to come into the spiteful\nyoung wretch's mind, for, throwing down the brush, he seized hold of me\nwith both hands, and as we struggled, being much the stronger, he got\nbehind me, thrust his knee violently into my back, and brought me down\nkneeling before the great earthen pot. ", " And now for the first time I saw\nwhat he intended to do, namely, to thrust my face and head into the\nblack caustic solution, and, in spite of my resistance, he got it down\nlower and lower.", "\n\nI might have shrieked out for help, and I might have cried for mercy;\nbut, moved partly by his threats, partly by shame, I refrained, and made\nuse of all my strength to escape, but in vain; strive as I would, he\nforced me down lower and lower, and then by one quick effort placed a\nhand on the back of my head and thrust it right into the filthy water.", "\n\nFortunately for me it was but a momentary affair, and the next instant\nhe allowed me to struggle up and run blindly to the sink, where,\nperhaps, a little alarmed by his success, he filled a bowl with clean\nwater, leaving the tap running, as I strove to sluice off the blinding,\ntingling fluid.", "\n\nI was in the midst of this, and with soaked necktie and collar, kept on\nbathing my face and hair, when I heard Mr Grimstone's voice at the\ndoor, and hastily thrust my fingers into my ears to clear them.", "\n\n\"What's he doing?\"", "\n\n\"Washing hisself, sir.\"", "\n\n\"Washing himself?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir; he said it was such a nasty dirty job to brush galleys that\nhe must have a good clean.\"", "\n\n\"Where's the towel?\" ", " I said blindly, for my eyes smarted so that I dare\nnot open them, and they grew so painful that I hurried once more to the\nsink and bathed them with clear water before pressing my hair as dry as\nI could, and then using my handkerchief to wipe my face.", "\n\nI now opened my eyes, and saw that there was a very dirty jack-towel on\na roller behind the door, to which I hastily ran.", "\n\n\"Look here, sir,\" said Mr Grimstone, as I hastily rubbed away at my\nhead; \"we can't have these goings-on here. ", " What have you been doing?\"", "\n\n\"I think he's been using the lye, sir,\" cried the young hypocrite. ", " \"I\ntold him it was only for the type.\"", "\n\n\"It isn't true, sir,\" I cried indignantly; when a compositor came up to\nthe door, and Mr Grimstone was called away.", "\n\nThe moment he was gone, Smith darted at me, and thrust his doubled fist\nhard against my face.", "\n\n\"You say a word agen me,\" he said, \"and I'll half kill yer. ", " I'll smash\nyer, that I will, so look out.\"", "\n\nHe went out of the place, leaving me hot and indignant, rubbing away at\nmy tingling head, which I at length got pretty dry and combed before a\nscrap of glass stuck by four tacks in a corner; and when I had finished\nit was in time to see the men just returning from their tea and resuming\ntheir work.", "\n\nNot being told to do anything else, I went back to the case, and\ncontinued to learn the boxes, not much the worse for my adventure, only\nfeeling uncomfortably wet about the neck.", "\n\nAt last the clock pointed to eight, and, following the example of the\nrest, I hurried out of the great office, eager to get back to Mr\nRevitts before he went on duty, for I wanted to ask him a question.", "\n\nI got up to the street in Pentonville just as he was coming out of the\nhouse, and in answer to his \"Halloa! ", "here you are, then,\" I caught hold\nof his arm.", "\n\n\"Bill!\" ", " I exclaimed, panting with excitement, \"can you teach me how to\nfight?\"", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER NINETEEN.", "\n\nWILLIAM REVITTS ON LESSONS.", "\n\nSometime passed before William Revitts replied in full to my question.", "\nHe had, of course, asked me what I meant, and I had explained to him the\ntreatment I had received, but his duties and mine kept us a great deal\napart. ", " One night, however, when he had returned to day-duty, he was\nseated in his shirt-sleeves talking to me, and said all of a sudden:\n\"Yes, I could teach you how to fight, Antony.\"", "\n\n\"And will you?\" ", " I said eagerly.", "\n\n\"Give me my 'bacco and pipe off the chimney-piece.\"", "\n\nI handed them to him, and waited patiently while he filled and lighted\nhis pipe, and then all at once, along with a puff of smoke, he\nexclaimed:\n\n\"No, I sha'n't. ", " Fighting's all blackguardism, as I know as well as most\nmen. ", " I've had the taking up of some of the beauties as go in for it,\nand beauties they are. ", " I don't say as if I was you I wouldn't give that\nMaster Jem Smith an awful crack for himself if he meddled with me again;\nbut I should do it when I was in a passion, and when he'd hurt me.", "\nYou'll hit as hard again then, and serve him right. ", " Now let's have a\nturn at spelling.\"", "\n\nWe did \"have a turn at spelling,\" and I dictated while Revitts wrote,\nvarying the task with bits of advice to me--absurd enough, some of them,\nwhile others were as shrewd and full of common-sense.", "\n\nBy that time I had rapidly begun to fish up odds and ends of experience,\nsuch as stood me in good stead, and, in spite of what was really little\nbetter than contemptible persecution on the overseer's part, I was\nmaking some little way at the printing-office.", "\n\nI shall not soon forget the feeling of pride with which on the first\nFriday night I heard my name called out by a business-like clerk with a\nbook, after he had summoned everyone in the room, and received from him\na little paper-bag containing my wages.", "\n\n\"You haven't been full time, Grace,\" he said, entering the sum paid in a\nbook; \"but the firm said I was to pay you for the week, as you were a\nbeginner.\"", "\n\nAs soon as I thought I was unobserved, I counted out seven shillings, a\nsum that showed that I was a little favoured, for honestly I believe\nthat I was not worth that amount to my employers.", "\n\nHardly had I made sure of my good fortune than I had a visit from Jem\nSmith, who came up grinning.", "\n\n\"Now, then,\" he said, \"old Grim's gone for the night, and you've got to\ncome down and pay your footing.\"", "\n\nI stared at him in my ignorance, but, fully under the impression that\nsomething unpleasant was meant, I resolutely determined to stay where I\nwas, and I was saved from further persecution by Mr Hallett coming up,\nwhich was the signal for Jem Smith to sneak off. ", " I asked Hallett what\nwas meant, and he explained to me that it was a custom for working men\non entering a new place to pay for some beer for their fellow-workmen.", "\n\n\"But don't you pay a penny to the young wolves,\" he said, and I\ndetermined that I would not.", "\n\nI was well on in the second week, and during the intervening days I had\nbeen set to every dirty and objectionable task Mr Grimstone could\ninvent for me, but I did them patiently and well. ", " I had seen nothing of\nmy employers, and but little of Mr Hallett, who seemed too busy to take\nmuch notice of me; but he somehow had a knack of turning up in\nemergencies, just when I required help and counsel, showing that he kept\nan eye upon me for my good.", "\n\nI noticed as I sat beneath a frame eating my dinner in the\ncomposing-room that he always employed a good deal of his time in\ndrawing or calculating, and I found, too, that he was no great favourite\nwith his fellow-workmen, who nicknamed him the steam-engine, because he\nworked so rapidly and did so much. ", " It was very plain, too, that the\noverseer hated him, giving him the most difficult and unpleasant tasks,\nbut they were always willingly done by Mr Hallett, who was too good a\nworkman to be spared.", "\n\nI had just completed the washing of some very dirty type one day, and,\naccording to orders, made my way up to Mr Grimstone's glass case, very\ndirty and grubby-looking, no doubt, when I stared with surprise on\nseeing there before me a little cleanly-shaven man who, except in\nclothes, was the exact counterpart of Mr Rowle.", "\n\nSomehow or other I had been so occupied, and my mind so intent upon the\ntask given me, that I had thought no more about asking to see him; and\nnow, here he was, Mr Rowle's twin brother, in angry altercation with\nthe overseer, while Jem Smith stood in the door. ", " The latter had been\nlet off a good many dirty, tasks of late, and I had succeeded to them,\nbut the promotion he had received did not seem to have been attended\nwith success.", "\n\n\"Now look hero, Grimstone,\" the little man was saying, \"you needn't bark\nat me, for I don't care a pinch of snuff for all your snarls. ", " I asked\nyou to send me up the best boy you had, to read, and you sent me your\nworst.\"", "\n\n\"Mr Rowle, it is false, sir.\"", "\n\n\"And I say it is true, and that you did it all out of your crass\nobstinacy and determination to be as disagreeable as you can to\neverybody in the place.\"", "\n\n\"I sent you up one of my best boys, Mr Rowle.\"", "\n\n\"And I say you sent me your very worst--as thick-headed, stupid a dunce\nas ever entered the place. ", " Look here,\" he continued, flourishing a\nsheet of manuscript in one hand, a long slip of printed paper in the\nother. ", " \"He can't read that plain piece of writing, and as to the print,\nwhy, he's little better.\"", "\n\n\"No such thing, sir,\" said Mr Grimstone, fuming.", "\n\n\"Don't tell me `no such thing,'\" said the little man fiercely. ", " \"Why,\nthe biggest fool in the office would do better. ", " Here, boy,\" he cried to\nme, as I stood there with my hands as black as dirty type could make\nthem; \"come here.\"", "\n\nI went up to him.", "\n\n\"He's no good,\" said Mr Grimstone sharply. ", " \"He has only just come.\"", "\n\n\"Don't talk to me, sir,\" cried Mr Rowle angrily. ", " \"You can't pick out a\ndecent boy, so I must do it myself. ", " Here, boy, read that out aloud.\"", "\n\nI took the piece of paper with trembling hands, doubting my own power to\nread the lines of crabbed writing, and feeling that even if I could read\nit I should give dire offence to the overseer by so doing; but I could\nnot help myself, and raising the piece of manuscript written closely on\na sheet of ruled foolscap, I saw that it was just such a legal document\nas I had often copied at Mr Blakeford's. ", " In fact, something of the old\nfeeling of dread that I used to experience when receiving such a paper\nfrom him made a huskiness come in my throat, but clearing my voice, I\nbegan:\n\n\"`And the aforesaid deponent also saith that in such a case it would be\nnecessary for the said lessor, his heirs, executors, administrators, and\nassigns, to make over and deliver, whenever and wheresoever the\naforesaid lessee, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns should\ndesire him so to do--\"\n\n\"Stop!\" ", "said the little man tightening his lips and taking a pinch of\nsnuff. ", " \"You did not read that exactly as it's written there.\"", "\n\n\"No, sir,\" I said, \"`executors, administrators, and assigns,' were all\ncontracted.\"", "\n\n\"There!\" ", "he exclaimed, turning to the overseer triumphantly, \"What did I\nsay? ", " Here's the first boy I meet, fresh from the lye-tub, and he reads\nit straight off without a blunder, and better than you could have read\nit yourself. ", " Here, boy, read that.\"", "\n\nHe took a letter from his pocket, written in a terribly puzzling hand,\nand placed it before me.", "\n\nI took it, hesitated for a moment, and then began:\n\n\"`My dear sir,--I have given the most careful consideration to your\nproposal, and I am quite willing to--to--to--to--' If you please, sir,\nI'm very sorry,\" I stammered, \"but I can't make out that word.\"", "\n\n\"No, boy, nor I neither. ", " I don't believe the writer can. ", " There, go and\nwash those dirty hands,\" he continued, snatching the letter from me.", "\n\n\"No: stop!\" ", "cried Mr Grimstone wrathfully; \"I want that boy here.\"", "\n\n\"Then you may take your great clever noodle, Jem Smith,\" said the little\nman.", "\n\n\"Mr Rowle, I will not have my rules and regulations broken in this way,\nsir.\"", "\n\n\"Hang you and your rules,\" said the little man. ", " \"Have a pinch? ", " No?", "\nThen let it alone.\"", "\n\n\"I cannot and will not spare that boy,\" cried Mr Grimstone, motioning\naway the snuff-box.", "\n\nFor answer the little man tightened his lips, snapped-to the lid of his\nsnuff-box, hastily took a pinch, snapped his fingers in the overseer's\nface, and taking me by the shoulder, marched me before him towards the\ndoor, and past Mr Hallett's frame.", "\n\n\"Here, get your jacket, my lad,\" said the little man. ", " \"You can wash\nyour hands upstairs.\"", "\n\nMr Hallett nodded to me and looked, as I thought, pleased as I passed\nhim, and preceding my new taskmaster, I went up to the next floor, where\nhe led me to a glass case, exactly like that occupied by Mr Grimstone\nand the reader in his room, the sides being similarly decorated with\nslips of paper hanging from nails.", "\n\nHe showed me where to wash, and, this done, I was soon by his side,\nreading steadily on to him various pieces of manuscript, while,\nspectacles on nose, he pored over and made corrections on the margins of\nthe printed slips of paper that were constantly being brought to him by\na youth who printed them from the column galleys at a small hand-press.", "\n\nI got on pretty well, for my home training had made manuscript easy to\nme. ", " In fact, I had often copied pieces for my father, containing\nletters from various naturalist friends, while my sojourn at Mr\nBlakeford's had made anything of a legal character perfectly clear.", "\n\nThat night, when it was time to go, and I had had no greater\nunpleasantness to contend with than several severe fits of sneezing\nbrought on when the little man used his snuff-box, I timidly asked him\nif I was wanted the next day, for as yet no opportunity had served for\nmaking known my knowledge of his brother.", "\n\n\"Wanted!\" ", "he cried; \"why, I had serious thoughts of locking you up, boy,\nso as to make sure of you to-morrow. ", " Wanted! ", " Yes: I've got you, and I\nmean to keep you; and if Grimstone says another word--but only let him.", "\nLook here: you are very stupid yet, but you'll soon improve; and mind\nthis, come with clean hands and face to-morrow, and clean apron.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir,\" I said, and then I hesitated.", "\n\n\"Well, what is it?\"", "\n\n\"Please, sir, you are Mr Jabez Rowle, are you not?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, and what then?\" ", "he said shortly.", "\n\n\"Only, sir, that Mr Peter Rowle, who is a friend of mine, said I might\nmention his name to you.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, he did, did he? ", " Well, he need not have taken the trouble. ", " There,\nbe off, and mind you are here in good time.\"", "\n\nThis was damping, especially as Mr Jabez Rowle took snuff viciously,\nand stood staring before him, tapping his box, and muttering angrily, in\nwhich state I left him, and made the best of my way home.", "\n\nI was in good time next morning, but, all the same, there sat Mr Jabez\nRowle in his glass case waiting for me, and as I entered and said\n\"Good-morning, sir,\" he just nodded shortly and pointed with the\npenholder in his hand to a piece of paper.", "\n\n\"Go on?\" ", "he said; and, taking it up, I began to read.", "\n\n\"Not quite so fast, and say _par_ when you come to a fresh paragraph.\"", "\n\nI read on, making a good many blunders in my anxiety to be right, but, I\npresume, getting on very well, for Mr Rowle found but little fault, as\nhe seemed to dart his pen down at every error in the slip proofs before\nhim--turned letters, _p's_ where _q's_ should be, and _b's_ for _d's_;\n_c's_ were often in the place of _e's_; and then there were omissions,\nrepetitions, absence of spaces or points, a score of different little\nomissions on the compositor's part; and, besides all these, the busy pen\nmade marks and signs that were cabalistic to me.", "\n\nThis had gone on about a couple of days, and I was reading away to him\nwhat I believed was a prayer in a chancery-bill, when Mr Jabez suddenly\nlaid down his pen, took out his snuff-box, and said, looking me full in\nthe face, \"How's Peter?\"", "\n\n\"I beg your pardon, sir?\"", "\n\n\"I say, how's Peter?\"", "\n\n\"How's Peter, sir?\"", "\n\n\"Don't pretend to be stupid, boy, when you're as sharp as a needle,\" he\ncried, tapping the desk angrily with his snuff-box. ", " \"Didn't you say you\nknew my brother Peter?\"", "\n\n\"Oh yes, sir! ", "he was very kind to me, but I haven't seen him for some\nweeks. ", " He was quite well then.\"", "\n\n\"Humph! ", "look old?\"", "\n\n\"He looks very much like you, sir.\"", "\n\n\"Then he does look old. ", " We're very fond of one another, boy, but we;\nalways quarrel; so we never meet. ", " `And your petitioner furthermore\nsayeth--'\"\n\n\"I beg your pardon, sir.\"", "\n\n\"`And your petitioner furthermore sayeth'--get on, boy: go on.\"", "\n\nI dashed at the manuscript again, for he had resumed his work, and read\non to the end, for he made no further inquiries about his brother.", "\n\nI soon grew quite accustomed to reading, and found that Mr Jabez Rowle\nmeant what he said about keeping to me, for I was regularly installed as\nreading-boy, and, as I have said, I was delighted with the change. ", " I\noften met Jem Smith, and, from his looks, it was evident that he bore me\nno good will, and, to be frank, I felt rather revengeful for his\ntreatment. ", " One day, during the dinner hour, I went down into the lower\npart before the men came back, and, after getting some slips which Mr\nRowle had told me to have ready for him, my enemy pounced upon me,\ncoming in at the door just as I was about to leave.", "\n\n\"Now I've got yer, then,\" he cried, with a malicious grin, and, rushing\nat me, I had only time to evade the first onslaught by running round the\nframes, when a hot chase ensued, ending in my being brought to bay, and\nreceiving blow after blow from my stronger antagonist.", "\n\nI did all I could to defend myself, till, closing with me, he held me\ntight with one arm, and struck me so cruelly in the face, that it roused\nme to greater efforts, and, after a short wrestle, I was free.", "\n\nIt was but a moment's respite before he dashed at me again, and, in my\nrage and desperation, I struck out at him so fiercely that my fist\ncaught him full between the eyes, making him stagger and catch at the\nfirst object he could to save himself, and the result was that he pulled\nover a full case of small type. ", " There was a crash, I uttered a cry, and\nsome twenty pounds of type were scattered in confusion all over the\nfloor.", "\n\nBefore I had recovered from my horror, the door was thrown open, and Mr\nGrimstone came hurrying in.", "\n\n\"What's this--what's this?\" ", "he cried.", "\n\n\"Please, sir, Grace was playing larks with one of the cases, and he let\nit fall.\"", "\n\n\"Then Mr Grace shall soon find out what it is to destroy the property\nof the firm in this wanton way,\" he cried.", "\n\n\"Indeed, sir--\" I began.", "\n\n\"Not a word, sir--not a word!\" ", "he cried. ", " \"Smith, go about your work.", "\nYou, Grace, pick up every bit of that pie at once.\"", "\n\n\"But please, sir, I did not knock it down, and Mr Rowle is waiting for\nme.\"", "\n\n\"Pick it up, sir.\"", "\n\n\"But Mr Rowle--\"\n\n\"Pick it up, sir.\"", "\n\nI was so hot and excited that I was about to declare angrily that I\nwould not, when I caught Mr Hallett's eyes gazing fixedly at me, and\nwithout a word, but feeling half-choked with anger and indignation, I\nfetched a galley and began to pick up the fallen type.", "\n\nI had not been engaged in my uncongenial task many minutes before Mr\nJabez Rowle came down to see where I was, and I noticed that there was\nquite a triumphant look in Mr Grimstone's eyes as he said I must stay\nand pick up all the type, the matter being compromised on the\nunderstanding that as soon as the metal was picked up I was to resume my\nreading upstairs, and, by Mr Grimstone's orders, stay in every\ndinner-time and get to the office an hour sooner every morning till I\nhad set up and distributed the whole of the pie.", "\n\nHow I dwelt on the injustice of that task! ", " It was one which seemed to\ngive Mr Grimstone great satisfaction, for it took my inexperienced\nfingers many weeks, and I had to toil very hard. ", " But all the same, it\nwas no waste of time, for it gave me dexterity in handling type such as\nI should not otherwise have had.", "\n\nI had suffered a great deal from anxiety lest some morning Mr Blakeford\nshould step into the office and claim me; for, unpleasant as were my\ndealings with Mr Grimstone, Jem Smith, and through the latter with\nseveral of the other boys, I thoroughly enjoyed my present existence.", "\nRevitts was very kind, and, in spite of his sharp abruptness, I did not\ndislike quaint old Mr Jabez Rowle, who seemed never to be happy unless\nhe was correcting proofs.", "\n\nMy dread arose from the thought that Revitts might in some communication\nto Mary be the cause of her naming my whereabouts to the lawyer. ", " Then I\nwas afraid that Mr Ruddle might write down and make inquiries. ", " Lastly,\nthat Mr Jabez Rowle might mention me in writing to his brother. ", " But I\ngrew more reassured as it became evident that Mr Ruddle had not\nwritten, while Mr Jabez Rowle said one day, just in the middle of some\ncorrections:\n\n\"Ah, I'm very fond of Peter, so I never write to him.\"", "\n\nThen, too, I found that Mr Revitts never wrote to Mary without, in a\nhalf-bashful way, showing me the letter.", "\n\n\"Lookye here,\" he would say, \"we said we'd help one another, lad. ", " Some\no' these days you'll want to write such a letter as this here, and so\nyou may as well see how it's done. ", " Then you can just shove your pen\nthrough where the spellin' ain't quite square, and I'll write it out\nagain. ", " I don't know as it's quite right to let her get thinking as I'm\nsuch a tip-topper at spellin', but she came the same game with me over\nthe writing, making me think as she'd improved wonderful, when it was\nyou; so it's six o' one and half-a-dozen o' t'other. ", " What do you say?\"", "\n\n\"I don't think Mary meant to deceive you, Bill,\" I said. ", " \"Poor girl,\nshe had to work very hard, and her hands were not used to holding a pen.", "\nI don't suppose she ever thought of saying who wrote for her. ", " There's\nnothing to be ashamed of in trying to improve your spelling.\"", "\n\n\"No, there ain't, is there, lad?\"", "\n\n\"Nothing at all. ", " Mr Hallett says we go on learning all our lives.\"", "\n\n\"Hah! ", " I suppose we do. ", " What would you do then?\"", "\n\n\"I should tell Mary I helped you.\"", "\n\n\"So I will--so I will,\" he said, in his quiet simple way; for as sure as\nthe subject _Mary_ was in question, all William Revitts' sharp\npolice-constable ways dropped off, and he was as simple and smiling as a\nchild.", "\n\n\"Give my love to her, Bill,\" I said.", "\n\nHe looked heavily and steadily at me for a few moments, and then in a\nvery stupid way he began:\n\n\"I say, youngster, do you think Mary is fond of you?\"", "\n\n\"I'm sure she is--very,\" I said.", "\n\nHe fidgeted in his chair, and then continued:\n\n\"And you like her?\"", "\n\n\"Very, very, very much. ", " She was horribly cross at first, but towards\nthe last nobody could have been kinder.\"", "\n\n\"I say, how old are you?\"", "\n\n\"Between thirteen and fourteen,\" I said.", "\n\n\"Ah, to be sure; of course, lad, so you are,\" he said, brightening up\nand shaking hands. ", " \"Yes, I'll give your love to her. ", " I say, boy, it\nwon't be long first,\" he continued, rubbing his hands.", "\n\n\"Won't it?\" ", " I said, easily divining what he meant.", "\n\n\"No, not long now, for we've been engaged a precious long while.\"", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER TWENTY.", "\n\nTHE WAYZEGOOSE.", "\n\nLong before the fallen type was sorted I had heard rumours of the annual\nholiday and dinner of the _employes_ of the firm; and on a delicious\nautumn morning I found myself in a great covered van, one of three\nconveying the large party down to Epping Forest.", "\n\nAccording to old custom, the members of the firm did a great deal to\nencourage the affair, supplying a large proportion of the funds\nrequired, and presiding at the dinner at an inn in the forest.", "\n\nBoy-like, I was very eager to go, and looked forward to joining in a\nprojected game at cricket; but, somehow, when we reached the inn, after\na drive made noisy by a good deal of absurd mirth, the result of several\ncalls at public-houses on the way to give the horses hay and water, the\npleasure seemed to be taken a good deal out of the affair, and the\npresence of Mr Grimstone did not tend to make me feel upon the highest\npinnacle of enjoyment.", "\n\nSomehow or another the boys seemed to look upon me as a sort of butt,\nand, headed by Jem Smith, they had played several practical jokes upon\nme already, so that at last I was standing wistfully looking on instead\nof playing cricket, and wishing I was alone, when a handsome waggonette\nwas driven by, and to my surprise I saw in it Mr Ruddle, Mr Lister,\nhis partner, and the two young ladies whom I had met on my first day in\nShort Street.", "\n\nAs I started forward and took off my cap, Miss Carr saw me, and smiled\nand nodded: and then as I stood gazing after the departing carriage, a\nchange seemed to have come over the day, and I began to wonder whether I\nshould see them again, and, if so, whether they would speak to me, when\na hand was laid upon my shoulder, and turning round, there stood Mr\nHallett.", "\n\n\"Well, my solitary little philosopher,\" he said, in a quiet,\nhalf-cynical way, \"what are you doing? ", " Not playing with the boys at\ncricket, and not drinking more beer than is good for you, according to\nthe immemorial custom of a British workman taking a holiday?\"", "\n\n\"No,\" I said, \"I was looking after that carriage.\"", "\n\n\"Carriage? ", " Oh, that! ", " Well, what was there in it to take your\nattention?\"", "\n\n\"Mr Ruddle and Mr Lister were in it, with Miss Carr and her sister.\"", "\n\n\"What, in that?\" ", "he said. ", " \"Are you sure?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir, quite sure. ", " Miss Carr nodded to me.\"", "\n\n\"Nodded? ", "to you, Grace?\"", "\n\n\"Oh yes, Mr Hallett, it was through Miss Carr that I was engaged;\" and\nI told him how it happened.", "\n\n\"And so you are not going to play cricket?\" ", "he said dreamily, as he\nstood gazing wistfully in the direction taken by the waggonette.", "\n\n\"No, thank you,\" I replied sadly. ", " \"I'd rather not.\"", "\n\n\"Well, I'm going for a ramble in the forest. ", " Dinner will not be ready\nfor two hours. ", " Will you come?\"", "\n\n\"Oh yes, sir.\"", "\n\n\"Come along then, Grace, and well throw away the work for one day, and\nenjoy the country.\"", "\n\nI had never seen him look so bright and pleasant before. ", " The stern,\ncold, distant air was gone, and his eyes were bright and eager. ", " He\nseemed to unbend, and it was delightful to find him take so much\ninterest in me as he did.", "\n\n\"Well,\" he exclaimed, as we turned right into the wood by the first\nnarrow foot-path, \"and how are you getting on with the pie?\"", "\n\n\"Very slowly, sir,\" I said sadly.", "\n\n\"Never mind, my boy; patience, and you will do it all; and it will not\nhurt you.\"", "\n\n\"But it was so unjust, sir. ", " It was Smith who upset it.\"", "\n\n\"Ah! ", "and he said it was you?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir; and it was a lie.\"", "\n\n\"I thought as much; a young rascal! ", "but never mind, Grace. ", " I would\nrather be the lad who manfully bears an injustice like a hero, than be\nthe big successful blackguard who escapes his punishment by a\ncontemptible lie.\"", "\n\n\"So would I, sir,\" I said, swallowing down something which seemed to\nrise in my throat as I gazed in his bright, intelligent face.", "\n\n\"Bah! ", " It was a pitiful bit of triumph for the young idiot; but never\nmind, my lad: work at it and finish it like a man, and it will be a\npiece of self-denial that you may be proud of to the end of your days.\"", "\n\nWe walked on for some distance in silence, he evidently thoroughly\nenjoying the beauty of the forest as we rambled on, knee-deep in ferns\nand heather, and I feeling that the old days were coming back, such as I\nused to love when wandering with my father through one of our woods,\nbotanising or collecting bird and insect. ", " Almost involuntarily as Mr\nHallett took off his soft felt hat to let the breeze blow on his broad\nwhite forehead, I began, as of old, to pick a specimen here and there,\ntill, after being in a musing fit for some time, he suddenly noticed\nwhat I was doing, and became interested.", "\n\n\"What have you got there?\" ", "he said, pointing to a plant I had just\npicked.", "\n\n\"Oh, that's a twayblade,\" I replied, \"one of the orchis family.\"", "\n\n\"Indeed,\" he said, looking at me curiously, \"and what is this?\"", "\n\n\"Oh, a very common plant--dog's mercury.\"", "\n\n\"And this, Grace?\" ", "he continued, pointing to another, with its bulbous\nroots in the water.", "\n\n\"Water hemlock, sir.\"", "\n\n\"Why, Antony Grace, you are quite a young botanist,\" he said, smiling\nand showing his white teeth, while I gazed up at him wonderingly, he\nseemed so changed.", "\n\n\"I only know a little that papa--I mean my father, taught me.\"", "\n\n\"He used to take you for walks, then, my boy?\"", "\n\n\"Oh, such delicious walks, sir.\"", "\n\n\"And you learned a good deal? ", " Look! ", " What a great toadstool! ", " Don't\nhandle it, my boy, some of these things are very poisonous.\"", "\n\n\"This is not, sir,\" I said eagerly; \"this is _Boletus edulis_, and very\ngood eating.\"", "\n\n\"Indeed; and pray what does _Boletus edulis_ mean?\"", "\n\n\"The eatable _boletus_, sir. ", " There is a family of fungi called the\n_boleti_, sir, and you can easily tell them, because they are all full\nof pores, or little holes, underneath, while the ordinary agarics have\ngills like this.\"", "\n\nI picked up one with a brilliant scarlet top as I spoke, and showed him\nthe white gills beneath.", "\n\n\"And has that a name?\" ", "he said.", "\n\n\"Oh yes; that is a very poisonous and rather rare specimen: it is\n_Russula emetica_.\"", "\n\n\"Why, Grace,\" he said, laying his hand on my shoulder, \"you and I must\ncome for country walks together. ", " You must take me for a pupil. ", " Good\nheavens?\" ", "he muttered, \"how one does live to find out one's ignorance.\"", "\n\nHis whole manner from that moment was changed towards me. ", " He seemed to\nthrow off his mask of cold reserve, and laughed and chatted; ran up\nbanks to get rare ferns, and climbed a tree to look at a late\nwood-pigeon's nest, so that the time flew by till, on referring to his\nwatch, he found that we should have enough to do to get back to the\ndinner.", "\n\n\"I would rather stay in the forest,\" he said.", "\n\n\"So would I, sir,\" I replied rather dolefully.", "\n\n\"But no,\" he continued, \"the firm are very kind, and we should be\nwanting in respect if we stayed away. ", " Come along; you sit beside me,\nand we'll slip off afterwards and have another run.\"", "\n\nWe hurried back just in time for the dinner, but I did not get a place\nby Mr Hallett; and as soon as this was over speech-making began. ", " It\ndid not interest me, for my eyes were fixed upon a kind of gallery above\nthe heads of the people at the upper table, in which I could see Miss\nCarr and her sister had taken their places, apparently to listen to the\nspeeches made by Mr Ruddle and Mr Lister in turn.", "\n\nThey seemed, however, to pay little attention to them after the first,\nand as I sat watching them, and wishing Miss Carr could see me, to my\ndisappointment I saw them rise to go, just as, after a good deal of\nwhispering between Mr Grimstone, Mr Jabez Rowle, and Mr Hallett, the\nlatter, evidently unwillingly, rose to propose the health of the firm.", "\n\nAt the first sound of his voice I saw Miss Carr pause and stay her\nsister, and as he went on, she paid more and more attention, leaning\nover the rail to catch every word, while he, quite unconscious of the\npresence of such listeners, warmed to his task, and in well-chosen\nvigorous language, spoke in praise of the firm, and, at the same time,\nurged his fellow-workmen to give them in the future their best support\nas earnestly as they would promise it upon this present day.", "\n\nHe grew eager and excited as he spoke, and carried his eloquent speech\non to such a climax that he sat down amidst a perfect tempest of\ncheering, both Mr Ruddle and Mr Lister leaving their seats afterwards\nto go and quietly shake hands with him, Mr Grimstone all the while\napparently seeing in him a rival, for he scowled ominously, and Mr\nJabez Rowle completely emptied his box of snuff.", "\n\nMy eyes, though, were principally fixed upon the ladies in the little\ngallery, and I was near enough to see that Miss Carr's lips were parted,\nand her eyes looked eager and strange as she leaned forward more and\nmore, till the speech was at an end. ", " The next time I looked, she was\ngone.", "\n\nSoon after I felt some one pull my arm, and starting round, there stood\nMr Hallett, and hurriedly following him out of the hot, noisy room, we\nmade our way once more into the forest.", "\n\nAs we rambled on, delighted with the delicious coolness and the sweet\nscents of the woodlands, Mr Hallett asked me a few questions about\nmyself, soon learning my little history, while my respect for him had\nincreased as I found out more and more how different he was from the\nordinary workmen at the office. ", " He was evidently a scholar, and seemed\nto have a great depth of knowledge in mechanical contrivances.", "\n\n\"We must know more of one another, Grace,\" he said; \"I am glad we have\nbeen together to-day. ", " What do you do on Sundays?\"", "\n\nI explained that when Mr Revitts was off duty we went for a walk.", "\n\n\"And pray who is Mr Revitts?\" ", "he said.", "\n\nI explained that he was a policeman, and had been very kind to me since\nI had lodged with him in town.", "\n\n\"I am quite alone in London, you see, Mr Hallett,\" I said in an\nold-fashioned way at which I now can smile.", "\n\nHe nodded, and seemed thoughtful for a few minutes.", "\n\n\"Mine is not a very cheerful home, Grace,\" he said at length; \"but if\nyou will come and spend a Sunday--say Sunday week--with us, I shall be\nglad to see you. ", " Will you come?\"", "\n\n\"I should be so glad,\" I cried, and then I stopped short.", "\n\n\"What is it?\" ", "he said.", "\n\n\"Mr Revitts will be off duty that day, sir; and he would be so\ndisappointed if I were not at home. ", " He has been so very kind to me.\"", "\n\nMr Hallett looked amused.", "\n\n\"Do you mind, sir?\" ", " I said.", "\n\n\"No, Grace. ", " You are quite right,\" he quietly said. ", " \"Always be faithful\nto your friends. ", " You shall come next Sunday instead,\" he added, as we\nturned into a beautiful little glade that looked bright and golden with\nthe setting sun. ", " \"Never throw a trusted friend over for the sake of one\nyou believe to be--\"\n\nHe stopped short, for we had come suddenly upon two ladies, one of whom\nwas Miss Carr.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER TWENTY ONE.", "\n\nIN THE FOREST.", "\n\nMiss Carr started slightly on seeing my companion, and it seemed to me\nthat she coloured for the moment, but she recovered her composure on the\ninstant, responded to Mr Hallett's salute with a quiet bend of the\nhead, and turned at once to me, talking in a sweet grave way, as if\nthere were no one else present, though Mr Hallett stood close by me,\nhat in hand.", "\n\n\"Antony,\" she said, laying; her hand upon my shoulder, \"I am very glad\nto see you again. ", " Mr Ruddle tells me that you are striving very hard,\nand that you have already made a step upwards. ", " Mind, though I do not\nsee you, I always hear how you progress, and, now that you have begun so\nwell, I have no fear for your future. ", " Are you happy and comfortable\nwhere you are?\"", "\n\n\"Oh yes, ma'am,\" I said, flushing red with pride and pleasure, as I\ngazed in her face; \"and--and I have made such good friends.\"", "\n\n\"Indeed!\" ", "she said quickly. ", " \"I hope you are careful.\"", "\n\n\"Oh yes, ma'am; Mr Revitts is very good to me, and Mr Hallett, here.\"", "\n\nMiss Carr turned her face to him for the moment, and once more there was\na slight flush upon her cheeks; then she seemed very pale.", "\n\n\"I am glad to hear it,\" she said, in a firm, distinct tone; \"and I hope\nyour friend Mr Hallett will remember your unprotected position, and\nadvise you for your good.\"", "\n\nMr Hallett was about to speak, but she had turned from him, and now\nlaid her other hand upon my shoulder.", "\n\n\"Good-bye, Antony,\" she said; \"you know where I live; come to me if ever\nyou should require help. ", " And mind this, I shall expect you to fight\nhard and rise. ", " It is no disgrace to be a common workman,\"--she glanced\nhastily, and as if in apology, towards Mr Hallett, as she spoke--\"My\ndead father was but a workman, but he rose to a higher position in life,\nand I think those who fight the battle well and are self-made, are quite\nas worthy of honour and respect as those who are born to wealth.", "\nGood-bye.\"", "\n\nI could not speak, but I stood there gazing in her bright animated face,\nand listened to the sweet grave voice, whose every word seemed to fix\nitself in my mind. ", " I was only recalled from my dreamy state by those\nwords \"good-bye,\" and the sight of the soft white hand that she held\nout.", "\n\nIt was from no sentimental feeling of politeness that I acted as I did,\nfor I felt moved to my very soul, and the same feelings came over me\nthat had animated me in the past days in my pleasant old home. ", " I loved\nMiss Carr--loved her with the same sweet wholesome love that, a boy\nfeels towards a tender mother, and my eyes felt suffused, and things\nlooked dim, as with quite a natural effort I took the hand extended to\nme, kissed it, and held it for a moment against my cheek. ", " Then it\nseemed to glide from my hold, there was a faint rustle of silken\ngarments over the heath and grass, and Mr Hallett and I were alone.", "\n\nI turned to speak to him, to find that he was still standing, hat in\nhand, gazing down the path by which the sisters had gone; then it seemed\nto me that he drew a long breath as he stood looking at me apparently,\nbut evidently recalling that which was past.", "\n\n\"Oh, Mr Hallett!\" ", " I cried enthusiastically, and with all the\nimpulsiveness of a boy; \"isn't she beautiful?\"", "\n\n\"As beautiful as true, Grace,\" he said softly, and his manner seemed\nreverent and strange.", "\n\n\"She was so kind to me--spoke so kindly for me when I first came to the\noffice,\" I cried.", "\n\n\"Yes, my boy,\" he said in the same low, soft voice; \"you are very\nfortunate--you have found a true friend.\"", "\n\n\"And I will try,\" I cried. ", " \"She shall find that I have remembered what\nshe told me.\"", "\n\n\"Come and sit down here, my boy,\" he said, throwing himself upon a patch\nof heath and fern. ", " \"Let's forget the smell of oil and steam and\nprinting-ink for a time. ", " Come and tell me all about your meeting with\nMiss Carr.\"", "\n\nI was eager to tell him, and I had a willing listener, and as I sat\nthere at his feet I told him of the interview at the office, and all\nabout how Mr Lister seemed so attentive to Miss Carr: what he had said,\nand how he seemed to love her. ", " In my ignorance I dwelt at length upon\neven Mr Ruddle's words of congratulation, talking rapidly and well in\nmy enthusiasm--blind and ignorant that I was--for I could not read then\nwhy the lines in Stephen Hallett's face grew deeper and more marked, nor\nyet why his eyelids should droop down, and then his head, till it rested\nupon one hand, while the other plucked slowly at the strands of grass\nand scraps of heath.", "\n\nOnce or twice I thought he was asleep, but if I stopped he spoke to me\nsoftly, asking some questions till I had done, when he startled me again\nwith inquiries about myself and my old life, gradually winning from me\nall I had to tell.", "\n\nThe sun had set, and the soft evening shadows were descending as we\nstill sat there drinking in the moist fresh air of the forest, till, as\nif rousing himself from a dream, Mr Hallett rose hastily, and I too\nsprang to my feet.", "\n\n\"Come, Grace,\" he said, with an effort to be cheerful, \"we must get back\nto the inn, or we shall be left behind. ", " One minute, though; let us walk\nalong here.\"", "\n\nI looked at him wonderingly as he strode hastily to where we had met the\nladies, and I saw that he had removed his hat as he stood gazing slowly\naround.", "\n\nIt might have been from the heat, but I do not think so now; and he was\njust turning away, when I saw him stoop hastily and snatch from among\nthe ferns a grey kid glove.", "\n\n\"Why, that must be Miss Carr's,\" I said eagerly.", "\n\n\"Yes,\" he replied softly; \"it is Miss Carr's.\"", "\n\nHe stood holding it pressed in his hand; and his brow was knit, and he\nstood gazing straight before him, struggling with himself before saying,\nas he doubled the glove:\n\n\"You must take it back, my boy. ", " You will see her again; perhaps I never\nshall.\"", "\n\nI looked at him curiously as I took the glove, for he seemed so strange,\nbut the next moment his dreamy manner was cast aside, as he clapped me\non the shoulder.", "\n\n\"Come, Grace,\" he said; \"no, I will not call you Grace,\" he added,\nlaughing; \"it sounds as if you were a girl, and you are rather too\ngirlish, my boy; I will call you Antony in future.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, do, please, Mr Hallett,\" I said; though I flushed a little at\nbeing called girlish.", "\n\n\"Come along, then. ", " Our pleasant day has nearly come to an end.\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" I said with a sign; \"pleasant days do so soon come to an end.\"", "\n\n\"To be sure they do,\" he cried; \"but never mind, my boy; others will\ncome.\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" I sighed; \"and miserable ones, too, full of Grimstone, and Jem\nSmith, and pie, and mistakes.\"", "\n\n\"Of course,\" he cried; \"bitters, all of them, to make life the sweeter.", "\nWhy, Antony--no, Tony's better--why, Tony, if you could be always\nrevelling in good things, such a day as this would not have seemed so\ndelightful as it has.\"", "\n\n\"And it has been delightful!\" ", " I cried, as we walked on, my friend\nresting his hand almost affectionately upon my shoulder.", "\n\n\"Yes,\" he said softly; \"a day to be marked with a white stone--a\ntombstone over the grave of one's brightest hopes,\" he added, very, very\nsoftly; but I caught the import of his words, and I turned to him quite\na troubled look, when there was a sound of cheering some distance away.", "\n\"Come, Tony,\" he said cheerfully, \"there are our men hurrahing. ", " We must\njoin them now.\"", "\n\n\"Do you know what time we were to start back, sir?\" ", " I said.", "\n\n\"Eight o'clock,\" he replied, taking out an old-fashioned gold watch, and\nthen starting. ", " \"Why, Tony, my lad, it's past nine. ", " Come along, let's\nrun.\"", "\n\nWe started off, and ran at a steady trot till we reached the inn, to\nfind that the cheering had been when the vans set out.", "\n\n\"Yes, they was a-cheerin' away like fun,\" said our informant, a rather\nbeery-looking public-house hanger-on. ", " \"What, are you two left behind?\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" said Mr Hallett, shortly. ", " \"How long have they been gone?\"", "\n\n\"More'n quarter of 'n 'our,\" said the man; \"and I say, they just was\non--all of 'em. ", " The driver o' the last one couldn't hardly hold his\nreins.\"", "\n\n\"What time did Messrs. Ruddle and Lister go?\"", "\n\n\"Who?\" ", "said the man.", "\n\n\"The gentlemen with the waggonette.\"", "\n\n\"What, with them two gals? ", " Oh! ", "more'n 'n 'our ago. ", " They wasn't on.\"", "\n\n\"How can we get back to town?\"", "\n\n\"Walk,\" said the man; \"'less you like to take a fly.\"", "\n\n\"It is very tiresome, Tony,\" said Mr Hallett. ", " \"Are you a good walker?\"", "\n\n\"Pretty well,\" I said. ", " \"How far is it?\"", "\n\n\"Twelve or thirteen miles. ", " Shall we try it?\"", "\n\n\"Oh yes,\" I said. ", " \"It's a beautiful night, and we shall see plenty of\nmoths.\"", "\n\n\"Come along, then, my boy,\" he cried; and away we went.", "\n\nOur long rest since dinner had made me better able to manage the task;\nand I noticed that Mr Hallett did all he could to lighten the way by\ntalking, and he could talk well. ", " As, then, we trudged along the wide,\nfirm road, he told me a little about himself and his home; and so it was\nthat I learned that he had an invalid mother and a sister, who were\ndependent upon him; that his early life had been in the country, where\nhis father had been a surgeon, and that on his father's death he had\nbeen compelled to come to London.", "\n\n\"To seek your fortune, Mr Hallett?\" ", " I asked.", "\n\n\"Well, yes, if you like to call it so, Tony,\" he said, laughing. ", " \"Ah,\nmy boy, let me give you advice that I am only too loth to take myself--\ndon't degenerate into a dreamer.\"", "\n\n\"A dreamer, Mr Hallett?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, boy; one whose mind is set on what people call making a fortune--\nthat miserable style of enthusiast, who ignores the present in his\nsearch for something that he may never find, and which, even if he does,\nhe may never enjoy. ", " Tony, my boy, don't heed what people say about this\nbeing a miserable world and a vale of tears; it is a very beautiful and\na very glorious world with heights and mountains bright in the sunshine\nof truth. ", " We all have to wander down into the valley sometimes, but\nthere are other times when we are in the sunshine on the heights. ", " When\nwe are there, let's take it and enjoy it, and not sit down and grumble,\nand strive to climb to another mountain, close by, that seems higher and\nbrighter than the one we are on. ", " Take what fate sends you, my dear boy,\nand take it patiently. ", " Use your strength to bear it, and--there, let's\ncome back out of the imaginary into the rear--go on setting up your pied\ntype, and enjoy the pleasure after of having won a victory, or, in the\npresent case, stride out manfully. ", " Every step takes us nearer to\nLondon; and when we have got there, and have slept off our fatigue, we\ncan laugh at our adventure. ", " Why, we must be halfway there now. ", " But how\nyou limp!\"", "\n\n\"I'm afraid it's my boot rubs my foot, sir,\" I said, wincing.", "\n\n\"Tut, tut!\" ", "he exclaimed. ", " \"This won't do. ", " Sit down and have a rest,\nand let's think, Tony.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, I can go on yet, sir,\" I said hastily.", "\n\n\"No, no; sit down, my boy, sit down,\" he said; and I sat down upon a\nbank. ", " \"I can't carry you, Tony,\" he said kindly. ", " \"I could manage you\nfor a couple of miles or so; I don't think I could get you right up\nhome. ", " We are unlucky to-night, and--there is something turning up.\"", "\n\n\"On ahead, Tony. ", " Yonder is a roadside inn, with a couple of hay-carts.", "\nCome along, my lad, and well see if one of them cannot be turned into a\nchariot to convey us to London Town.\"", "\n\nI limped on beside him to where the hay-carts were standing by a\nwater-trough at the roadside, the horses tossing their nose-bags so as\nto get at the oats at the bottom, and the carters just coming out of the\npublic-house.", "\n\n\"Can you give us a lift on to London?\" ", "said Mr Hallett. ", " \"This boy has\nturned lame.\"", "\n\n\"What'll you stand?\" ", "said the man heavily.", "\n\n\"A couple of pints,\" said Mr Hallett.", "\n\n\"All right; up you get,\" said the man. ", " \"You must lie atop o' the hay.", "\nI only goes to Whitechapel, you know.\"", "\n\n\"That will do,\" said Mr Hallett. ", " And together we climbed up, and lay\ndown, twelve or fifteen feet above the road, on the top of the\nsweet-scented trusses of hay; the carter cracked his whip, and away we\nwent jolting over the road, with the stars above us, and my couch\nseeming delicious to my weary limbs, as the scent seemed to bring up my\nsleeping place by the hay-rick, when I ran away from Rowford and my\nslavery at Mr Blakeford's house.", "\n\n\"That's one of the peculiarities of the true-born Briton, Tony,\" said\nMr Hallett, after a pause.", "\n\n\"What is, sir?\"", "\n\n\"The love and reverence for beer. ", " If I had offered that man sixpence or\na shilling to give us a ride, he would have laughed me to scorn. ", " Two\npints of beer, you see, carry us right to town, and another pint would\nhave acted like a return ticket to bring us back.\"", "\n\n\"To bring us back?\" ", " I said in drowsy accents; and, trusting to my\ncompanion to save me from a fall, I dropped into a heavy dreamless\nsleep, from which I was aroused by Mr Hallett, who shook my arm and\ntold me that we were once more in town.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER TWENTY TWO.", "\n\nWILLIAM REVITTS IS ANGRY.", "\n\nMr Hallett saw me right to the door of my lodgings before he left me,\nshaking hands warmly as he said \"Good-night,\" and altered it to\n\"Good-morning.\"", "\n\nI was thoroughly awake now, and somewhat refreshed as I ascended the\nstairs very gently, having risen now to the honour of a latchkey. ", " It\nwas Revitts' turn for day-duty, and I was unwilling to disturb him, so I\nhad slipped off my boots, and cautiously turning the handle of the door,\nI entered, to find, to my surprise, a light burning, and Mr Revitts\nbuttoned up in his uniform and with his heavy hat upon his head.", "\n\n\"Oh, here you are, then,\" he cried roughly.", "\n\n\"What, not in bed!\" ", " I said.", "\n\n\"In bed? ", " How was I going to bed? ", " I was just orf to the station to send\nword round as you was missing, and to make inquiries where the vans went\nfrom.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, Mr Revitts! ", " Oh, Bill, I am sorry!\" ", " I cried.", "\n\n\"Don't you Bill me, young man,\" he cried. ", " \"Now, lookye here. ", " Was it an\naccident to the van as made you late?\"", "\n\n\"No,\" I said; \"it was--\"\n\n\"There!\" ", "he cried, bringing his fist down heavily upon the table. ", " \"I\nwon't hear another word. ", " I won't listen to you. ", " Those vans was doo\nback at ten thirty--say eleven, and it's now two forty-five.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, Bill, but--\"\n\n\"Don't Bill me,\" he cried; and, running to the corner of the room, he\ncaught up a black silver-topped cane, with shabby silk tassels. ", " \"Look\nhere,\" he said; \"for the last hour or two I've been thinking whether, as\nyour best friend, I oughtn't to give you a good wilting down, only\nyou're such a man now that I can't stoop to hit the feller as I've made\nmy friend.\"", "\n\n\"But will you listen to me, Bill?\" ", " I cried angrily.", "\n\n\"No, I won't,\" he said, throwing down the cane. ", " \"You've been up to your\nlarks, you have, and I tell you what it is, I won't have larks.\"", "\n\n\"I haven't,\" I cried.", "\n\n\"You have, sir, so don't deny it. ", " What am I to say to my Mary when she\ncomes up, if she finds you going wrong? ", " I won't have larks, so there's\nan end of it, d'ye hear? ", " There, you needn't look sulky, and you won't\ngo and lodge somewhere else. ", " You'll stay here and I won't have no\nlarks. ", " I know what it means; I've seen boys begin with stopping out o'\nnights, and I know what sort o' chickens they turn out. ", " Stopping out\nlate o' nights an' larks means going to the bad; and you ain't going to\nthe bad if I know it.\"", "\n\n\"I couldn't help it, Bill; I've been along with Mr Hallett.\"", "\n\n\"Then I'll punch Mr Hallett's head,\" he cried in a rage, as he stamped\nup and down the room, till some one rapped at the ceiling of the floor\nbelow. ", " \"No, I won't. ", " I'll pay him a visit in full uniform with my\nbracelet on, that's what I'll do with him.\"", "\n\n\"Don't be so foolish, Bill,\" I cried, as in imagination I saw Mr\nRevitts stalking along amongst the frames at the office, as if about to\ntake Mr Hallett into custody.", "\n\n\"Foolish?\" ", "he cried. ", " \"And look here, once for all, don't you Bill me.", "\nAs for that Hallett, he's a bad 'un, that's what he is, and I'll let him\nknow--carrying on larks with a youngster like you.\"", "\n\n\"Mr Hallett's a gentleman,\" I said indignantly.", "\n\n\"Oh, is he?\" ", "said Revitts excitedly; \"then I'd rather be a pore\npolice-constable. ", " Why, I never so much as took you inside a public to\nhave half-a-pint o' beer, I was so particular over your morals; and your\nprecious gentleman takes you to dozens, and keeps you out till two\nforty-five. ", " Why, you make the whole room smell o' beer.\"", "\n\n\"I don't, Bill,\" I cried; \"it's that hay. ", " Look here, it's sticking to\nmy clothes.\"", "\n\n\"Then, what ha' yer been sleeping under haystacks for, when here was\nyour own bed waiting for you? ", " That's the way. ", " That's the first step to\nbeing a rogue and a vagabond. ", " Do you know, young fellow, as I could\nhave taken you and locked you up, and had you afore the magistrates next\nmorning, if I'd found you lying under haystacks?\"", "\n\n\"What a dear old stupid you are, Bill,\" I cried, half angry, half\namused; for he had talked so fast and been in such a rage, that I could\nnot get a chance to explain.", "\n\n\"Am I?\" ", "he cried, just as if I had added fresh fuel to the flame. ", " \"If I\nam--I'm honest, so now then. ", " That's more than your Mr Hallett can say.", "\nBut I haven't done with him yet.\"", "\n\n\"Why don't you be quiet, Bill?\" ", " I said.", "\n\n\"Quiet, when you get out on larks?\"", "\n\n\"You won't let me speak.\"", "\n\n\"Let you speak! ", " No, I won't. ", " Here have I been worried to death about\nyou, thinking all the chaps had got on, and that the van was upset, and\nall the time it was your games.\"", "\n\n\"We went strolling about the forest, Bill,\" I said, as I removed my\nstockings and bathed my sore feet, \"and had to walk ever so much of the\nway home, and that's what made me so late.\"", "\n\nHe snatched up my boots from where I had set them, and found that they\nwere covered with dust.", "\n\n\"But you said you'd been sleeping in the hay,\" he said stubbornly.", "\n\n\"Yes; on the top of a hay-cart, coming up to Whitechapel, and I went to\nsleep.\"", "\n\nRevitts began rubbing his ear in a puzzled way; and then, as if seized\nby a bright idea, he took out his notebook and pencil.", "\n\n\"Now look here,\" he said, making believe to take down my words and\nshaking his pencil at me in a magisterial way. ", " \"Why should you have to\nwalk nearly all the way home, because you went for a stroll in the woods\nwith that there Hallett?\"", "\n\nThis last with a contemptuous emphasis on the name of my companion.", "\n\n\"Why, I told you, Bill. ", " When we got back to the inn the last van had\ngone.\"", "\n\n\"There; now, you're shuffling,\" he said. ", " \"You never said a word about\nthe van being gone.\"", "\n\n\"Didn't I, Bill? ", " Well, I meant to say so. ", " Mr Hallett thought it would\nbe much nicer to go for a walk in the woods than to sit in that hot room\nwhere the men were drinking and smoking, so we did, only we stopped too\nlong.\"", "\n\nRevitts shut his pocket-book with a snap, scratched his head with the\nend of his pencil, wetted the point between his lips, and had another\nscratch; then pushed the pencil into the loop at the side, replaced the\nbook in his breast, and buttoned it up tight, as he stood staring hard\nat me. ", " Then he coughed behind his hand, rubbed his ear again,\nunbuttoned his coat, buttoned it up tightly, cleared his throat again,\nand then said:\n\n\"Well, it was circumstantial evidence, cert'nly.\"", "\n\n\"It's too bad, Bill,\" I said, in an injured tone; \"you had no business\nto doubt me.\"", "\n\n\"More I hadn't, old lad,\" he replied in a deprecating way. ", " \"But you\nknow, Ant'ny, I had been a-sitting here wait-wait-waiting and thinking\nall sorts o' things.\"", "\n\n\"Why didn't you go to bed?\"", "\n\n\"I'd been thinking, old lad, that being a holiday, you might be hungry,\nand look here.\"", "\n\nHe opened the little cupboard and took out a raised pork pie and a\nbottle of pale ale.", "\n\n\"I'd got the cloth laid and the knives and forks out ready, but I got in\nsuch a wax about one o'clock that I snatched 'em all off and cleared 'em\naway.\"", "\n\n\"And why did you get in a wax, Bill?\" ", " I said. ", " \"You ought to have known\nme better.\"", "\n\n\"So I ought, old lad,\" he said penitently; \"but I got thinking you'd\nchucked me over, and was out on larks with that there Hallett; and it\nain't nice to be chucked over for a chap like that, specially when you\nseem to belong to me. ", " You'll shake hands, won't you, Tony?\"", "\n\n\"Of course I will.\"", "\n\n\"And I won't doubt you another time; let's have the pie, after all.\"", "\n\nWe did; and in a dozen ways the good fellow strove to show me his sorrow\nfor his past doubts, picking me out the best bits of the pie, foaming up\nmy glass with the ale, and when I expressed my fears of not being awake\nin time for the office, he promised to call me; and though he never\nowned to it, I have good reason for believing that he sat up writing out\ncorrections in an old dictation lesson, calling me in excellent time,\nand having the breakfast all ready upon the table.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER TWENTY THREE.", "\n\nMR HALLETT AT HOME.", "\n\nPunctual to the appointed time, I rang the topmost of four bells on the\ndoorpost of one of the old-fashioned red-brick houses in Great Ormond\nStreet, and a few minutes after it was opened by Mr Hallett, whose face\nlit up as he offered me his hand.", "\n\n\"That's right, Antony!\" ", "he exclaimed; \"now we'll go upstairs and see the\nladies, and then you and I will have a walk till dinner-time.\"", "\n\nI followed him up the well-worn, uncarpeted stairs to the second floor,\nwhere he introduced me to his mother, a stern, pale, careworn-looking\nwoman in a widow's cap, half sitting, half reclining in a large\neasy-chair.", "\n\n\"How do you do?\" ", "she said, wearily, as she gazed at me through her\nhalf-closed eyes. ", " \"You are Stephen's friend. ", " I am glad to see you; but\nyou are very young,\" she added in an ill-used tone.", "\n\n\"Not a very serious failing, mother dear,\" said Mr Hallett cheerfully.", "\n\n\"No,\" said Mrs Hallett, \"no. ", " I am sorry we have not a better place to\nreceive him in.\"", "\n\n\"Tut--tut, dear,\" said Mr Hallett. ", " \"Antony Grace comes to see us, not\nour rooms or our furniture.\"", "\n\nI had already glanced round the large, old-fashioned room, which was\nshabbily furnished, but scrupulously clean, while everything was in good\ntaste, and I hastened to say something about how glad I was to come.", "\n\n\"Yes,\" said Mrs Hallett wearily; \"it is very polite and nice of you to\nsay so, but it is not the home I expected for my old age.\"", "\n\n\"My mother is--\"\n\n\"You always used to call me _mamma_, Stephen,\" said Mrs Hallett, with\nthe tears in her eyes.", "\n\n\"Did I love you any more tenderly then, dear?\" ", "he said, bending over her\nand kissing her wrinkled forehead with reverent affection, and then\nplacing his lips upon her hand.", "\n\n\"No, Stephen, no,\" she cried, bursting into a fit of sobbing; \"but--but\nwe might cling to some of our old respectability, even if you will\npersist in being a workman and lowering our family by wearing aprons\nlike a common man.\"", "\n\n\"There, there, dear, don't fret,\" he said cheerfully. ", " \"You are in pain\nthis morning. ", " I am going for a walk with Antony Grace, and we'll bring\nyou back a bunch of flowers.\"", "\n\n\"No, no, don't--pray don't, Stephen,\" said Mrs Hallett querulously;\n\"you cannot afford it, and it only puts me in mind of happier days, when\nwe had our own garden, and I was so fond of my conservatory. ", " You\nremember the camellias?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, yes, dear,\" he said, passing his arm round her; \"and some day you\nshall have your conservatory again.\"", "\n\n\"Never, Stephen--never, while you are so obstinate.\"", "\n\n\"Come, come, dear,\" he said, kissing her again; \"let me put your pillow\na little more easy, and we won't talk of the past; it cannot interest\nAntony Grace. ", " Where has Linny hidden herself?\"", "\n\n\"I suppose she is seeing after the cooking,\" said Mrs Hallett\nquerulously. ", " \"We have no servants now, Mr Grace.\"", "\n\n\"No, Antony,\" said Mr Hallett, laughing; and I could not help\ncontrasting the man I saw before me--so bright, airy, and tender in his\nways--with the stern, rather grim-looking workman of the office. ", " \"No\nservants; I clean my own boots and help with the cooking, too. ", " It is\ninconvenient, for my dear mother here is a great invalid.\"", "\n\n\"Helpless for seventeen years, Mr Grace,\" said the poor woman, looking\nat me piteously. ", " \"We used to have a carriage, but we have none now.", "\nStephen is very kind to me, only he will be so thoughtless; and he is so\nwanting in ambition, clever as he is.\"", "\n\n\"There, dear, we won't talk about that now,\" said Mr Hallett. ", " \"Come\nAntony; my sister will not show herself, so we'll find her blooming in\nflour, or carving potato rings, or handling a truncheon bigger than that\nof your friend Mr Revitts as she makes the paste. ", " Oh, here she is!\"", "\n\nA door opened as he spoke, and I quite started as a bright, pretty girl\nentered, and came forward smiling pleasantly to shake hands. ", " She seemed\nto bring sunshine into the room, and, damped as I was by Mrs Hallett's\nreception and the prospect of a dull, cheerless day, the coming of Miss\nHallett seemed quite to change the state of affairs.", "\n\n\"I am very glad to see you,\" she said, showing her little white teeth.", "\n\"Stephen has so often talked about you, and said he would bring you\nhome.\"", "\n\n\"Ah, me, yes, home!\" ", "sighed Mrs Hallett, glancing round the shabby\napartment.", "\n\nNot that it seemed shabby any longer to me, for Linny, in her tight,\nwell-fitting, plain holland dress, white collar and cuffs, and with her\nlong golden-brown, naturally curling hair, seemed to me to radiate\nbrightness all around. ", " For she certainly was very pretty, and her\nlarge, well-shaded eyes seemed to flash with animation as she spoke.", "\n\n\"Antony Grace and I are going for a walk, Linny, and we shall come back\nhungry as hunters. ", " Don't make any mistake in the cooking.\"", "\n\nShe nodded and laughed, and her fair curls glistened in the light, while\nMrs Hallett sighed again; and it struck me that she was about to say\nsomething in disparagement of the dinner, but she did not speak.", "\n\n\"Come along then, Antony,\" said Mr Hallett; and, after kissing the\ninvalid, he led the way down stairs, and we strolled off towards\nRegent's Park.", "\n\nAs we left the house, the shadow seemed to come down again over Mr\nHallett's face, and from that time I noticed that he seemed to lead a\ndouble life--one in which he was bright and merry, almost playful,\nbefore his mother and sister; the other, a life of stern, fixed purpose,\nin which his soul was bent upon some pursuit.", "\n\nHe shook off his gloom, though, directly, and we had a good walk, during\nwhich he strove hard to make himself a pleasant companion, chatted to me\nof myself, hoped that I made use of my spare time, and read or studied\nin some way, promising to help me with my Latin if I would go on.", "\n\n\"It wants an effort, Antony,\" he said; \"especially after a hard day's\nwork at the office.\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" I said, with a sigh; \"I do feel tired of reading when I get\nback.\"", "\n\n\"Never mind,\" he said; \"make an effort and do something. ", " It is only the\nfirst start. ", " You'll soon grow interested in what you are doing; and\nrecollect this, my boy, learning is a treasure that no one can take\naway.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, my father used to say so, Mr Hallett,\" I said thoughtfully, as I\nglanced sidewise at my companion's face as we lay on the turf close by\nthe water.", "\n\n\"What an imitation of the country this is, Antony!\" ", "he said, with a\nsigh. ", " \"I love the country. ", " I could live there always.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, I don't like London, Mr Hallett,\" I said; \"but--but do you study\nanything in your spare hours?\"", "\n\nHe turned round upon me sharply, and his eyes seemed to look me through\nand through.", "\n\n\"Did my mother say anything to you?\" ", "he exclaimed. ", " \"Oh no! ", "of course\nnot--you were not alone. ", " Yes, Antony, I do study something--a great\ndeal--in my spare hours.\"", "\n\n\"Oh yes, of course. ", " I know you do, Mr Hallett,\" I cried. ", " \"I've seen\nyou take out your pocket-book and draw and make calculations.\"", "\n\nHe looked at me again in a curious, suspicious way that set me\nwondering, and then, jumping up:\n\n\"Come, Antony,\" he cried, with a forced laugh, \"it is time we were off.", "\nLinny will be wanting to go to church, and we shall be punished if we\nare late for dinner.\"", "\n\nHe chatted merrily all the way back, and I had no opportunity of asking\nhim what he studied. ", " Dinner was waiting, and a very pleasant simple\nmeal it was, only that Mrs Hallett would sprinkle everything with\ntears. ", " I noticed that really, as well as metaphorically, she dropped a\nfew into her glass of beer, a few more into the gravy, of which she had\nthe best share, soaked her bread with others, and still had a few left\nto drop into her portion of red-currant and raspberry tart. ", " Nothing was\nnice, poor woman--nothing was comfortable; and while Linny took her\ncomplaints with a pettish indifference, Mr Hallett left his place from\ntime to time, to attend to her at her little table in front of her\neasy-chair, waiting upon her with the tenderness of a woman, smoothing\nback her hair, and more than once kissing her on the forehead before\nresuming his place.", "\n\n\"No, Stephen,\" she said, several times; \"I have no appetite--nothing\ntempts me now.\"", "\n\nHe bent over and whispered to her, evidently in a tender, endearing way,\nbut her tears only flowed the faster, and she shook her head\ndespondently.", "\n\n\"Cheese, Stephen?\" ", "she said in her peevish way, towards the end of the\nrepast. ", " \"You know my digestion is such that it will not bear cheese.", "\nAt least,\" she said, \"you would have known it if you had had ambition\nenough to follow your father's profession.\"", "\n\n\"Ah! ", " I ought to have known better, dear,\" he said, smiling pleasantly;\n\"but doctors starve in London, mother. ", " There are too many as it is.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, of course, of course,\" said the poor woman tearfully; \"my advice\nis worthless, I suppose.\"", "\n\n\"No, no, dear, it is not,\" said Mr Hallett, getting up and laying his\nhand upon that of the invalid. ", " \"Come, let me take your plate. ", " We'll\nhave the things away directly, and I'll read to you till tea-time, if\nAntony won't mind.\"", "\n\n\"Is Linny going out this afternoon?\" ", "said Mrs Hallett querulously.", "\n\n\"Yes, mamma, and I shall be late,\" said Linny, colouring, apparently\nwith vexation, as she glanced at me, making me feel guilty, and the\ncause of her disappointment.", "\n\n\"We won't keep you, Linny,\" exclaimed Hallett; \"go and get ready.", "\nAntony, you will not mind, will you? ", " My sister likes to go to church of\nan afternoon; it is nicer for her than the evening.\"", "\n\n\"Oh no, I won't mind,\" I said eagerly.", "\n\n\"All right, then; be off, Linny. ", " Antony and I will soon clear away the\npie--eh, Antony?\"", "\n\nI laughed and coloured at this _double entendre_, which Mrs Hallett did\nnot comprehend, for as Linny with a grateful look hurried out of the\nroom, the invalid exclaimed fretfully:\n\n\"I wish you would say _tart_, Stephen, my son. ", " If you will persist in\nworking as a mechanic, and wasting your time in fruitless schemes--\"\n\n\"Hush, mother!\" ", "said Mr Hallett, with an uneasy glance at me.", "\n\n\"Yes, my son; but I cannot bear you to forget all our old genteel ways.", "\nWe may be poor, but we can still be respectable.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, yes; of course, dear,\" said Mr Hallett nastily, as he saw that\nhis mother was about to shed tears. ", " \"Come, Antony, let's be waiters.\"", "\n\nI jumped up to assist him, just as Linny, looking very rosy and pretty\nin her bonnet and jacket, hurried out of a side room, and kissing her\nmother, and nodding to us, hastened downstairs.", "\n\n\"Ah?\" ", "said Mrs Hallett, with another sigh, \"we ought not to be reduced\nto that.\"", "\n\n\"To what, dear?\" ", "said Mr Hallett, as he busily removed the dinner\nthings.", "\n\n\"Letting that young and innocent girl go about the streets alone without\na protector, offering herself as a prey to every designing wretch who\ncasts his eyes upon her fresh, fair face.\"", "\n\n\"My dear mother,\" said Mr Hallett, laughing, \"London is not quite such\na sink of iniquity as you suppose, and you have tutored Linny too well\nfor there to be any occasion for fear. ", " There, come, lean back and rest\ntill we have done, and then I will read you one of your favourites.\"", "\n\nMrs Hallett allowed herself to be gently pressed back in her seat, and\nlay there still complaining that a son of hers should have to stoop, and\nalso ask his visitor to stoop, to such a degrading toil.", "\n\n\"Oh, Antony doesn't mind, dear,\" he said cheerfully. ", " \"We do worse\nthings than this at the office--eh, Antony?\"", "\n\n\"That we do, Mr Hallett,\" I cried, laughing.", "\n\n\"Yes,\" said Mrs Hallett, \"at the office. ", " Ah, well, I suppose it is of\nno use to complain.\"", "\n\nShe complained all the same, at everything, while Mr Hallett bore it\nwith a most patient manner that set me wondering. ", " He was never once\nirritable, but took every murmur in a quiet, resigned way, evidently\nexcusing it on the score of his mother's sufferings.", "\n\nThen he got out a book to read to her, but it would not do. ", " Then\nanother and another one, supposed to be her favourite authors; but\nnothing would do but Dodd's \"Thoughts in Prison,\" and the reading of\nthis cheerful volume went on till Linny came back, as I noticed, looking\nhot and flushed, as if she had been hurrying; and she glanced, as I\nthought, suspiciously at me, her brother not raising his eyes from his\nreading.", "\n\nThen followed tea, and a walk with Mr Hallett, and after that supper,\nwhen he walked part of the way home with me.", "\n\n\"Good-night, Antony,\" he said. ", " \"I hope you have not found your visit\ntoo gloomy an one to care to come again.\"", "\n\n\"Will you ask me again?\" ", " I said eagerly.", "\n\n\"To be sure. ", " My poor mother is a little fretful, as you saw; but she\nhas been an invalid now these seventeen years, and she misses some of\nthe comforts of the past. ", " Good-night, my boy.\"", "\n\n\"Good-night, Mr Hallett;\" and we parted--he to walk slowly away, bent\nof head and serious, and I to begin thinking of his unwearying patience\nand devotion to his invalid mother: after which I recalled a great deal\nabout Linny Hallett, and how pretty and petulant she seemed, wondering\nat the same time that neither mother nor brother took any notice of her\nflushed and excited look as she came in from church.", "\n\n\"Hullo! ", "got back, then?\" ", "said Mr Revitts, rather grumpily, as I entered\nthe room. ", " \"Had a pleasant day?\"", "\n\n\"Oh yes, Bill, very!\" ", " I exclaimed.", "\n\n\"Oh yes! ", " It's all very fine, though, and it'll be all Hallett soon.", "\nBut you have got back in decent time. ", " Well, I'm tired, and I'm off to\nbed.\"", "\n\nAn example I followed directly after.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER TWENTY FOUR.", "\n\nLINNY'S SECRET.", "\n\nMy visit to Great Ormond Street was the first of many. ", " In a short time\nthe office labours with Mr Jabez Rowle were merely the mechanical\nrounds of the day; and, like Stephen Hallett, I seemed to live only for\nthe evening, when I took my Latin exercises and translations to him, he\ncoming down from the attic, where he worked at some project of his own,\nconcerning which poor murmuring Mrs Hallett and her daughter were\nforbidden to speak, and then returning, after making the corrections.", "\n\nI felt a good deal of curiosity about that attic, but Mr Hallett had\ntold me to wait, and I waited patiently, having, young as I was, learned\nto school myself to some extent, and devoted myself to my studies, one\nthought being always before my mind, namely, that I had to pay Mr\nBlakeford all my father's debt, for that I meant to do.", "\n\nI had grown so much at home now at the Halletts', that, finding the door\nopen one evening, I walked straight in, knocked twice, and, receiving no\nanswer, tried the door, which yielded to my touch, swung open, and I\nsurprised Linny writing a letter, which, with a flaming face, she\nshuffled under the blotting-paper, and held up a warning finger, for\nMrs Hallett was fast asleep.", "\n\n\"Where's Mr Hallett?\" ", " I said.", "\n\n\"In Bluebeard's chamber,\" cried Linny playfully; \"I'll go and tell him\nyou are here.\"", "\n\nI nodded, thinking how pretty she looked with her flushed cheeks, and\nshe went softly to the door, but only to come back quickly.", "\n\n\"Antony, dear,\" she whispered, laying her hand on my shoulder, \"you like\nme, don't you?\"", "\n\n\"Of course I do,\" I replied.", "\n\n\"Did you see what I was doing?\" ", "she continued, busily readjusting my\nneckerchief, and then looking me full in the face.", "\n\n\"Yes; you were writing a letter.\"", "\n\nShe nodded.", "\n\n\"Don't tell Stephen,\" she whispered.", "\n\n\"I was not going to.\"", "\n\n\"He would want to know who I was writing to, and ask me such a lot of\nquestions. ", " You won't tell him, will you?\"", "\n\n\"No,\" I said, \"not unless he asks me, and then I must.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, he won't ask you,\" she said merrily; \"no fear. ", " Now I'll go and\ntell him.\"", "\n\nI sat down, wondering why she should want to keep things from her\nbrother, and then watched Mrs Hallett, and lastly began thinking about\nthe room upstairs--Old Bluebeard's chamber, as Linny playfully called\nit--and tried to puzzle out what Stephen Hallett was making. ", " That it\nwas something to improve his position I was sure, and I had often\nthought of what hard work it must be, with so little time at his\ndisposal, and Mrs Hallett so dead set against what she openly declared\nto be a folly, and miserable waste of money.", "\n\nMy musings were brought to an end by the reappearance of Linny, who came\ndown holding her pretty little white hand to me.", "\n\n\"There, sir,\" she said, \"you may kiss my hand; and mind, you and I have\na secret between us, and you are not to tell.\"", "\n\nI kissed her hand, and she nodded playfully.", "\n\n\"Now, sir, Bluebeard's chamber is open to you, and you may go up.\"", "\n\n\"Go? ", " Upstairs?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir,\" she said, stroking her pretty curls; \"the ogre said you were\nto go up.\"", "\n\n\"Are you--sure?\" ", " I said.", "\n\n\"Sure? ", " Of course. ", " There, go along, or you'll wake mamma.\"", "\n\nI went softly upstairs, with my heart beating with excitement, turning\nmy head, though, as I closed the door, and seeing Linny drawing her\nletter hastily from under the blotting-paper.", "\n\nIt was before the shabby door of a sloping-roofed back attic that I\npaused for a moment to knock, Stephen Hallett's clear, calm voice\nuttering a loud \"Come in,\" and I entered to find him seated before a\nlarge old deal kitchen table, upon which were strewed various tools,\npieces of iron and brass, old clock-wheels, and spindles. ", " At one end\nwas fitted a vice, and at the other end what seemed to be the model of\nsome machine--or rather, a long, flat set of clock-works, upon which\nHallett was evidently engaged.", "\n\n\"Well, Antony,\" he said, looking up at me in a weary, disappointed way;\n\"glad to see you, my boy.\"", "\n\n\"Why, you are busy,\" I exclaimed, looking with all a boy's curiosity at\nthe model, or whatever it was before me.", "\n\n\"Yes,\" he said, \"I generally am. ", " Well,\" he added, after a pause, as he\nseemed to derive rest and amusement from my curiosity, \"what do you\nthink of my sweetheart?\"", "\n\n\"Your sweetheart?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, my sweetheart, of which poor mother is so jealous. ", " There she is.\"", "\n\n\"I--I don't understand you,\" I said.", "\n\n\"Well, the object of my worship--the thing on which I lavish so much\ntime, thought, and money.\"", "\n\n\"Is--is that it?\" ", " I said.", "\n\n\"That's it,\" he replied, enjoying my puzzled looks. ", " \"What do you think\nof it?\"", "\n\nI was silent for a few moments, gazing intently at the piece of\nmechanism before I said: \"I don't know.\"", "\n\n\"Look here, Antony,\" he said, rising and sweeping away some files and\npieces of brass before seating himself upon the edge of the table: \"do\nyou know why we are friends?\"", "\n\n\"No, but you have been very kind to me.\"", "\n\n\"Have I?\" ", "he said. ", " \"Well, I have enjoyed it if I have. ", " Antony, you are\na gentleman's son.\" ", " I nodded.", "\n\n\"And you know the meaning of the word honour?\"", "\n\n\"I hope so.\"", "\n\n\"You do, Antony; and it has given me great pleasure to find that,\nwithout assuming any fine airs, you have settled down steadily to your\nwork amongst rough boys and ignorant prejudiced men without losing any\nof the teachings of your early life.\" ", " I looked at him, wondering what\nhe was about to say. ", " \"Now look here, Antony, my boy,\" he continued; \"I\nam going to put implicit faith in your honour, merely warning you that\nif you talk about what you have seen here you may do me a very serious\ninjury. ", " You understand?\"", "\n\n\"Oh yes, Mr Hallett,\" I cried; \"you may depend upon me.\"", "\n\n\"I do, Antony,\" he said; \"so let's have no more of that formal `Mr' Let\nit be plain `yes' and `no;' and now, mind this, I am going to open out\nbefore you my secret. ", " Henceforth it will be our secret. ", " Is it to be\nso?\"", "\n\n\"Yes--oh yes!\" ", " I exclaimed, flushing with pride that a man to whom I\nhad looked up should have so much confidence in me.", "\n\n\"That's settled, then,\" he said, shaking hands with me. ", " \"And now,\nAntony, once more, what do you think of my model?\"", "\n\nI had a good look at the contrivance as it stood upon the table, while\nHallett watched me curiously, and with no little interest. ", " \"It's a\npuzzle,\" I said at last. ", " \"Do you give it up?\"", "\n\n\"No; not yet,\" I said, leaning my elbows on the table. ", " \"Wheels, a brass\ntable, a roller. ", " Why, it looks something like a mangle.\" ", " I looked at\nhim, and he nodded.", "\n\n\"But you wouldn't try to make a mangle,\" I said. ", " \"It might do to grind\nthings in. ", " May I move it?\"", "\n\n\"No; it is out of gear. ", " Well, do you give it up?\" ", " He rose as he spoke,\nand opened the attic window to let in the pleasant, cool night air, and\nthen leaned against the sloping ceiling gazing back at me.", "\n\n\"I know what it would do for,\" I said eagerly, as the idea came to me\nlike a flash. ", " \"What?\"", "\n\n\"Why, it is--it is,\" I cried, clapping my hands, as he leaned towards\nme; \"it's a printing machine.\"", "\n\n\"You're right, Antony,\" he said; \"quite right. ", " It is the model of a\nprinting machine.\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" I said, with all a boy's excitement; \"and it's to do quickly what\nthe men do now so slowly in the presses, sheet by sheet.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, and in the present machines,\" he said. ", " \"Have you noticed how the\nmachines work?\"", "\n\n\"Oh, yes!\" ", " I said; \"often. ", " The type runs backwards and forwards, and\nthe paper is laid on by boys and is drawn round the big roller and comes\nout printed.\"", "\n\n\"Exactly,\" he said. ", " \"Well, Antony, you have seen the men working at the\npresses?\"", "\n\n\"Yes.\"", "\n\n\"It is hard work, and they print about two hundred or two hundred and\nfifty sheets an hour, do they not?\"", "\n\n\"Yes; I believe so.\"", "\n\n\"And the great clumsy machines print six or seven hundred an hour. ", " Some\na thousand.\"", "\n\n\"And will your machine do more?\" ", " I asked.", "\n\n\"Antony,\" he cried, catching my arm in his--and his face lit up as we\nstood by that attic window--\"if my machine succeeds it will be the\ngreatest invention of the age. ", " Look, boy; do you see what I mean to\ndo?\"", "\n\n\"N-no,\" I said; \"not yet.\"", "\n\n\"No; of course not,\" he cried. ", " \"It has been the work of years to think\nit out, and you cannot grasp it yet. ", " It has grown month by month, my\nboy, till it has assumed so great a magnitude that I shrink at times,\nhalf crushed by my own offspring. ", " There seems to be too much--that I\nattempt to climb too high--and when I give up almost in despair it lures\nme on--beckons me in my dreams, and points to the success that might be\nachieved.\"", "\n\nI looked at him wonderingly; he seemed to be so transformed.", "\n\n\"I began with quite a small idea, Antony,\" he continued. ", " \"I will show\nyou. ", " My idea was this. ", " You see now, my boy, that with the present\nmachine the type is laid on a table, and it goes backwards and forwards\nunder a great iron cylinder or roller, grinding continually, and being\nworn out.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, I know; the type gets thick and blurred in its fine upstrokes.\"", "\n\n\"Exactly,\" he said, smiling. ", " \"Well, Antony, I tried to invent a simple\nprocess of making a mould or seal, when the type was ready, and then--\"\n\n\"Making a solid block of fresh type in the big mould. ", " I know,\" I cried.", "\n\n\"Right, my boy, right,\" he cried; \"and I have done it!\"", "\n\n\"But does it want a machine like that?\"", "\n\n\"Oh no,\" he replied: \"that grew out of the idea. ", " I was not satisfied\nthen with my solid block of type, which might be used and then melted\ndown again. ", " It struck me, Antony, that it would be better if I made\nthat solid block curved, so as to fit on a big cylinder, and let it go\nround instead of the paper. ", " I could then print twice as many.\"", "\n\n\"Ye-yes,\" I said, \"but I hardly see it.\"", "\n\n\"I will show you presently, my boy,\" he replied. ", " \"Well, I worked at\nthat idea till I felt satisfied that I could carry it out, when a\ngreater idea came.\"", "\n\nHe paused and wiped his forehead, gazing now, though, out at the starry\nnight, and speaking in a low earnest voice.", "\n\n\"It seemed to me then, Antony, that I ought to do away with the simple,\nclumsy plan of making men or boys supply or lay-on paper, sheet by\nsheets as the machine was at work.\"", "\n\n\"What could you do?\" ", " I said.", "\n\n\"Ah, that was the question. ", " I was thinking it over, when going through\nSaint Paul's Churchyard I saw in one of the draper's shops a basket of\nrolls of ribbon, and the thing was done.\"", "\n\n\"How?\" ", " I asked.", "\n\n\"By having the paper in a long roll, a thousand yards upon a reel, to be\ncut off sheet by sheet as it is printed between the cylinders.\"", "\n\n\"But could you get paper made so long?\"", "\n\n\"To be sure,\" he said; \"the paper-mills make it in long strips that are\ncut up in sheets as they are finished. ", " In my machine they would be cut\nup only when printed. ", " Now, what do you say?\"", "\n\n\"It's like trying to read Greek the first time, Mr Hallett,\" I said.", "\n\"My head feels all in a muddle.\"", "\n\n\"Out of which the light will come in time, my boy. ", " But suppose I could\nmake such a machine, Antony, what would you say then?\"", "\n\n\"It would be grand!\" ", " I exclaimed.", "\n\n\"It would make a revolution in printing,\" he cried enthusiastically.", "\n\"Well, will you help me, Antony?\" ", "he said, with a smile.", "\n\n\"Help you! ", " May I?\"", "\n\n\"Of course. ", " I shall be glad; only, remember, it is our secret.\"", "\n\n\"You may trust me,\" I said. ", " \"But it must be patented.\"", "\n\n\"To be sure. ", " All in good time.\"", "\n\n\"It will make your fortune.\"", "\n\n\"I hope so,\" he said dreamily, \"For others' sake more than mine.\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" I cried; \"and then you could have a nice place and a carriage for\nMrs Hallett, and it would make her so much happier.\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" he said, with a sigh.", "\n\n\"And you could be a gentleman again.\"", "\n\nHe started, and a curious look came over his face; but it passed away\ndirectly, and I saw him shake his head before turning to me with a\nsmile.", "\n\n\"Antony,\" he said quietly, \"suppose we build the machine, the castles in\nthe air will build themselves. ", " I tell you what; you shall work\nsometimes and help me to plan; but, as a rule, while I file and grind\nyou shall read some Latin or German author, and you and I can improve\nourselves as we go.\"", "\n\n\"Agreed!\" ", " I cried, and then the rest of the night was spent--a very\nshort night, by the way--in examining the various parts of the little\nmodel, Hallett seeming to give himself fresh ideas for improvements as\nhe explained the reason for each wheel and spindle, and told me of the\ndifficulties he had to contend with for want of proper tools and the\nengineer's skill.", "\n\n\"I want a lathe, Antony,\" he said; \"and a good lathe costs many pounds,\nso I have to botch and patch, and buy clock-wheels and file them down.", "\nIt takes me a whole evening sometimes wandering about Clerkenwell or the\nNew Cut hunting for what I want.\"", "\n\n\"But I can often help you in that way,\" I said, \"and I will.\"", "\n\nWe went down soon after to a late supper, Hallett jealously locking up\nhis attic before we descended. ", " Mrs Hallett had gone to bed and Linny\nwas reading, and jumped up as if startled at our entrance.", "\n\nHallett spoke to her as we sat down to supper, and I noticed that he\nseemed to be cold and stern towards her, while Linny was excited and\npettish, seeming to resent her brother's ways, and talked to me in a\nlight, pleasant, bantering manner about Bluebeard's secret chamber.", "\n\nI noticed, too, that she always avoided her brother's eye, and when we\nparted that night Hallett seemed a good deal troubled, though he did not\ntell me why.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER TWENTY FIVE.", "\n\nSEVEN-AND-A-HALF AND A BONUS.", "\n\nIt was the common talk at the office that Mr Lister was going to be\nmarried soon to the rich Miss Carr; and one day, when I was busily\nreading to Mr Jabez Rowle--who, snuff-box before him, kept drawing in\nhis breath, hissing viciously, and sometimes smacking his lips as he dug\nhis pen into some blunder in the slips before him--Mr Grimstone came\nbustling in, with his spectacles shining as much as his bald head, his\nscanty hair standing straight up, and, what was very rarely the case, a\nsmile upon his face.", "\n\n\"Well, Rowle,\" he said, rubbing his hands, \"how is it this morning?\"", "\n\n\"Foul--foul foul,\" said Mr Jabez, with a dab at a stop he had missed\nbefore. ", " \"Those fellows of yours make more literals every day.\"", "\n\n\"I'm always telling them of it, Rowle, always,\" said Mr Grimstone,\nnodding his head sharply. ", " \"How does this boy get on?\"", "\n\n\"Fairly--fairly,\" said Mr Rowle, screwing himself round upon his stool,\nand gazing full in the overseers face. ", " \"Now, then, Grimstone, what is\nit?--what's on the cards?\"", "\n\n\"Oh, nothing--nothing. ", " I only looked in. ", " Give me a pinch!\"", "\n\nMr Rowle handed his little brown box, and Mr Grimstone refreshed\nhimself with a pinch before handing back the snuff to Mr Rowle, who\nalso took a pinch loudly, and with a defiant flourish, while I took up a\nslip and a pen, and began to practise reading and correcting, a thing\nMr Rowle always encouraged.", "\n\nGrimstone had evidently come in for a gossip, business being rather\nslack, following a good deal of night-work and the finish of an\nimportant order; and after another pinch and an allusion to the\npolitical topic of the day, they seemed to forget my presence and went\non talking.", "\n\n\"When's the happy day to be?\" ", "said Mr Grimstone.", "\n\n\"What, Lister's? ", " Oh, I don't know: soon, I suppose. ", " Seen her?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, twice,\" said Mr Grimstone, giving his lips a smack; \"beautiful!\"", "\n\n\"So I hear,\" said Mr Jabez Rowle; \"plenty of money too, I suppose.\"", "\n\n\"50,000 pounds, and more to come. ", " I never had such luck.\"", "\n\n\"I never wanted it,\" said Mr Jabez Rowle with a growl. ", " \"I don't know\nwhy a man should want to tie himself up to a woman.\"", "\n\n\"Not with 50,000 pounds and more to come, eh?\" ", "said Mr Grimstone\nwaggishly.", "\n\n\"Might have tempted me twenty years ago,\" growled Mr Jabez; \"it\nwouldn't now.\"", "\n\n\"S'pose not. ", " You're too warm, Rowle--much too warm. ", " I say, though,\" he\ncontinued, lowering his voice, but quite ignoring me, \"is a certain\nperson safe?\"", "\n\n\"A certain person?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, you know. ", " Suppose, for instance, he quietly asked you to let him\nhave 500 pounds for a few months at seven-and-a-half and a bonus, would\nyou, always considering that he soon touches 50,000 pounds and more to\ncome, would you let him have it?\"", "\n\nMr Jabez took a pinch of snuff furiously, shut the box with a loud\nsnap, and, evidently completely thrown of his guard, exclaimed:\n\n\"Hang him for a fool! ", " Curse me if ever I do so again.\"", "\n\n\"What do you mean?\" ", "said Mr Grimstone, milling up, \"Do you mean to say\nI'm a fool?\"", "\n\n\"No, no: he is, to go and blab.\"", "\n\n\"Blab?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, to let it out to you.\"", "\n\n\"I say! ", " What do you mean?\" ", "said Mr Grimstone again.", "\n\n\"Mean? ", " Why, you as good as said he told you I had let him have 500\npounds at seven-and-a-half and a bonus. ", " Lent on the strength of his\ngoing to marry a woman with 50,000 pounds and more to come.\"", "\n\n\"I didn't.\"", "\n\n\"You did.\"", "\n\n\"Whew!\" ", "whistled Mr Grimstone, snatching the snuff-box out of Mr Jabez\nRowle's hand, taking a vigorous pinch, and scattering so much of the\nfine brown dust in the air that I should have had a violent fit of\nsneezing if I had not become hardened to its effects.", "\n\nThe two stared at one another for a minute, and Mr Jabez now snatched\nthe box back and took a hearty pinch, some of which went on to his\nshirt-front--and some upon his sleeve.", "\n\n\"Why, you don't mean to say that he has borrowed 500 pounds of you?\"", "\nsaid Mr Grimstone, in a whisper.", "\n\n\"But I do mean to say it,\" replied Mr Jabez. ", " \"How came he to tell you?", "\nI never told a soul.\"", "\n\n\"He didn't tell me,\" said Mr Grimstone thoughtfully.", "\n\n\"Then who did?\"", "\n\n\"No one.\"", "\n\n\"Then how came you to know?\" ", "said Mr Jabez, passing his box. ", " \"Why, you\ndon't mean to say he has been to you for five hundred?\"", "\n\nMr Grimstone nodded.", "\n\n\"And offered you seven-and-a-half, and a bonus of thirty pounds?\"", "\n\nMr Grimstone nodded again, and this time it was Mr Jabez Rowle's turn\nto whistle.", "\n\n\"He wanted it done quietly, and I, after a bit, agreed to do it. ", " But\nthough we ain't friends over business matters, Jabez Rowle, I know you\nto be a man of strong common-sense and integrity, and I thought you\nwould give me a good bit of advice. ", " But this seems to alter the case.", "\nWould you lend it?\"", "\n\n\"Humph! ", " Two five hundreds are not much out of fifty thousand,\" said Mr\nJabez; \"but what does he want the money for? ", " 'Tain't for the business.\"", "\n\n\"No,\" said Mr Grimstone, \"because he said he didn't want Mr Ruddle to\nknow. ", " I say, what would you do? ", " I shouldn't like to offend Lister.\"", "\n\n\"Do? ", " Well, I've lent the money,\" said Mr Jabez, taking a savage pinch.", "\n\n\"And would you do the same if you were me?\" ", "replied Mr Grimstone.", "\n\"It's a lot of money; years of savings, you know, and--\"\n\nHe made some kind of gesticulation, and I fancy he pointed with his\nthumb over his shoulder at me.", "\n\n\"Look here, Grace,\" said Mr Rowle, \"go downstairs and ask Mr Ruddle to\nsend me up Mr Hendry's letter about his book.\"", "\n\nI got down off my stool, and left them together in the glass case, going\nstraight down to the office, where, in place of Mr Ruddle, I round Mr\nLister, and told him my business.", "\n\n\"I don't know where it is,\" he replied. ", " \"I leave it till Mr Ruddle\ncomes in. ", " But look here, Grace, I wanted you. ", " Miss Carr was asking how\nyou got on. ", " Take this note there--you know where she lives--and give it\nto her herself. ", " But before you go up there take this note to Norfolk\nStreet, Strand. ", " No answer.\"", "\n\nHe took four written slips of stamped blue paper from his pocket, and I\nsaw him write across them, blot them hastily, and refold and place them\nin a letter, which he carefully sealed. ", " After which, I noticed that he\ntore off and destroyed the piece of blotting-paper that he had used. ", " I\nthought no more of it then, but it came up in connection with matters\nthat afterwards occurred.", "\n\nI hurried upstairs, and told Mr Jabez Rowle that Mr Lister wanted me\nto go out, Mr Grimstone being still in close conference with him in the\nglass case.", "\n\n\"Where are you going, boy?\" ", "said the latter.", "\n\n\"To Miss Carr's with a note, sir,\" I said; and the two old men exchanged\nglances of intelligence.", "\n\n\"All right, Grace,\" said Mr Jabez, nodding; \"we're not busy. ", " You can\ngo.\"", "\n\nI hurried away, thinking no more of them or their conversation; but I\nwas obliged to go into the composing-room below, to hurry up to Mr\nHallett's frame, where, stern-looking and half-repellent, he was rapidly\nsetting a piece of manuscript.", "\n\n\"I'm going to Miss Carr's,\" I whispered, while my face glowed with\npleasure.", "\n\n\"Indeed!\" ", "he said, starting; and my bright face might have been\nreflected in his, such a change passed over his speaking countenance.", "\n\n\"I've to take a note from Mr Lister and to wait for an answer,\" I said;\nand I felt startled at the rapid change as he heard these last words.", "\n\"Are you ill?\" ", " I cried anxiously.", "\n\n\"No--no,\" he said hastily, and his voice sounded hard and harsh. ", " \"Go\naway now, I am very much pressed for time.\"", "\n\nI left him, wondering, for I could not read him then, and bounding down\nthe stairs, I was soon in Fleet Street, and soon after in Norfolk\nStreet, Strand.", "\n\nI quickly found the number and the door, with a large brass plate\nthereon bearing the name \"Brandsheim,\" and in small letters in the\ncorner \"Ground Floor.\"", "\n\nA boy clerk answered my knock, and I was told to sit down in an outer\noffice while the clerk went in with the note and to see if Mr\nBrandsheim was at home.", "\n\nMr Brandsheim was at home, and was ushered into his presence, to find\nhim a dark, yellow-looking man with a wrinkled face and very keen eyes.", "\nHe quite startled me for the moment, for, though not in personal\nappearance in the slightest degree resembling Mr Blakeford, there was a\nsomething about him that suggested that worthy and his ways.", "\n\nHe was dressed in the first style of fashion, a little exaggerated. ", " He\nmight have been a slave of the great Plutus himself, for round his neck\nand lashing his chest was a thick gold chain; diamond rings were on the\nfingers of each hand; a great opal and diamond pin was in his black\nsatin stock; at his wrists were jewelled sleeve-links that glistened and\nsparkled when he moved. ", " There was nothing sordid about him, for he sat\nin an easy-chair at a polished secretary; there was a Turkey carpet\nbeneath his feet, and the furniture of the room was massive and good;\nbut, all the same, I had no sooner entered the place than I began to\nthink of Mr Blakeford and Mr Wooster, and I involuntarily wondered\nwhether this man could be in any way connected with my late employer,\nand whether I had unconsciously walked into a trap.", "\n\nAs my eyes wandered about the room in search of tin boxes containing\ndifferent people's affairs, of dusty parchments and sale bills, I felt\nbetter; for they were all absent. ", " In their place were large oil\npictures against the walls, hung, and leaning back, resting on the\nfloor. ", " On a sideboard was a row of little stoppered bottles with labels\nhanging from their necks in a jaunty fashion, and in the bottles were\nrichly tinted liquids--topaz, ruby, purple, and gold. ", " They might have\nbeen medicines, but they looked like wines, and I felt sure they were,\nas I saw piled upon the floor some dozens of cigar-boxes.", "\n\nMr Brandsheim might have been a picture dealer, a wine merchant, or an\nimporter of cigars, for in those days I had yet to learn that he was a\nbill-discounter who contrived that his clients should have so much in\ncash for an acceptance, and the rest in old masters, Whitechapel\nHavanas, and Hambro-Spanish wines.", "\n\nMr Brandsheim's words somewhat reassured me, as he nodded pleasantly to\nme and smiled.", "\n\n\"Sit down, my man,\" he said; \"sit down, and I'll soon be ready for you.", "\nLet me see--let me see.\"", "\n\nHe busied himself behind his secretary, rustling papers and making\nnotes, and now and then looking at me and tapping his teeth with a heavy\ngold pencil-case, while I furtively watched him and wondered how he\nmanaged to make his jet black hair so shiny, and why it was he spoke as\nif he had been poking cottonwool up his nose, till it suddenly occurred\nto me that he must be a German.", "\n\n\"Ah!\" ", "he said, at last; \"let me see--let me see--let me see--see--see.", "\nMr Lister quite well?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir; quite well, thank you.\"", "\n\n\"That's right. ", " Let me see--let me--how's business?\"", "\n\n\"Oh! ", "we've been very busy, sir. ", " The men have often had to stop up all\nnight to get things finished.\"", "\n\n\"Have they really, though?\" ", "he said, nodding and smiling; \"and did you\nstay up, too?\"", "\n\n\"No, sir; I read for Mr Jabez Rowle, and he said he wouldn't sit up all\nnight and upset himself for anybody.\"", "\n\n\"Mr Jabez Rowle is quite right, my lad.\"", "\n\n\"He said, sir, his work was so particular that after he had been\ncorrecting for twelve hours his eyes and mind were exhausted, and he\ncould not do his work properly.\"", "\n\n\"Mr Jabez Rowle is a man of business, my lad, evidently. ", " And Mr\nLister, is he pretty busy?\"", "\n\n\"I think he comes to the office every day.\"", "\n\n\"Have a glass of wine, my lad,\" he said, getting up and taking a\ndecanter, glass, and a dish of biscuits from a cellaret. ", " \"No. ", " Good\nsherry won't hurt you. ", " Take some biscuits, then.\"", "\n\nI took some of the sweet biscuits, and Mr Brandsheim nodded approval.", "\n\n\"I won't keep you long,\" he said; \"but I must compare these papers. ", " You\nare not going anywhere else, I suppose?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir; I am going up to Westmouth Street, Cavendish Square.\"", "\n\n\"Indeed! ", " Hah! ", "that's a good walk for you; or, no, I suppose Mr Lister\ntold you to take a cab?\"", "\n\n\"No, sir,\" I said colouring; \"I am going to walk.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, absurd! ", " Too far. ", " Lawrence,\" he cried, after touching a bell, and\nthe boy clerk appeared, \"have a cab to the door in ten minutes.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir.\"", "\n\n\"That will pay for the cab, my lad,\" continued Mr Brandsheim, slipping\na couple of shillings into my hand. ", " \"I must keep you waiting a little\nwhile. ", " Let me see--let me see--you didn't go to the races, I suppose?\"", "\n\n\"Oh no, sir.\"", "\n\n\"Mr Ruddle and Mr Lister did, eh?\"", "\n\n\"Mr Lister did, sir, I believe. ", " Mr Ruddle never goes, I think.\"", "\n\n\"Doesn't he, though? ", " How strange! ", " I always go. ", " Let me see--five\nhundred and sixty-six is--is--So Mr Lister's going to be married, eh?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir, I believe so.\"", "\n\n\"That's right. ", " Everybody should marry when the time comes. ", " You will\nsome day. ", " I hope the lady's young and rich.\"", "\n\n\"She's beautiful, sir,\" I said, with animation, feeling sorry, though,\nthe next moment, for I did not like the idea of this man being so\ninterested in her.", "\n\n\"Is she, though?\" ", "he said insidiously. ", " \"But you've not seen her.\"", "\n\n\"Oh yes, sir, more than once.\"", "\n\n\"Have you, though? ", " Well, you are favoured. ", " Let me see,\" he continued,\nconsulting a little thick book which he took from a drawer. ", " \"Seven\nhundred and fifty and two hundred and--er--er--oh, to be sure, yes; I\nthink I heard who it was to be. ", " Beautiful Miss Wilson, the doctor's\ndaughter. ", " Let's see, she's very poor, though.\"", "\n\nI did not want to say more, but he seemed to lead me on, and get answers\nfrom me in an insidious way that I could not combat; and in spite of\nmyself I said:\n\n\"No, sir, it is Miss Carr; and she is very rich.\"", "\n\n\"You don't say so!\" ", "he exclaimed, staring at me in surprise. ", " \"You don't\nmean the Carrs of Westmouth Street?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir.\"", "\n\n\"Well, I am surprised,\" he exclaimed. ", " \"Lister's a lucky dog. ", " Why, I\nsee, you dog!\" ", "he said, in a bantering way, \"you carry the love-letters\nbackwards and forwards.\"", "\n\n\"Oh no, sir, I--\"\n\n\"Hush, hush, hush! ", " Not a word. ", " I won't listen to you. ", " Don't betray\nyour master's secrets, my lad. ", " You're a confidential messenger, and\nmust clap a seal upon your lips.\"", "\n\n\"But, sir, I--\"\n\n\"No, no. ", " How much?\" ", "he said, with mock severity. ", " \"Don't speak, don't\ninterrupt me; I'm reckoning up. ", " Let me see--let me see--ha! ", "that's it\nexactly. ", " There we are,\" he continued, fastening down a note and handing\nit to me. ", " \"Run along, my young Mercury, and if I were you I should make\ncabby drive me to Oxford Street for a shilling, and save the other.", "\nThat's the way to grow rich. ", " Off you go. ", " Take care of this.\"", "\n\nHe thrust a letter into my hands, and almost pushed me out of the room,\nso that I had not time to speak; and before I had quite recovered from\nmy confusion, I was in the cab, and heard the boy clerk say:\n\n\"Put him down at Oxford Circus.\"", "\n\nThen the wheels began to rattle, and the door to jangle, and I sit\nfeeling angry with myself for saying so much about Mr Lister and Miss\nCarr, as I recalled William Revitts' advice, often given, to \"let other\npeople talk while you make notes.\"", "\n\nThe thought of where I was going soon drove my interview with Mr\nBrandsheim out of my head, and getting out of the cab at the Circus, I\nmade the best of my way to the great imposing house in Westmouth Street,\nrang, and asked to see Miss Carr.", "\n\nThe man-servant looked at me rather dubiously, and asked my name. ", " Then,\nbidding me sit down in the great sombre-looking hall, he went up the\nheavy staircase, and came back to bid me follow him.", "\n\nI noticed as I went upstairs that the place was heavily but handsomely\nfurnished. ", " There were pictures on the walls of staircase and landing,\nand the stone steps were covered with a rich thick carpet. ", " The wealthy\nlook of the place, however, did not seem to abash me, for the atmosphere\nof refinement in which I found myself recalled old days; and the\nthoughts of the past seemed strengthened, as I was ushered into a\nprettily furnished little drawing-room, all bright with flowers,\nwater-colour drawings, and books, from a table strewn with which latter\nMiss Carr arose to welcome me.", "\n\nAnd again the feeling was strengthened at her first words:\n\n\"Ah, Antony!\"", "\n\nFor the printing-office, Mr Revitts' shabby room, Hallett's attic, my\nown downfall, were forgotten, and, bright and eager, I half ran to meet\nher, and caught her extended hand.", "\n\nHer sad face brightened as she saw the eager pleasure in my eyes, and\nretaining my hand, she led me to a couch and seated herself by my side.", "\n\n\"Then you had not forgotten me?\" ", "she said.", "\n\n\"Forgotten you?\" ", " I cried reproachfully, \"I have been so longing to see\nyou again.\"", "\n\n\"Then why did you not come?\"", "\n\n\"Come!\" ", " I said, with the recollection of my present state flashing\nback; and my heart sank as I replied, \"I did not dare; I am so different\nnow. ", " But I have a note for you, Miss Carr.\"", "\n\nI took Mr Lister's note from my pocket, and gave it to her, noticing at\nthe time that she took it and laid it quietly down, in place of opening\nit eagerly.", "\n\n\"I shall always be glad to see you, Antony, that is, so long as you\nprove to me that you have not been unworthy of my recommendation.\"", "\n\n\"I will always try,\" I cried eagerly.", "\n\n\"I feel sure you will,\" she said. ", " \"Mr Ruddle tells me you are rising\nfast.\"", "\n\nI coloured with pleasure, and then reddened more deeply as I saw that\nshe noticed me, and smiled.", "\n\n\"But now, come, tell me of yourself--what you do and how you get on;\"\nand by degrees, almost without questioning, I told her all my\nproceedings. ", " For somehow, it seemed the highest delight to me to be\nonce more in the society of a refined lady. ", " Her looks, her touch, the\nvery scent emanating from her dress and the flowers, seemed so to bring\nback the old days that I felt as if I were once more at home, chatting\naway to my mother. ", " And so the time slipped by till I imperceptibly\nfound myself telling Miss Carr all about my old pursuits--our life at\nhomeland my favourite books, she being a willing listener, when,\nsuddenly, a clear, silvery-toned clock began to strike and dissolved the\nspell. ", " The old drawing-room, the lawn beyond the French window, the\nscent of the flowers, seemed to pass away to give place to the great\nprinting-office and my daily work, and with a choking sensation in my\nthroat, I remembered what I was--the messenger who had forgotten his\nerrand, and I started to my feet.", "\n\n\"Why, Antony!\" ", "exclaimed Miss Carr, \"what is it?\"", "\n\n\"I had forgotten,\" I said piteously; \"I brought you a note; Mr Lister\nwill be angry if I do not take back the answer.\"", "\n\nThe aspect of Miss Carr's face seemed to change from a look of anxious\nwonder to one of sternness. ", " There was a slight contraction of the\nhandsome brow, and her voice was a little changed as she said quietly--\n\n\"Sit down again, Antony; both you and I have much to say yet.\"", "\n\n\"But--the letter, ma'am?\" ", " I faltered.", "\n\n\"The letter can wait,\" she replied. ", " Then, smiling brightly as she took\nmy hand once more, \"You cannot take back the answer till I write it; and\ncome, I am alone to-day; my sister is away upon a visit; you shall stay\nto lunch and dinner with me, and we'll read and talk till we are tired.\"", "\n\n\"Oh!\" ", " I ejaculated.", "\n\n\"Do you not wish to stay?\" ", "she said smiling.", "\n\nI could not speak, for the old childish weakness that I had of late\nnearly mastered was almost conqueror again. ", " It did get the better of my\nvoice, but I involuntarily raised her soft white hand to my lips, and\nheld it there for a few moments; while her eyes, even as they smiled\nupon me, seemed half-suffused with tears.", "\n\n\"I will write to Mr Lister presently,\" she said at last, \"and tell him\nI detained you here. ", " That will, I am sure, be quite sufficient; so,\nAntony, you are my visitor for the rest of the day. ", " And now tell me\nmore about yourself.\"", "\n\nI could not speak just then, but sat thinking, Miss Carr watching me the\nwhile; but we were soon chatting away pleasantly till the servant came\nand announced lunch.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER TWENTY SIX.", "\n\nSUNSHINE.", "\n\nAs we went down into the handsome dining-room I seemed to be in a dream,\nin the midst of which I heard Miss Carr's voice telling the servant he\nneed not wait; and as the door closed she laid her hand upon my shoulder\nand led me to the front of a large picture of a very beautiful woman,\nstanding with her arm resting upon the shoulder of a grey-haired\nmassive-looking man, not handsome, but with a countenance full of\nintelligence and force.", "\n\nWe stood silently before them for few moments, and then Miss Carr spoke:\n\n\"Can you tell who those are, Antony?\" ", "she said.", "\n\n\"Your papa and mamma,\" I said, looking from the picture to her face.", "\n\n\"My dear father and mother, Antony,\" she said, in a low, sweet voice;\nand her lips moved afterwards while she stood gazing up at them, as if\nsaying something to herself.", "\n\nI remember feeling well satisfied that I had on my best clothes that\nmorning. ", " I had reluctantly taken to them, but my others had grown so\nbad that I had been obliged. ", " Then, too, there was a feeling of\ngratification that my hands were clean, and not stained and marked with\nink. ", " I remember feeling that as I took up the snowy table-napkin. ", " All\nthe rest was so dreamy and strange, only that I felt quite at home, and\ntroubled by no sense of awkwardness. ", " Moreover, Miss Carr's behaviour\ntowards me, as she intently watched my every action, became more and\nmore warm, till it seemed to me as if I were in the society of some very\ndear sister; and a couple of hours later I felt as if we had known each\nother all our lives.", "\n\nUpstairs once more she played to me, and smiled with pleasure as I\npicked out my favourite old pieces from the various operas; and at last\nshe swung herself round upon the music-stool, and rose to draw my arm\nthrough hers, walking me thoughtfully up and down the room.", "\n\n\"What should you like to be, Antony?\" ", "she said half-playfully, \"a\nsoldier?\"", "\n\n\"There's something very grand about being a soldier,\" I said\nthoughtfully, \"when he fights to save his country; but no, I'm afraid I\nshould be a coward.\"", "\n\n\"A sailor, then?\"", "\n\n\"No, Miss Carr,\" I said, shaking my head. ", " \"I should either like to be a\nbarrister or a doctor. ", " I think I should like to be a doctor. ", " No, I\nshould like to be an engineer, and help Mr Hallett with his--\"\n\nI stopped short and coloured, for I felt that I had nearly betrayed my\nfriend.", "\n\n\"Well?\" ", "she said in a strange, hesitating way, \"Mr Hallett's what?\"", "\n\n\"Please don't think me ungrateful, Miss Carr,\" I said, \"but I cannot\ntell you. ", " Mr Hallett trusted to me the secret of what he is making,\nand I cannot say more. ", " Yes, I may say that he is busy over a great\ninvention.\"", "\n\nI fancied she drew her breath as if it caught and gave her pain, but her\nface was like marble as she went on.", "\n\n\"Antony, you are quite right,\" she said; \"and if I had ever had any\ndoubts about your being a gentleman's son, these words would have\nremoved it. ", " So you would like to be an engineer?\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" I said, \"very much.\"", "\n\nShe continued walking up and down the room, and then went on:\n\n\"You lodge, you say, with a Mr Revitts, a policeman. ", " Is he respectable\nand nice?\"", "\n\n\"He's the dearest, best old fellow in the world?\" ", " I said with\nanimation. ", " \"Old?\"", "\n\n\"No, no,\" I said, laughing. ", " \"I meant good and kind by old.\"", "\n\n\"Oh,\" she said, laughing. ", " \"But tell me, Antony; is he particular with\nyou?\"", "\n\n\"Oh yes; he quite watches me, to make sure what I do, and where I go.\"", "\n\n\"Would you like to go to different and better lodgings?\"", "\n\n\"Oh no,\" I said. ", " \"He is going to be married soon to Mary, who was so\ngood to me at Mr Blakeford's, and they would be so disappointed if I\nleft.\"", "\n\n\"He watches over you, you say?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, Miss Carr. ", " He was very angry that night when I stopped out late\nwith Mr Hallett, when we had to walk part of the way back.\"", "\n\n\"And--and this Mr Hallett, is--is he a proper companion for such a boy\nas you?\"", "\n\n\"Mr Hallett is a gentleman, although he is now only a common workman,\"\nI said proudly.", "\n\n\"But a youth like you would be easily deceived.\"", "\n\n\"Oh no!\" ", " I cried; \"don't think that, Miss Carr. ", " I would not give up\nMr Hallett for anything. ", " You don't know him,\" I said almost\nindignantly. ", " \"Why, when his father died, he, poor fellow, had to leave\ncollege, and give up all his prospects to gain a living anyhow, to keep\nhis poor sick mother and his sister.\"", "\n\n\"He has a sister?\"", "\n\n\"Yes: so very pretty: Linny Hallett. ", " I go there, and read Latin and\nGerman with Mr Hallett, while he works at his--his great invention.", "\nOh, Miss Carr, if you could see him, so good and tender to his invalid\ncomplaining mother, you would say I ought to be only too proud of my\nfriend!\"", "\n\nShe was pressing my hand as she hastened her steps up and down the room.", "\nThen, loosing my hand suddenly, she walked quickly to the window, and\nthrew it open, to stand there for a few minutes gazing out.", "\n\n\"The room was too warm, Antony,\" she said in a quiet, composed way; and\nher pleasant smile was back upon her face as she returned to me. ", " \"Why,\nwe were quite racing up and down the room. ", " So you read German, do you?", "\nCome, you shall read a bit of Goethe to me.\"", "\n\n\"I'm afraid--\"\n\n\"That you are not perfect, Antony?\" ", "she said, laughing in a bright,\neager way. ", " \"Neither am I. We will both try and improve ourselves.", "\nHave you well mastered the old, crabby characters?\"", "\n\n\"Oh yes,\" I said, laughing. ", " \"My mother taught me them when I was very\nyoung.\"", "\n\n\"Why, Antony,\" she cried, snatching the book from my hands at the end of\nhalf an hour; \"you ought to be my master. ", " But come, it is nearly\ndinner-time, and we must dress.\"", "\n\n\"Dress?\" ", " I said, falling down from the seventh heaven to the level of\nCaroline Street, Pentonville, and bouncing back to the second floor.", "\n\n\"Well,\" she said, smiling; \"you would like to wash your hands.\"", "\n\nThe rest of that evening was still more dreamlike than the day. ", " I dined\nwith Miss Carr, and afterwards she encouraged me to go on talking about\nmyself, and present and past life. ", " I amused her greatly about Revitts,\nand his efforts to improve his spelling; and she smiled and looked\npained in turn, as I talked of Mary and my life at Mr Blakeford's.", "\n\n\"I should like to know Mary,\" she said, laughing; \"Mary must be a rough\ngem.\"", "\n\n\"But she is so good at heart!\" ", " I cried earnestly, for I felt pained at\nthe light way in which she spoke of poor Mary.", "\n\n\"I am sure she is, Antony,\" said Miss Carr, looking at me very\nearnestly; and then I began to talk of Mr Hallett, and how kind and\nfirm he had been.", "\n\nTo my surprise, she stopped me, her voice sounding almost harsh as she\nsaid quietly:\n\n\"You are learning through a rough school, Antony, and are fast losing\nyour homelike ways, and childlike--well--innocence; but you are still\nvery impressionable, and ready to take people for what they seem.", "\nAntony, my boy, you will make many enemies as well as friends. ", " Count me\nalways among the latter, and as your friend I now say to you, do not be\ntoo ready to make friendships with men. ", " I should rather see you with a\ngood companion of your own age.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, Miss Carr,\" I said; \"but if you knew Mr Hallett--\"\n\nShe held up her hand, and I stopped, for she seemed to turn pale and to\nlook angry.", "\n\n\"Antony,\" she said, as the tea was brought in, \"you will soon have to\ngo, now, and I have not written the answer to the letter you brought.\"", "\n\n\"No, Miss Carr,\" I said; and I could have added, \"neither have you read\nit.\"", "\n\n\"It is too late, of course, for you to take an answer back, so I shall\nsend one by post. ", " Do not be alarmed,\" she said, smiling, as she divined\nmy thoughts; \"no one will be angry with you for staying here. ", " It was my\nwish.\"", "\n\n\"And your wish would be law with Mr Lister,\" I thought.", "\n\n\"I shall expect you to write to me,\" she continued, \"and set down any\nbooks you require. ", " Do not be afraid to ask for them. ", " I will either\nlend or buy them for you.\"", "\n\nShe was pouring out the tea as she spoke, and I took the cup from her\nhand, watching her thoughtfully the while, for she seemed to have grown\nstrange and quiet during the last few hours; and it set me wondering\nwhether she would ever be so kind to me again. ", " In fact, I thought I\nmust have done something to offend her.", "\n\nThat thought was chased away after tea, when we both rose, and she held\nout her hands to me with a very sweet smile, which told me the time had\narrived when I must go.", "\n\n\"And now, Antony, you must come and see me again, often. ", " Good-bye.\"", "\n\nI could not speak, but stood clinging to her hands for a few minutes.", "\n\n\"Don't think me foolish,\" I said, at last; \"but it has seemed so\nstrange--you have been so kind--I don't know why--I have not deserved\nit.\"", "\n\n\"Antony,\" she said, laying one hand upon my shoulder, and speaking very\nsoftly and slowly, \"neither do I know why, only that your simple little\nstory seemed to go home to my heart. ", " I thought then, as I think now,\nthat when I lost both those who were near and dear to me, my sister and\nI might have been left penniless, to go out and struggle in the world as\nyou have had to do. ", " Once more, good-bye. ", " Only strive on worthily, and\nyou shall always find that I am your friend.\"", "\n\nThe next minute I was in the street, dull, depressed, and yet elated and\njoyful, while I ran over again the bright, sunshiny hours that had been\nso unexpectedly passed, as I hastened northward to join Revitts, for it\nwas one of his home nights.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN.", "\n\nLINNY IS OUT LATE.", "\n\nI noticed that there was growing trouble at the Halletts', and more than\nonce, when I went up, I found Linny in tears, which, however, she\nhastily concealed.", "\n\nThis was the case on the night following my visit to Miss Carr, whose\nwords, \"that I need be under no uneasiness,\" were verified. ", " The fact\nthat I had been sent out by Mr Lister was sufficient for Mr Jabez\nRowle; and when, during the next day, I encountered Mr Lister himself,\nhe nodded to me in quite a friendly way, and said, \"How are you?\"", "\n\nMrs Hallett was asleep, and I went upstairs softly, tapped at Hallett's\nroom door, and went in, to find him deeply immersed in his task, over\nwhich he was bending with knitted brows, and evidently in doubt.", "\n\n\"Ah, Antony,\" he said, \"here we are, as busy as usual. ", " How did you get\non last night?\"", "\n\n\"With Revitts?\"", "\n\n\"Yes; was it not your lesson-night?\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" I said; \"but I thought perhaps you meant at Miss Carr's!\"", "\n\nHe dropped the file with which he had been at work and stared at me.", "\n\n\"Where did you say?\" ", "he exclaimed.", "\n\n\"Mr Lister sent me with a note to Miss Carr, and she kept me there all\nday.\"", "\n\nHe drew in his breath with a hiss, caught up the file and went on\nworking, while I chattered on, little thinking of the pain I was causing\nthe poor fellow, as I rapturously praised Miss Carr and her home, and\ntold him by degrees how I had spent the day.", "\n\nI was too intent on my narration to pay much heed to Hallett's face,\nthough in fact I hardly saw it, he kept it so bent over his task,\nneither did I notice his silence; but at last, when it was ten o'clock,\nand I rose to go, he rose too, and I saw that he was rather paler than\nusual.", "\n\n\"Are you ill, Hallett?\" ", " I said anxiously. ", " \"How white you look.\"", "\n\n\"Ill? ", "oh no, Antony. ", " I have been sitting too much over my model. ", " You\nand I must have another run or two into the country, and put roses in\nour cheeks.\"", "\n\nHe looked at me with a smile, but there was a weary, haggard look in his\neyes that troubled me.", "\n\n\"Come, you must have a scrap of supper before you go,\" he said; and in\nspite of my protest he led me into the sitting-room, where Mrs Hallett\nwas seated by the shaded lamp reading, and the supper-cloth was laid\nhalf across the table.", "\n\n\"Yes,\" she said, looking up, as she let fall her book; \"it's time you\ncame, Stephen. ", " It's very, very, very cruel of you to leave me alone so\nlong.\"", "\n\n\"My dear mother,\" he said tenderly, \"I did not know you were by\nyourself. ", " Where is Linny?\" ", "he said anxiously.", "\n\n\"Oh, I don't know,\" replied Mrs Hallett querulously. ", " \"You are always\neither out or upstairs with your playthings.\"", "\n\n\"For Heaven's sake, mother, be just,\" Hallett exclaimed, with a burst of\nenergy, such as I had not seen in him before. ", " \"Don't goad me at a time\nlike this. ", " Where, I say, where is Linny?\"", "\n\n\"Goad you, Stephen! ", " No, I don't goad you,\" whimpered the poor woman.", "\n\"I cannot help myself; say what you will to me. ", " You neglect me, and\nLinny is always running out.\"", "\n\n\"Has Linny gone out now, mother?\" ", "exclaimed Hallett.", "\n\n\"Yes, yes, and I am left all alone--a poor helpless invalid.\"", "\n\n\"Where has Linny gone, mother?\"", "\n\n\"I don't know, Stephen. ", " She said there was something to fetch. ", " How can\nI tell?\" ", "and she burst into tears.", "\n\n\"Mother, dear mother,\" cried Hallett, bending over her and kissing her,\n\"pray, pray don't think me unkind; I am working for you, and Linny too.\"", "\n\n\"But if you would only be more ambitious, Stephen--if you would only try\nyour poor father's profession.\"", "\n\n\"I cannot--you know I cannot, dear,\" he said appealingly.", "\n\n\"No, no, no,\" sobbed the poor woman; \"always some low mechanic's\npursuit. ", " Oh dear, oh dear! ", " If it would only please God to take me, and\nlet me be at rest!\"", "\n\n\"Mother, dear mother,\" whispered Hallett, \"be reasonable. ", " Pray, dear,\nbe reasonable, and bear with what does seem like neglect; for I am\nindeed working for you, and striving to make you a happier and better\nhome. ", " Believe this of me, and bear with me, especially now, when I have\ntwo troubles to meet that almost drive me mad. ", " Linny, dear: think of\nLinny.\"", "\n\n\"Shall I go now, Mr Hallett?\" ", " I said, for the scene was terrible to\nme, and I felt hot with indignation at one whom I looked upon as the\nmost unreasonable of women.", "\n\n\"No, Antony; stay, I may want you,\" he said sternly. ", " \"Now, mother,\" he\ncontinued, \"about Linny. ", " She must not be allowed to go out at night\nlike this.\"", "\n\n\"No, my son,\" said Mrs Hallett piteously; \"and if you had taken my\nadvice the poor child would not have been degraded to such menial\ntasks.\"", "\n\n\"Mother,\" said Hallett, with more sternness than I had yet heard him use\nin speaking to her, \"it is not the mere going out shopping that is\nlikely to degrade your child. ", " The time has come when I must insist upon\nknowing the meaning of these frequent absences on Linny's part. ", " Has she\ngone out to-night on some necessary errand?\"", "\n\n\"I--I don't know, Stephen; she said she must go.\"", "\n\n\"Tell me, mother--I beg, I insist,\" he exclaimed, \"what you are keeping\nfrom me.\"", "\n\n\"Nothing, nothing, Stephen,\" sobbed the poor woman. ", " \"You'll kill me\nwith your un kindness before you've done.\"", "\n\n\"Do you mean to tell me that you do not know where Linny has gone,\nmother?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, yes, Stephen; I do not know.\"", "\n\n\"Has--has she gone to meet anyone?\"", "\n\n\"I don't know, Stephen; I think so.\"", "\n\n\"Who is it, mother?\" ", "exclaimed Hallett.", "\n\n\"I don't know, Stephen; indeed I don't know. ", " Oh, this is very, very\ncruel of you!\"", "\n\n\"Mother,\" said Hallett, \"is this just and kind to me, to keep such a\nsecret from my knowledge? ", " Oh, shame, shame! ", " You let that weak, foolish\nchild keep appointments with a stranger, and without my knowledge--\nwithout my knowing it, who stand to her in the place of a father. ", " It\nmust be stopped at once.\"", "\n\n\"Let me go, Hallett, please,\" I whispered.", "\n\n\"Yes; go, Antony; it is better that you should not be here when Linny\ncomes back. ", " Good-night--good-night.\"", "\n\nI hurried downstairs, and let myself out, feeling miserable with the\ntrouble I had seen, and I was just crossing Queen Square when I saw\nLinny coming in the opposite direction.", "\n\nShe caught sight of me on the instant and spoke.", "\n\n\"Where did you leave Stephen?\" ", "she said hastily; and I saw that she was\nflushed and panting with haste.", "\n\n\"With Mrs Hallett,\" I said.", "\n\n\"Was he scolding because I was out?\"", "\n\n\"Yes.\"", "\n\nShe gave her head a hasty toss and turned away, looking prettier than\never, I thought, but I fancied, as we stood beneath a lamp, that she\nturned pale.", "\n\nBefore she had gone half-a-dozen steps I was by her side.", "\n\n\"Well? ", " What is it?\" ", "she said; and now I saw that she was in tears.", "\n\n\"Nothing,\" I replied; \"only that I am going to see you safe home.\"", "\n\n\"You foolish boy,\" she retorted. ", " \"As if I could not take care of\nmyself.\"", "\n\n\"Your brother does not like you to be out alone at night,\" I said\nquietly; \"and I shall walk with you to the door.\"", "\n\n\"Such nonsense, Antony! ", " Ah, well, just as you like;\" and she burst into\na mocking laugh.", "\n\nI knew this was to hide from me the fact that she was in tears; and I\nwalked beside her in silence till we had nearly reached the door, when\nwe both started, for a dark figure suddenly came up to us.", "\n\n\"Oh, Steve, how you frightened me!\" ", "exclaimed Linny with a forced laugh.", "\n\n\"Did I?\" ", "he said calmly; and then he held out his hand to me and pressed\nmine.", "\n\nHe did not speak, but that pressure of his hand meant thanks, I thought,\nfor what I had done; and once more I set myself to reach Caroline\nStreet, thinking very seriously about Linny Hallett, of her mother's\nweakness and constant complaints, and of the way in which Stephen\nHallett seemed to devote himself to them both.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT.", "\n\nWE COMPLETE THE MODEL.", "\n\nMatters did not improve at Great Ormond Street as the months rolled on.", "\nThere was evidently a serious estrangement between Linny and Stephen\nHallett; and in my frequent visits I saw that she was as wilful as she\nwas pettish, and that she was setting her brother at defiance. ", " Mrs\nHallett was more piteous and complaining than ever, and her son grew\nhaggard and worn with care.", "\n\nOnce or twice, when Linny went out, Hallett had insisted upon going with\nher, when she had snatched off her hat and jacket, exclaiming:\n\n\"It does not matter; I can go when you are away. ", " I am not a child,\nStephen, to be treated in such a way as this.\"", "\n\nHe stood looking down at her, more in sorrow than in anger, and\nbeckoning me to follow, he went up to his attic and turned to his model,\nbut sat down thinking, with his head upon his hand.", "\n\n\"Can I do anything to help you, Hallett?\" ", " I said anxiously; and he\nroused himself directly, and smiled in my face.", "\n\n\"No, Antony,\" he said, \"nothing. ", " I could only ask you to follow her,\nand be a spy upon her actions, and that would degrade us both. ", " Poor\nchild! ", " I cannot win her confidence. ", " It is my misfortune, not my fault.", "\nI am no ladies' man, Antony,\" he continued bitterly. ", " \"Here, let us try\nthe model. ", " I meant to have finished to-night; let us see how my\nmistress behaves.\"", "\n\nHe often used to speak in a laughing way of the model as his mistress,\nafter Mrs Hallett telling him one day that it was the only thing he\nloved.", "\n\nIt was then about nine o'clock, and putting aside reading for that\nevening, I helped him to fit together the various parts. ", " The framework\nhad been set up and taken down and altered a score of times, for, as may\nbe supposed in such a contrivance as this, with all its complications,\nit was impossible to make every part at first in its right proportions.", "\nIn fact, I found out that for quite a couple of years past Hallett had\nbeen slowly and painfully toiling on, altering, re-making, and\nre-modelling his plans. ", " It was always the same. ", " No sooner had he by\npatient enterprise nearly finished, as he thought, than he would find\nout that some trifle spoiled the unity of the whole machine, and he had\nhad to begin nearly all over again.", "\n\n\"There, Antony,\" he said, on the night in question, as he laid down the\nlast wheel, one that he had had specially made for the purpose, \"I have\ngot to the end of my thinking to-night. ", " I have looked at the model in\nevery direction; I have tried it from every point of view, and if it is\nnot a success now, and will not work, I shall throw it aside and try no\nmore. ", " What are you smiling at, boy?\"", "\n\n\"Only at you,\" I said, laughing outright, for we were now, when at his\nhouse, on the most familiar terms.", "\n\n\"And why?\" ", "he said, half amused, half annoyed.", "\n\n\"I was thinking of what you so often say to me when I am discouraged and\ncan't get on.\"", "\n\n\"What do you mean?\"", "\n\n\"`Never say die!'\" ", " I replied, laughing. ", " \"I know you'll try again, and\nagain, till you get the thing right and make it go.\"", "\n\n\"Should you?\" ", "he said, looking at me curiously.", "\n\n\"Of course I would,\" I cried, with my cheeks flushing. ", " \"I never would\ngive up with a puzzle at home, and this is only a big puzzle. ", " It seems,\ntoo, as if we always get a little bit nearer to success.\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" he said, nipping his lips together; \"that's what makes it so\nenticing. ", " It seems to lure me on and on, like a will-o'-the-wisp in a\nmarsh. ", " You're right, Antony, my lad; never say die! ", " I must and will\nsucceed.\"", "\n\n\"Hurray!\" ", " I cried, pretending to throw up my cap. ", " \"Success to\nHallett's great invention! ", " Patent, of course?\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" he said, with a sigh; \"but where is the money to come from for\nthe patent?\"", "\n\n\"Suppose we finish it first,\" I said, laughing.", "\n\n\"Right, my young wisepate,\" he cried; \"but, good heavens! ", "it's eleven\no'clock. ", " Come, sir, pack off home to your lodging.\"", "\n\n\"Why, I thought we were to set the model going to-night?\" ", " I said, in a\ndisappointed tone.", "\n\n\"Yes, I did mean it,\" he said, fitting a couple of cog-wheels one into\nthe other. ", " \"But it is too late now.\"", "\n\n\"Let's try for another hour,\" I said eagerly.", "\n\n\"No, no, my boy. ", " I don't like you to be out so late. ", " Mr Revitts will\nbe annoyed.\"", "\n\n\"He's away on duty,\" I said. ", " \"Just another hour, and then you can walk\npart of the way home with me.\"", "\n\n\"Well, just an hour,\" he said, with his pale face flushing with\npleasure; and we set to at once, he fitting together, while I polished\nand oiled wheels and spindles, and handed them and the various screws to\nhim to fit in their places.", "\n\nThe model was as intricate as a clock, and there were endless little\ndifficulties to combat; but there was something so fascinating in the\ntask as the bright brass wheels were placed in order, and it begat such\nan intense longing to see it in motion, executing in miniature the great\ndesire of Hallett's life, that we forgot all about time, and kept\nsteadily on till there were only a few screws to insert and nuts to\ntighten, and the task would be done.", "\n\nHallett looked up at me as he re-trimmed the lamp by which we worked,\nand I across the table at him, laughing at his puzzled face, for we had\nunconsciously been at work over three hours, and it was past two.", "\n\n\"This is dreadful, Antony,\" he exclaimed, with a comical look of chagrin\non his face. ", " \"I seem fated to lead you into all sorts of dissipation.", "\nWhat are we to do? ", " I cannot let you go home so late as this. ", " You must\nlie down here.\"", "\n\n\"I'm not a bit sleepy,\" I said, \"but I am hungry.\"", "\n\n\"Then you shall have some supper,\" he said dreamily, and with his eyes\nfixed upon his model, forgetting me the next moment, as with his\ndexterous fingers he tried the action of one or other of the wheels.", "\n\n\"It's a pity to leave it now,\" I cried.", "\n\n\"Yes, yes,\" he said with a sigh; \"it is a pity: but it must be left. ", " I\ndare--\"\n\nHe ceased talking, becoming completely abstracted in his task of\nscrewing on a nut, and without speaking I helped and watched and helped\nuntil quite an hour and a half more had glided by, when with a look of\ntriumph he stood erect, for the task was done.", "\n\n\"She's finished, Antony,\" he cried, and in the elate eager face before\nme I seemed to see some one quite different to the stern, quiet\ncompositor I met daily at the great printing-office by Fetter Lane.", "\n\nI was as delighted as he, and together we stood gazing down at the\nbright, beautiful bit of mechanism--the fruit of years of toil and\nendless thought; but as I gazed at it a strange dull feeling of anxiety\ncame over me, and I glanced timorously at Hallett, for the thought\nflashed across my mind:\n\n\"What will he say now if it fails?\"", "\n\nI literally trembled with dread as this thought forced its way home, and\nwith a choking sensation at my throat I watched his eager, elated face\neach moment becoming more joyous and full of pride; and the more I\nwitnessed his pleasure, the more I feared lest his hopes should be\ndashed.", "\n\n\"Why, it's daybreak, Antony,\" he said, drawing up the blind. ", " \"My poor\nboy, what a thoughtless wretch I am. ", " It is cruel to you. ", " Come and lie\ndown directly.\"", "\n\n\"No,\" I said eagerly, \"I want to see the model going.\"", "\n\n\"And so do I, Antony,\" he cried passionately; \"but now the time has\ncome, my boy, I dare not try. ", " I feel a horrible dread of failure, and I\nmust cover it over with a cloth, and leave it till I feel more calm.\"", "\n\nHe took up the large black cloth with which he had been in the habit of\ncovering it from the dust, and stood gazing down at the bright brass\nmodel which had begun to glisten in the soft pure morning light now\nstealing in from amidst the London chimney-pots, while a couple of\nsparrows seated upon the parapet set up a cheery chirp.", "\n\nI felt that I dared not speak, but as if I should have liked to lead him\naway from the infatuation of his life. ", " Somehow I knew that it would\nbreak down, and the anguish he must feel would be something I could not\nbear to see; and yet, combined with this, I shared his longing to see\nthe model at work--the beautiful little piece of mechanism that was to\nproduce a revolution in printing--turning easily, smoothly, and well.", "\n\nAs I gazed at his eager, anxious face, the pale light in the sky changed\nto a soft warm flush; bright flecks of orange and gold sent their\nreflections into the dingy garret, and seemed to illumine Hallett's\ncountenance, as with straining eyes and parted lips he stood there cloth\nin hand.", "\n\n\"Antony,\" he said, in a low hoarse voice, \"I am a coward. ", " I feel like a\ngambler who risks his all upon a stake, and dare not look upon the\nnumbers--upon the newly cast dice. ", " No, no, I dare not try it now; let\nit rest till to-night.\"", "\n\nAs he spoke he covered it carefully with the black cloth, but only to\nsnatch it away, apostrophising it the while.", "\n\n\"No, no,\" he cried; \"it is like covering you with a pall and saying you\nare dead, when, you, the birth of my brains, are ready to leap into new\nlife--new life indeed--the life of that which has had no existence\nbefore. ", " Antony, boy,\" he said exultingly, \"what time could be more\nfitting than the birth of a new day for my invention to see the light?", "\nThrow open the window and let in the glow of sunshine and sweet fresh\nair. ", " It is unsullied yet, and it will give us strength for our--for\nour--\"\n\nHe hesitated, and his exulting tone changed to one of calm resignation.", "\nIt was as if he had felt the shadow of failure coming on, and he said\nsoftly:\n\n\"Our triumph, Antony; or, God help me, fortitude to bear our failure!\"", "\n\nI had opened the window, and the soft, refreshing morning air floated\ninto the room, seeming to bring with it a suggestion of the scents of\nthe sweet, pure country; and now, in the midst of the silence, broken\nonly by the chirping of the sparrows, and the distant rattle of the\nwheels of some market-cart, I saw Hallett's countenance grow stern as he\nplaced a little reel of thin paper, narrow as a ribbon, upon a spindle,\nand then, motioning to me to go to the handle which was to set the model\nin motion, he stood there with set teeth, and I turned.", "\n\nThere was a clicking, humming noise, the whirring of wheels, and the\nrattle of the little cogs; the ribbon of paper began to run off its\nspool, and pass round a tiny cylinder; and at that moment the little\nmodel seemed illumined by a brilliant ray of sunshine, which darted in\nat the open window. ", " Then the light seemed to be glorifying Hallett's\nface, and I was about to utter a cheer, when I felt a jar, and a shock\nfrom the fingers that held the handle run right up my arm. ", " There was a\nsharp, grating noise, a tiny, piercing shriek as of tortured metal; and\nin place of the busy glistening, whirring wheels an utter stillness. ", " A\ncloud crossed the rising sun, and with a bitter sigh Hallett stooped\ndown and picked up the black cloth, which he softly and reverently drew\nover the wreck of his work, as I stood with dilated eyes looking at him\naghast.", "\n\n\"Poor model,\" he said softly, \"dead so soon!\" ", "and with a sad, weary air\nof resignation as he smiled at me: \"it was a very short life, Antony.", "\nLet us go down, my boy. ", " You must be wearied out.\"", "\n\nI followed him on to the landing without a word, and after he had locked\nup the attic he led the way softly to the sitting-room, where he lit a\nfire and we had some breakfast, for it was too late to think of bed.", "\nShortly afterwards we walked down together to the office, and I saw him\nno more till the day's work was done.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER TWENTY NINE.", "\n\nANOTHER WAKEFUL NIGHT.", "\n\nStephen Hallett was in too much trouble to speak to me about the model\nthat evening. ", " Mrs Hallett was in tears, and full of repinings, and\nLinny was out, it seemed, when her brother had returned.", "\n\nI soon found that he did not wish me to stay, and being tired out, I\nmade the best of my way back to Caroline Street, and went to bed to\nsleep heavily, dreaming that Hallett and I were working away at the\nmodel, but as fast as ever we got it nearly to perfection, Mr Blakeford\ncame and stood by to throw in the pieces of the stick with which he had\nbeen beaten by Mr Wooster, and every time he did so the little model\nwas broken.", "\n\nThen the whole scene of the flogging seemed to take the place of\nHallett's attic, and I saw Mr Blakeford sit down in a chair, panting,\nbloody, and exhausted, and he kept on saying in a low hoarse voice,\n\"Antony, lad, water!\"", "\n\nIt was very terrible to see him sitting there by the light of the office\ngas, for though I wanted to help him, the power was not there, and,\nstrive how I would, I could not get to his side, or fetch what he asked\nfor.", "\n\n\"Antony, lad, water!\"", "\n\nHis voice sounded like a groan, and I knew he must be very bad; but\nstill I could not help him, and the bitter moan with which he appealed\nto me seemed to cut me to the heart.", "\n\n\"Antony, lad, water!\"", "\n\nThere it was again, and I started up to find myself in bed, with a\ncandle burning in the room, and Revitts, with his hat on the floor, his\ncoat torn open, and his face besmeared with the blood flowing from a cut\nin the forehead, was seated close beside his bed, evidently half\nfainting.", "\n\n\"Antony, lad, water?\" ", "he moaned; and leaping out of bed and hurrying on\nsome clothes, I tried to give him what help I could, but in a strangely\nconfused way; for I was, as it were, in a dream, consequent upon the\ndeep sleep succeeding a night without my usual rest. ", " I held a glass of\nwater to his lips, however, from which he drank with avidity. ", " And then,\nawakening more to the state in which he was, and realising that it was\nnot a dream, I set to work and sponged and bound up the cut with a\nhandkerchief, to find, however, to my horror, that there was another\nterrible cut on the back of his head, which was also bleeding profusely.", "\n\nMy next idea was to go for a doctor, but I reflected that I ought to\nfirst bind up the other wound, and this I did, leaving him in the chair,\nwith his chest and head lying over on the bed, looking so white that a\nchill of horror shot through me, for I fancied that he was dying.", "\n\nI knew there was a doctor's two streets off, and I ran to where the red\nbull's-eye in the lamp shone out like a danger signal; rang the\nnight-bell; heard a window above me open, and, after explaining my\nbusiness and what was the matter, the medical man promised to come.", "\n\nI ran back to find that Revitts had not moved, but that my attempts to\nbandage his wounds had proved to be ineffectual. ", " I did what more I\ncould, though, and then sat horror-stricken and silent, holding the poor\nfellow's hand, speaking to him at intervals, but eliciting nothing but a\nmoan.", "\n\nIt seemed as if the doctor would never come, and I was about to rouse up\nsome of the people in the house when I heard the bell, and ran to admit\nhim.", "\n\nHe looked curiously at me as I stood there, candle in hand, and as I\nclosed the door he said gruffly:\n\n\"A drunken fall, I suppose?\"", "\n\n\"Oh no, sir,\" I said hastily. ", " \"Mr Revitts never drinks.\"", "\n\n\"Humph?\" ", "he ejaculated; and I led him up to where Revitts sat.", "\n\n\"Policeman, eh?\" ", "said the doctor; \"this is a job for the surgeon to the\ndivision, my man. ", " Mustn't leave him to bleed to death, though.\"", "\n\nHe slipped off his coat, and, exerting his strength, lifted poor Revitts\non to the bed, after which he removed my bandages and made an\nexamination.", "\n\n\"Hold the candle nearer, boy, nearer still. ", " That's right. ", " You won't\nsinge his hair. ", " If you do it won't matter, for I must clip it off\nshort. ", " Humph! ", "some one has given him a pretty topper with a thick\nstick, and he must have fallen with his head on the edge of a step.", "\nTerrible cuts?\"", "\n\n\"But will they kill him, sir?\" ", " I faltered, feeling quite sick at the\nsight of the wounds.", "\n\n\"We won't let them, my man. ", " Come, hold up, you mustn't, let that turn\nyou faint.\"", "\n\n\"I--I won't, sir,\" I said.", "\n\n\"That's right, my man. ", " Nothing like a little will and determination.", "\nWe men must leave fainting to the girls. ", " That's right; basin and sponge\nand towel. ", " We'll soon put him straight. ", " Now that case out of my\npocket. ", " That's well. ", " Hold the candle nearer. ", " No snuffers? ", " Well, use\nyour fingers. ", " Dirty trick, but handy--fingery, I ought to say.\"", "\n\nHe kept on talking--half-playfully, while with his bright scissors he\nclipped the hair away close from Revitts' forehead, and then, cutting up\nsome plaister in strips, he rapidly bandaged the cuts, after bringing\nthe edges of the wounds together with a few stitches from a needle and\nsome silk.", "\n\n\"Poor fellow! ", "he has got a sad knocking about,\" the doctor said kindly,\nfor now the annoyance at being called out of bed was over he was deeply\ninterested in his case. ", " \"I wonder some of his fellow-constables did not\ntake him to the hospital. ", " Where did you find him?\"", "\n\nI told him how I was astonished by finding Revitts at my bedside.", "\n\n\"Ah yes, I see,\" he said. ", " \"Hurt and half-insensible, and nature\nintervenes. ", " Education says, Take him to the hospital; instinct bids\nhim, animal-like, creep to his hole to die.\"", "\n\n\"To die, sir?\" ", " I cried, catching his hand.", "\n\n\"Die? ", " No: nonsense, boy. ", " I was only speaking metaphorically. ", " Don't\nyou see?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir,\" I said.", "\n\n\"No, you don't, you young humbug,\" he retorted sharply. ", " \"You don't know\nwhat a metaphor is.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir, it's a figure of speech in which one idea is used instead of\nanother.\"", "\n\n\"Hallo!\" ", "he said; \"why, how do you get your living?\"", "\n\n\"I'm a reading-boy at a printer's, sir.\"", "\n\n\"Oh! ", " Are you? ", " I should have thought you were reading-boy to a\nprofessor of language. ", " Well, we mustn't forget our patient. ", " Give me a\nglass, boy.\"", "\n\n\"Will a teacup do, sir?\"", "\n\n\"Oh yes, and a teaspoon. ", " That's right,\" he said; and, emptying a little\nphial into the cup, he proceeded to give poor Revitts some of the\nstimulus it contained.", "\n\n\"There,\" he said, \"he's coming round, poor fellow; but I daresay he'll\nbe a bit shaky in the head. ", " He mustn't get up; and you must give notice\nat his station as soon as it's light, or to the first policeman you\nsee.\"", "\n\n\"But you don't think he'll die, sir?\"", "\n\n\"Die, my man? ", " No. ", " A great stout fellow like that is not likely to die\nfrom a crack or two on the head.\"", "\n\nI drew a long breath of relief, and soon after the doctor left, bidding\nme not be alarmed if I found his patient slightly delirious.", "\n\nIt was no pleasant task, sitting there alone, watching by my poor\nfriend, and many times over I felt so alarmed at his condition that I\nrose to go and rouse up some of the people of the house; but whenever I\nreached the door the doctor's reassuring words came back, and, feeling\nthat he must know what was right, I sat by the bedside, holding Revitts'\nhand till towards morning, when he began to move uneasily and to mutter\nand throw about his arms, ending by seeming to wake from a troubled\nsleep.", "\n\n\"Where am I?\" ", "he said sharply.", "\n\n\"Here at home, in bed,\" I said.", "\n\n\"Who's that?\"", "\n\n\"It is I, Bill, don't you know me?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, yes, I know you!\" ", "he said. ", " \"Oh, my head, my head!\"", "\n\n\"What was it? ", " How was it done?\" ", " I said.", "\n\nThere was a pause, and then, in a weary way:\n\n\"I don't know--I can't recollect. ", " Everything's going round. ", " Yes, I\nknow: I heard a little girl call out for help, and I saw a fellow\ndragging her towards an open door, and I went at him.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, Bill. ", " Well?\"", "\n\n\"That's all. ", " I don't know anything else. ", " Oh, my head, my head!\"", "\n\n\"But did he hit you?\" ", " I asked.", "\n\n\"Yes, I think so, and I went down,\" he groaned; \"and I don't know any--\nany more, but I should know that fellow out of a thousand, and--\"\n\nHe began muttering to himself, and as I bent over him I fancied I made\nout the word \"staff,\" but all else was unintelligible, and the poor\nfellow sank into a heavy sleep which seemed likely to last.", "\n\nSoon after seven I got the landlady to come and sit with him while I ran\nto the police-station, and told the inspector on duty about Revitts'\nstate.", "\n\n\"There,\" he exclaimed to another officer, \"I told you so. ", " He's too\nsteady a fellow to have gone wrong. ", " All right, my man, I'll send on the\nsurgeon, and we'll see what's to be done. ", " You don't know how it was?\"", "\n\nI told him all I knew, and then ran on to Hallett's to ask him to get me\nexcused at the office.", "\n\nI found him looking very pale, but Linny was not visible; and then I\ntold him about Revitts' state.", "\n\n\"It's very strange,\" he exclaimed. ", " \"Linny came home in trouble last\nnight. ", " She said some man had insulted her, and when she called for help\na policeman ran up; and she left them struggling together while she made\nher escape and came home.\"", "\n\n\"Then it must have been Revitts who helped her,\" I said; and I then told\nhim that I wanted to stay with the poor fellow.", "\n\n\"I'll arrange all that for you, Antony,\" he said quietly; and I made the\nbest of my way back to Caroline Street, to find that poor Revitts had\nnot moved, only kept on muttering where he had been laid by the doctor;\nand I took the watcher's place, made tea for him, and spoke to him again\nand again, but without result.", "\n\nThe police surgeon came soon after with the inspector I had seen, asked\nme a few questions as he examined the injuries, and then I saw him\ntighten his lips.", "\n\n\"Hadn't he better be taken to the infirmary, sir?\" ", "the inspector asked.", "\n\n\"No,\" was the reply; \"he must not be moved.\" ", " Then, turning to me: \"You\nhad better get some one to come and nurse him, my lad,\" he said;\n\"mother, sister, or somebody. ", " I'll call in again in the evening.\"", "\n\nI knew from this that the poor fellow must be seriously hurt, and had I\nwanted confirmation, I had it in the delirious mutterings that now came\nfrom his lips.", "\n\nI sat by him in great trouble, wondering what I should do, when the\ndoctor I had fetched called in, who, on learning that the divisional\nsurgeon had been, nodded his satisfaction and turned to go.", "\n\n\"Please tell me, sir,\" I said, \"is he very, very bad?\"", "\n\n\"Well, bad enough, my lad; you see, he has got concussion of the brain,\nand I daresay he will be ill for some time, but I do not anticipate\nanything serious. ", " He must have a nurse.\"", "\n\nAs soon as he had gone I sat and thought for a few minutes what I ought\nto do. ", " Miss Carr was very kind and generous. ", " If I asked her she would\npay for a nurse; but no, I would not ask her without first consulting\nHallett. ", " He would help me in my difficulty, I felt sure, especially as\nit was probable that Linny was the girl poor Revitts had protected. ", " But\nHallett would not be back till evening, and then perhaps he would--no,\nhe would be sure to come in.", "\n\nI sat thinking, and the landlady came up, full of bewailings about her\ninjured lodger, and in her homely way promised to come and wait on him\nfrom time to time. ", " Then a bright thought occurred to me. ", " I would write\nand tell Mary that Revitts was hurt, for I felt that she ought to know,\nand hastily taking pen and paper, I wrote her word that my friend was\nvery ill, and asked her to tell me the address of some of his relations,\nthat I might send them word. ", " I did not forget to add a postscript,\nurging her to secrecy as to my whereabouts, for my dread of Mr\nBlakeford was as great as ever.", "\n\nSeizing my opportunity when Revitts was more quiet, I slipped out and\nposted the letter, running back panting to find that a lady had come--so\nthe landlady said--during my absence, and, rushing upstairs I stood\nstaring with amazement on finding Linny in the room taking off her\njacket and hat.", "\n\n\"You here, Linny?\" ", " I exclaimed.", "\n\n\"Yes,\" she said quietly. ", " \"Why not?\"", "\n\n\"Was it you, then, that poor Revitts helped last night?\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" she said, with a shiver, and she turned white. ", " \"Yes, poor\nfellow. ", " It was very brave of him, and I have come to help him in\nreturn.\"", "\n\n\"But does--does Stephen know?\"", "\n\n\"How can he,\" she said meekly, \"when he is at the office?\"", "\n\n\"But I am sure he would not approve of your coming,\" I said stoutly.", "\n\n\"I can't help that,\" she replied quietly. ", " \"He will think it his duty to\nfind fault, and I think it mine to come and help to nurse this poor\nfellow who was hurt in serving me.\"", "\n\n\"But your mother--Mrs Hallett?\"", "\n\n\"I have arranged for some one to go in and wait upon her till I go\nback,\" said Linny quietly. ", " \"Now, what had I better do?\" ", " I could think\nof nothing better than to suggest some beef-tea, and she snatched at the\nnotion, running out to fetch the material; and soon after having it\nsimmering by the fire, while she tidied the room in a way only possible\nto a woman; and as she busied herself in a quiet, quick fashion, I could\nnot help noticing how pale and subdued she seemed. ", " It was very evident\nthat her nerves had had a severe shock on the previous night, and as I\ngazed at the pretty, soft little face and figure, bending themselves so\nearnestly to the task in hand, I could hardly believe it was the same\ngiddy, coquettish girl who caused her brother so much concern.", "\n\nThe day wore slowly by, and in spite of my efforts and real anxiety, I\ncould not keep awake, but caught myself dozing off sometimes to start\nup, feeling horribly guilty, and ready to excuse myself to Linny on the\nplea that I had had hardly any sleep for two nights.", "\n\n\"The more need for me to come, Antony,\" she said quietly, and bidding me\nlie down for an hour or two, she took out her work and, seated herself\nby the sick man's pillow.", "\n\nShe woke me up at last to have a sort of tea-dinner with her, after I\nhad seen that Revitts remained perfectly insensible, and then the\nevening wore on, the surgeon came and nodded his satisfaction at finding\na nurse there, said that the patient was going on all right, but must\nhave time, and took his leave.", "\n\nAt half-past eight, just as I had anticipated, Hallett arrived, and\nstarted with surprise on seeing his sister.", "\n\n\"You here?\" ", "he said, with an angry look upon his brow.", "\n\n\"Yes, Stephen,\" she said quietly; \"I have come to help nurse him.\"", "\n\n\"It was an ill-advised step,\" he said sternly. ", " \"You did not know that\nthis was the man who protected you.\"", "\n\n\"I felt so sure of it that I came to see,\" she replied. ", " \"Don't be angry\nwith me, Stephen,\" she whispered. ", " \"I owned to you last night that I was\nin fault, and meant to do better.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, and refused to answer my questions,\" he replied. ", " \"You do not tell\nme whom you went to see.\"", "\n\n\"Is it not enough that I have promised you I'll go no more?\" ", "she replied\nwith quivering lips.", "\n\n\"Yes, yes, my child,\" he said tenderly, as he took her in his arms and\nlaid his cheek against her forehead. ", " \"It is enough, and I will not\npress you. ", " Dear Linny, indeed I strive for your good.\"", "\n\n\"I know that, Stephen,\" she cried with a wild burst of tears, and,\nflinging her arms round his neck, she kissed him again and again. ", " \"My\nown brave, good brother,\" she said; \"and I've been so ungrateful and\nselfish! ", " Oh, Stephen, I'm a beast--a wretch!\" ", "she sobbed.", "\n\n\"Hush, hush, little one,\" he said; and then, starting, he held her at\narm's length and gazed full in her eyes. ", " \"Why, Linny,\" he exclaimed, as\na light seemed to have flashed across his mind, \"it was that man--you\nwent to meet--who insulted you.\"", "\n\nShe turned away her face, and hung her head, shivering as he spoke, and\nweeping bitterly.", "\n\n\"It was,\" he cried; \"you do not deny it. ", " The villain!\"", "\n\n\"Please, please don't, Stephen,\" she sobbed in a low, piteous voice.", "\n\n\"Linny!\" ", "he cried hoarsely; and his face looked terrible. ", " \"If I knew\nwho it was, I believe I should kill him?\"", "\n\n\"Stephen,\" she wailed, \"pray--pray! ", " We are not alone.\"", "\n\n\"There is only Antony here,\" he said, \"and he is like a brother.\" ", " Then,\nmaking an effort over himself, he strained the little panting figure to\nhis breast, and kissed her tenderly. ", " \"It is all past, my darling,\" he\nsaid to her softly, and he smoothed her hair with his hand, as if she\nhad been his child. ", " \"I'll say no more, dear, for you have promised me.\"", "\n\n\"Yes; and I will keep my word, Stephen.\"", "\n\nHe kissed her again, and loosed her, to stand with brows knit with\ntrouble.", "\n\n\"I do not like your coming here, Linny,\" he cried at last.", "\n\n\"Why not, dear?\" ", "she said, laying her hands upon his shoulder. ", " \"It is\nan earnest of my promise. ", " He came to me when I was in trouble.\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" he said; \"you are right,\" and after looking at the patient he sat\ndown and talked to us in a low tone.", "\n\n\"Is it not nearly time for you to go back, Linny?\" ", " Hallett said at\nlast.", "\n\n\"Back!\" ", "she said; \"I am going to sit up with Antony; the poor fellow\nmust not be left. ", " The doctor said so.\"", "\n\nHallett took a turn up and down the room, and then stopped.", "\n\n\"You have had no sleep for two nights, Antony,\" he said. ", " \"Lie down. ", " I\nwill sit up with my sister, and watch by poor Revitts' side.\"", "\n\nI protested, but it was in vain; and at last I lay down in my clothes to\nwatch the faces of brother and sister by the shaded lamp, till my eyes\ninvoluntarily closed, and I opened them again to see the two faces in\nthe same positions, but without the lamp, for there was the morning\nlight.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER THIRTY.", "\n\nREVITTS' NURSE ARRIVES.", "\n\nHallett left quite early, to see that Mrs Hallett was properly attended\nto, and he moreover undertook to speak to either Mr Ruddle or Mr\nLister about my absence, as, joined to my desire to stay with poor\nRevitts, Hallett wished me to bear his sister company.", "\n\nOur patient was on the whole very quiet, but at times he moved his head\nto and fro and talked loudly, much being unintelligible, but I saw\nLinny's countenance change several times as she heard him threaten the\nman he looked upon as an enemy.", "\n\n\"Can I do anything for you?\" ", "said Linny to him on one occasion, as he\ntried to raise himself upon his arm and stared at her wildly.", "\n\n\"'Taint as if I'd got my staff out to him, you know,\" he said in a\nwhisper. ", " \"He's a coward, that's what he is, and I shall know him again,\nand if I do come acrost him--ah!\"", "\n\nLinny shrank away, with her eyes looking wild and strange, so that I\nthought she was frightened by his words, and I interposed and put my arm\nunder the poor fellow's head.", "\n\n\"Lie down, Bill,\" I said. ", " \"Does your head hurt you?\"", "\n\n\"I don't mind about my head,\" he muttered, \"but such a coward; treat a\nlittle bit of a girl like that. ", " Where's my notebook? ", " Here, it's time I\nwent. ", " Where's that boy?\" ", "he cried angrily; \"I know what London is. ", " I\nwon't have him stop out of a night.\"", "\n\nHe sank back exhausted, and as I turned from him to speak to Linny, I\nsaw that she was in tears.", "\n\n\"He frightens you,\" I said; \"but you needn't be afraid.\"", "\n\n\"Oh no! ", " I'm not,\" she cried; \"it's only because I'm low and nervous. ", " I\nshall be better soon.\"", "\n\nThe surgeon came twice that day, and said the case was serious, but that\nthere was no cause for alarm.", "\n\n\"He gives no clue, I suppose, to who struck him, my boy?\" ", "he said.", "\n\n\"No, sir,\" I replied; \"he talks about some man, and says he would know\nhim again.\"", "\n\n\"The police are trying hard to find out how it was. ", " If they could find\nthe girl it would be easy.\"", "\n\nI was just going to say, \"Here she is, sir!\" ", "when I happened to glance\nat Linny, who was pale as ashes, and stood holding up her hand to me to\nbe silent.", "\n\nThis confused me so that I hardly understood what the surgeon said, only\nthat he wanted a stronger and more mature person to attend to Revitts;\nbut when I told him that the landlady came up to help he was satisfied,\nand left, saying that he should come in again. ", " He was no sooner gone\nthan Linny caught me by the arm.", "\n\n\"Oh, what an escape!\" ", "she cried; \"Antony, you know how wilful and cruel\nI have been to poor Steve?\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" I said, nodding my head.", "\n\n\"And you know how I have promised him that I will always do as he\nwishes?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, I know that too,\" I said; \"and I hope you will.\"", "\n\n\"I will--indeed I will, Antony,\" she wailed; \"but please promise me,\npray promise me, that no one shall ever know besides us that it was I\nwhom Mr Revitts here--a--protected.\"", "\n\n\"But the wretch of a fellow who behaved so badly to you, and beat poor\nRevitts like this, ought to be punished.\"", "\n\n\"No, no--no, no?\" ", "she cried excitedly; \"let it all pass now, Antony--\ndear Antony, for my sake.\"", "\n\n\"I like you, Linny,\" I said; \"but I like dear old Revitts, too. ", " He has\nbeen the best of friends to me, and I don't see why a friend of yours\nshould escape after serving him like this.\"", "\n\n\"He--he is not a friend of mine now,\" she said, half hysterically; \"but,\ndear Antony, I could not bear for him to be punished. ", " It was in a fit\nof passion. ", " I had made him angry first. ", " Please, please don't say any\nmore--I cannot bear it!\"", "\n\nShe sank down on the hearth-rug, covering her face with her hands and\nsobbing bitterly, while I felt, boy-like, powerless to say anything to\ncomfort her, till I exclaimed:\n\n\"Well, I won't tell or say anything I know, Linny, if you will keep your\nword to Stephen.\"", "\n\n\"I will--indeed I will, dear Antony,\" she cried, starting up and\ncatching both my hands. ", " \"I was very, very foolish, but I know better\nnow, and it--it--it is all past.\"", "\n\nShe said those last words in such a piteous, despairing way, looking so\nheart-broken, that my sympathies were now all on her side, and I\npromised her again that I would not tell Revitts or the police that she\nwas the girl who had been in question. ", " I repented of my promise later\non, but at my time of life it was not likely that I should know how\nready a woman who loves is to forgive the lapses of him who has won her\nheart, and of course I could not foresee the complications that would\narise.", "\n\nThe surgeon came again, as he had promised, and after the examination of\nthe patient, ordered some ice to be obtained to apply to his head, and\ndirectly he had gone I started off to fetch it, thinking as I did so\nthat Hallett would soon be with us.", "\n\nI was not long in getting a lump of bright, cold, clear ice, and on\nhurrying back, I heard voices in the room, when, to my surprise and\ndelight, there stood Mary, but looking anything but pleased. ", " She had\nthrown a large bundle on the floor, her large Paisley shawl across the\nfoot of the bed, her umbrella on the table, and a basket crammed full of\nsomething or another was on a chair.", "\n\nAs for Mary herself, she was standing, very red in the face, her arms\nakimbo, her bonnet awry, and a fierce angry look in her eyes, before\npoor Linny, who was shrinking away from her, evidently in no little\nalarm.", "\n\n\"Oh, Antony?\" ", "she cried, \"I'm so glad you've come! ", " Who is this woman?\"", "\n\n\"Who's this woman, indeed!\" ", "cried Mary, now boiling over in her wrath;\n\"`this woman' indeed! ", " Perhaps you'll tell her that I'm a poor deceived,\nfoolish, trusting creature, who left her place at a moment's notice to\ncome and nuss him, and then find as I ain't wanted, and that he's\nalready got his fine doll of a madam to wait on him.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, Mary!\" ", " I cried; \"you dear foolish old thing!\"", "\n\n\"Yes, of course, that's what I said I was, Master Antony, and even you\nturn agen me. ", " But I might have known that such a fellow as William\nRevitts would have half-a-dozen fine madams ready to marry him.\"", "\n\nThis was accompanied by pantings, and snorts, and little stamps of the\nfoot, and a general look about poor Mary as if she were going to pull\noff her bonnet, jump upon it, and tear down her hair.", "\n\n\"Oh, you foolish old thing!\" ", " I cried, flying at her and literally\nhugging her in my delight at seeing her so soon, in the midst of my\ntrouble.", "\n\n\"Be quiet, Master Antony,\" she cried wrathfully, but throwing one arm\nround me as she spoke, in reply to my embrace. ", " \"But I won't stand it,\nthat I won't.\"", "\n\n\"But, my good woman,\" faltered Linny.", "\n\n\"Don't you `good woman' me, slut!\" ", "cried Mary furiously. ", " \"I was going\nto give up and let you nurse him and till him, for aught I cared, but I\nwon't now. ", " He's engaged to me these four years, and he's mine, and this\nis my place and room, and out you go, and the sooner the better; and--as\nfor B--B--B--Bill--do take your hand from before my mouth, Master\nAntony! ", " You're a boy and don't understand things. ", " Now, then, madam,\nyou pack!\"", "\n\n\"Mary, be quiet!\" ", " I cried; \"this is Mr Hallett's sister, who kindly\ncame to help nurse poor Bill till you could come. ", " Bill does not know\nher; he never saw her before, but once.\"", "\n\n\"Only once?\" ", "said Mary suspiciously.", "\n\n\"No, and then only for a minute. ", " How could you be so foolish?\"", "\n\n\"Because--because--because--\" said Mary, bursting out into a passion of\nsobbing, \"because my heart was half broke about my boy, and I only\nstopped to pack up a bundle and came--and then--when I found that pretty\ndarling here, I--I--oh, my dear--my dear--my dear!\" ", "she cried, flinging\nherself on her knees at Linny's feet, clutching her dress, and burying\nher wet face in the folds; \"please--please--please forgive me, and don't\ntake no notice of my mad, foolish words. ", " I've--I've--I've got such a\ntemper! ", " It's a curse to me--and I was nearly distracted. ", " Some day,\np'r'aps, you'll feel as bad and jealous as I did. ", " Please--please\nforgive me!\"", "\n\n\"Oh, yes, yes, yes!\" ", "cried Linny, whose tears now began to flow, and\nwho, kneeling down in turn, drew poor Mary's face to her breast, and the\ntwo remained thus, while I went and looked out of the window.", "\n\n\"Please--pray--forgive me!\" ", "sobbed Mary.", "\n\n\"Oh yes, yes, I do, indeed!\" ", "whispered Linny. ", " \"Antony is right; I never\nsaw Mr Revitts but once, and I believe he is a very good man, and loves\nyou dearly.\"", "\n\n\"That he is, and that he does,\" cried Mary, raising her red face, and\nthrowing back her hair. ", " \"Though I don't know why he should care for\nsuch a crooked-tempered, rough-tongued thing as I am.\"", "\n\nI thought I could understand why, as I saw Mary's lit-up face, with her\nbonnet fallen back, and in spite of her distress looking quite as\nhandsome as she was warm-hearted.", "\n\n\"But you do forgive me, dear?\" ", "she faltered, kissing Linny's hands again\nand again.", "\n\n\"Forgive you?\" ", "cried Linny, kissing her ruddy cheek, \"of course I do;\nyou couldn't help making the mistake.\"", "\n\nAnd, as if feeling that she was the cause of the trouble, Linny gave her\nsuch a look of tender sympathy that poor Mary was obliged to crouch down\nquite low on the floor again, and hug herself tight, and rock to and\nfro.", "\n\nImmediately after, though, she was hastily wiping her eyes on the silken\nstrings of her bonnet, which she tore off and sent flying to the other\nend of the room before dashing at me and giving me a hug, and then going\ndown on her knees by Revitts' pillow, and laying her cheek against his\nbandaged forehead.", "\n\n\"My poor old boy,\" she whispered softly, \"as if I could stay a minute\nfrom him!\"", "\n\nThe next moment she was up, and giving a great gulp, as if to swallow\ndown the emotion caused by Revitts' appearance, she forced a smile upon\nher face, completely transforming it, and quickly but quietly dashed at\nher basket.", "\n\n\"I hadn't time to do much, my dears,\" she said to Linny and me\ncollectively: \"but I thought a pair o' soles and a chicken must be right\nfor the poor boy. ", " Now, if you'll only tell me where he keeps his pepper\nand salt, and the frying-pan and saucepans, I can get on. ", " My sakes,\npoor boy, what a muddle he did live in, to be sure!\"", "\n\nWe had to stop Mary in her culinary preparations by assuring her that\nthe doctor had ordered only beef-tea.", "\n\n\"Then he may have chicken-broth, my dears,\" she said; \"I'm an old nuss,\nyou know, though I wouldn't attend to Mr Blakeford--eh, Master\nAntony?--for fear I should give him his lotion for outward application\ninside. ", " But I can nuss, and not a step do I stir from this floor till\nI've made my poor old Bill well. ", " Oh, if I only knew who done it!\" ", "she\ncried, with a flash of fierce rage; and as she glanced at Linny, the\nlatter shrank away guiltily. ", " Mary read her action wrongly, and plumped\nherself once more at the poor girl's feet.", "\n\n\"Don't you mind me, my dear!\" ", "she cried kissing her hands and her dress.", "\n\"I'm a stupid, rough, jealous thing, and I was all on fire then, but\nI'm not now, and I humbly ask your pardon; as I says, God bless you, for\ncoming to help my poor dear boy!\"", "\n\nThere was another burst of sobbing here, and another embrace, when Mary\njumped up again, all smiles, to apply a little fresh ice to the\npatient's head, and gently coo over him, as if he were a baby.", "\n\nAfter which, and having satisfied herself that the chicken-broth was\nprogressing favourably, poor Mary felt it her duty to plump at Linny's\nfeet again, but she jumped up in confusion, as she heard the stairs\ncrack as if some one were coming, and then she looked inquiringly at me,\nas the door softly opened and Hallett came in.", "\n\n\"Mr Hallett,\" I said, \"this is my dear old Mary, Mr Revitts' friend,\nand she's come up to nurse him. ", " Mary, this is Miss Hallett's brother.\"", "\n\n\"Which I'm glad to see him,\" said Mary, making a bob, and then growing\nredder in the face as she glanced at Linny, as if afraid that her late\nebullition would be exposed.", "\n\n\"And I'm very glad to see you, Mary,\" said Hallett, smiling and holding\nout his hand, which Mary took after interposing her clean pocket\nhandkerchief, on the score that she had been cooking. ", " \"Antony often\ntalked to me about you.\"", "\n\n\"Have he, though?\" ", "said Mary, darting a gratified look at me.", "\n\n\"Often, of your great kindness to him. ", " Your coming has helped us out of\na great difficulty.\"", "\n\n\"And your dear sister's coming's put my heart at rest, for I didn't\nknow, sir, what gin-drinking wretches might be neglecting my poor boy.\"", "\n\n\"And how is the patient?\" ", "said Hallett, going to the bedside.", "\n\n\"The doctor says he is going on all right,\" I replied.", "\n\n\"Is he a good doctor?\" ", "said Mary sharply.", "\n\n\"He is certain to be an eminent man,\" said Hallett quietly; and his\nwords partially pacified Mary.", "\n\n\"Because if he ain't,\" said Mary, \"money shan't stand in the way of his\nhaving the best in London.\"", "\n\n\"Mary,\" said Hallett, in his quiet telling way, and with a look that\nmade poor Mary his firm friend, \"a good surgeon will tell you that he\ncan do much, but that the recovery of a patient principally depends upon\nthe nurse. ", " I see that Mr Revitts is safe in that respect, and I shall\nbe only too glad to hear of his getting well.\"", "\n\nMary seemed to have a ball rising in her throat, for she could not\nspeak, and this time she forgot to place her pocket handkerchief over\nher hand, as she caught that of the visitor and kissed it.", "\n\n\"You can be quite at rest, Antony,\" Hallett said then. ", " \"Mr Ruddle said\nhe was sorry to hear about your friend, and he should leave it to your\ngood sense to come back to work as soon as you could. ", " Mr Lister is\naway--ill.\"", "\n\nI fancied that he knit his brows as he spoke, but it may have been\nfancy. ", " Then, turning to Linny, he said:\n\n\"I am glad you are set at liberty, Linny. ", " Our mother is very unwell,\nshall we go now?\"", "\n\nLinny nodded her assent, and put on her hat and jacket; but before they\nwent Mary found it necessary to go down on her knees again, and in a\nwhisper to ask Linny's pardon; all of which Hallett took as an\nexpression of gratitude, and shook hands warmly as he left.", "\n\nI went with him down to the door to say good-night, and as we parted I\nasked him not to think I was neglecting him, now he was in such trouble\nwith his model.", "\n\n\"I do not, my dear boy; and I never shall think ill of you for being\nfaithful to your friends. ", " Good-night; the model is buried for the\npresent. ", " When you can come again, we'll try once more to bring it back\nto life.\"", "\n\nI stood watching them as they went together beneath the street lamps,\nand I was glad to see Linny clinging trustingly to her brother's arm.", "\n\n\"Poor Linny!\" ", " I thought to myself. ", " \"She's very fond of somebody who\nbehaves badly to her. ", " I wonder who it can be.\"", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER THIRTY ONE.", "\n\nHOW MARY BROKE DOWN.", "\n\nFew as the minutes of my absence had been, Mary had done a good deal\ntowards tidying up the room, and as I entered I could see her bonnet and\nshawl hanging lovingly up against the wall, side by side with poor\nBill's hat and greatcoat, just as if they had newly entered into the\nholy state of matrimony. ", " There was beginning to be an appetising odour\nof chicken in the room, the bundle was tucked out of sight, the chairs\nin order, and it was plain to see that a clever housewife had been at\nwork.", "\n\n\"Oh my, how you have growed, my dear!\" ", "whispered Mary ecstatically. ", " \"I\nnever did see a boy improve so. ", " And only to think of your running away\nfrom old Blakeford and finding out.\"", "\n\nShe ran here to the bed to see if her sweetheart was all right, and then\nturned to me with open arms.", "\n\n\"Give us a kiss, dear,\" she cried, and in a moment I was hugged tight in\nher arms and kissed and fondled again and again. ", " \"I _am_ glad to see\nyou, you can't tell how glad,\" she cried softly, \"and it was good of you\nto write. ", " No sooner did I get your letter, than I ups and tells Mrs\nBlakeford as I was going away directly, because my friend in London was\nill.\"", "\n\n\"But you did not say I wrote, Mary?\" ", " I cried in agony.", "\n\n\"Do you think I was such a silly, my dear? ", " No, I'd got the letter safe\nin here,\" she said, thrusting her hand inside her dress. ", " \"Well, as I\nwas saying--stop a moment--let me look at the broth.\"", "\n\nShe raised the lid, shut it again, had another look at Revitts, and then\nwent on:\n\n\"Who should come in but old Blakeford, and he said gruffly that they\ncouldn't snare me, and, `Can't spare me!' ", " I says; `well, you just must,\nfor I'm going.'", "\n\n\"`Then we shan't pay you your wages,' says old Blakeford. ", " `Then I will\nmake you,' says I, `So now then. ", " I'm not going to have people die for\nwant of help, to please you.'", "\n\n\"`Who is it then as is dying?' ", "says Mrs Blakeford.", "\n\n\"`It's my sweetheart, mum, if you must know,' I says.", "\n\n\"`Then all I can say is, that it's very indelicate of you, a young\nunmarried woman, to go up and nurse a single man.'", "\n\n\"`No more indelicate, mum,' I says, `than for you to want me to nuss Mr\nBlakeford when he was ill.'", "\n\n\"`But you didn't do it,' she says.", "\n\n\"`No, mum,' I says, `but you wanted me to, and what's more, if the whole\nworld and his wife come to me and told me it wasn't right for me to go,\nI should go; so now then.'", "\n\n\"`But when will you come back then, Mary?' ", "says Mrs Blakeford.", "\n\n\"`Not at all, mum,' I says, `for after going and nursing a single man as\nis dying for aught I know, I shan't be fit company for the folks in this\nhouse. ", " I'm going now directly, mum, and I shall leave my box and send\nfor it and my wages too.'\"", "\n\nHere Mary had another look at the patient and the cooking.", "\n\n\"I wasn't long getting off, I can tell you, and glad enough I was to get\naway. ", " I'd ha' left long enough ago, only I didn't want to make any more\nchanges till the big one, and there was only one as I minded leaving.\"", "\n\n\"And that was little Hetty,\" I said, as I understood her big change to\nmean her marriage.", "\n\n\"Yes, my dear, you're right--little Hetty; and she came and sobbed and\ncried ever so, with her dear arms round my neck, till I told her that\nperhaps I might see you, and asked her if I might take you her love; and\nshe sent it to you, and said she always wore your brooch.\"", "\n\n\"And is she quite well?\" ", " I said, with sparkling eyes.", "\n\n\"Yes, and grows the neatest, prettiest, best girl that ever was. ", " And\nnow, my dear, I'm come to nuss my pore William till he's well, and\nthen--\"\n\n\"Yes, Mary?\" ", "for she had paused.", "\n\n\"I shall get a place somewhere in London; for I shan't go back.\"", "\n\nThen, after another look at the patient, she came back to me.", "\n\n\"Could you drink a cup o' tea, dear?\" ", "she said.", "\n\n\"Yes, Mary, and you must want something.\"", "\n\n\"Well, my dear, I do begin to feel a bit faint, for I hadn't only just\nbegun my breakfast when your letter came, and I haven't had nothing\nsince.\"", "\n\nThe result was that the kettle was soon made to boil, and Mary seemed\nquite delighted to be pouring out for me and making the toast.", "\n\n\"Lor', my dear, now it do seem like old times!\" ", "she cried.", "\n\n\"Only you've grown to look so handsome and well, Mary,\" I said.", "\n\n\"Do I, my dear? ", " Well, I am glad. ", " Not as I care myself, but some people\nmight. ", " But, Lor', I never looked well down at old Blakeford's. ", " My!", "\nwhat a row there was because you run away--\"\n\n\"Was there?\" ", " I said with a shudder, half pleasure, half delight.", "\n\n\"Warn't there?\" ", "said Mary, who kept running to the bedside at the\nslightest movement. ", " \"Bless your 'art, old Blakeford was nearly mad, and\nMiss Hetty 'most cried her eyes out, till I told her you'd be happier\naway, and then she cried 'em out more than ever, for fear her par should\ncatch you. ", " He was out days and days, until his leg got so bad he was\nreally obliged to go to bed. ", " The dog bit him, you know, the night you\nrun away. ", " Then there was the upset before the magistrates, and that Mr\nWooster somehow managed to get the day, because master--I mean old\nBlakeford--hadn't got the right witness. ", " And that made master--I mean\nold Blakeford--worse. ", " And now I don't think I've any more to tell you,\nonly you ain't half eating your toast. ", " My sakes! ", "it do put me in mind\nof old times, for it was precious dull when you was gone.\"", "\n\n\"Were you cross with me for running away, Mary?\"", "\n\n\"I was then, for not telling me, but I soon got to think it was quite\nright.\"", "\n\n\"I hope it was, Mary,\" I said; \"but did you ever see old Mr Rowle?\"", "\n\n\"What, that yellow little man? ", "oh, often; he used to come and talk to me\nabout you, and when I said you was very ungrateful for running away, he\nused to stick up for you. ", " He didn't come very often, though,\" continued\nMary, correcting herself, \"because he couldn't smoke in my kitchen, else\nI believe he'd have come every night to talk about you.\"", "\n\nA slight moan from poor Revitts took Mary to the bedside, and very soon\nafter she insisted upon my lying down and going to sleep a bit, and when\nI awoke the next morning, Mary was looking as fresh and wakeful as ever.", "\n\nI don't know to this day how Mary managed, for she never seemed to close\nan eye, but to be always watching over her \"pore boy.\" ", " When I talked\nabout her going to bed, she only laughed, and said that \"a good nuss\nnever wanted no sleep.\"", "\n\n\"And now, my dear, you've been kep' away from your work,\" she said; \"so,\nas soon as you've had your breakfast, you be off. ", " I can manage till you\ncome back. ", " I don't hold with neglecting nothing.\"", "\n\nShe would not hear of opposition, so I left her the field, and went down\nto the office, where I saw Mr Hallett looking very pale and stern, and\nsoon after I was at my old work, reading to Mr Jabez Rowle, who seemed\nvery glad to see me back, complimenting me on my reading, by saying I\nwas not quite so stupid as my substitute had been.", "\n\nWhen I returned to Caroline Street, I found Mary in consultation with\nthe landlady, who then descended, and, to my great delight, Revitts was,\nif anything, better.", "\n\nMary was very glad to see me back, and began to unfold her plans, to\nwit, that she had found that the front room was to let furnished, and\nshe had taken it of Mrs Keswick, the landlady; for my use.", "\n\n\"It will be better for all of us, my dear,\" she said, \"so just you hold\nyour tongue.\"", "\n\nI sat up late with Mary that night, and the next, and the next, talking\nabout the past and the future, and still she seemed to get no sleep; but\nshe always laughed about it, and declared that she went to sleep with\none eye at a time. ", " Be that as it may, a more patient, untiring nurse\nman never had, and right through poor Revitts' weary state of delirium\nshe was always by his pillow, always smiling and cheerful through the\nworst crisis, till, one night, when I returned to be met by her on the\nstairs; and, finger on lips, she led me into the front room, to fall on\nmy neck, and silently sob as if her heart would break.", "\n\n\"Oh, Mary, Mary!\" ", " I said, \"he's worse; and I thought he seemed so much\nstronger this morning.\"", "\n\n\"No, no, dear,\" she sobbed, \"he's better. ", " He opened his eyes this\nafternoon and knowed me, and said: `Ah, Mary, old gal, is that you?'\"", "\n\nPoor woman! ", " The pent-up suffering that had been longing to burst forth,\nand which had all been hidden behind her mask of smiles, had come\npouring out, and for the next half-hour Mary sobbed and wept in a quiet\nway till I was in despair. ", " Then, to my surprise, she got up in a\nbusiness-like manner, wiped her eyes, and smiled once more.", "\n\n\"There!\" ", "she exclaimed, \"I'm better now.\"", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER THIRTY TWO.", "\n\nCOMING OFF.", "\n\nWith Revitts better there was no occasion for me to stop in of an\nevening, and as soon as I could I went on to the Halletts', where I was\nwarmly welcomed by the whole family. ", " Mrs Hallett had a string of\ntroubles to tell me, and interspersed with them I had narratives of how\ndifferent matters used to be.", "\n\nLinny was very affectionate and kind, but I could see that she looked\npale and troubled. ", " Her pretty face lighted up though, whenever her\nbrother spoke, and I noted the air of satisfaction in Hallett's face as\nhe realised how his sister was keeping to her promise.", "\n\n\"Well, Antony,\" he said cheerily, as soon as Mrs Hallett had retired,\nwhich was always before nine, Linny going away to attend upon her.", "\n\"What do you say: shall we go and look at the model?\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" I said eagerly; \"I've been longing to have another turn at it.\"", "\n\n\"You are not wearied out then?\"", "\n\n\"Wearied out?\" ", " I cried, laughing; \"no, and I never shall be till I see\nit a success.\"", "\n\nHe sighed, but there was a smile upon his lip at the same time; and\nleading the way upstairs, we were soon busy over the model.", "\n\nI saw at a glance that it had remained untouched, covered with the black\ncloth, ever since that unfortunate morning, so that I did not need his\nconfirming words as he spoke:\n\n\"I thought I would leave it till you came.\"", "\n\nThat night and many more were taken up in separating and repairing the\nbroken parts of the little piece of mechanism, and then came the\ndifficult task--how to contrive so that it should not again break down.", "\n\nThe days flew by and became weeks, and the weeks months, but still the\nproblem was not solved. ", " Experiment after experiment was tried without\neffect, and it seemed as if Hallett's clever brain could only bring the\nwork up to a certain point. ", " Then it required the powers of a second\nbrain to carry it on to perfection.", "\n\nMeanwhile Revitts had gradually recovered, and more than once related to\nMary and me how, on that unfortunate night, he had been attracted by a\nslight scuffle and a woman's cry; that he had run up, and the woman had\nclung to him, which so enraged the man that he had struck him with the\nheavy stick that he carried, and that was all.", "\n\n\"Should you know the woman again?\" ", " I asked, feeling very guilty as the\npossessor of Linny's secret.", "\n\n\"No,\" he said. ", " \"She was only a little thing, quite a girl, and she had\nher veil down; but I should know the man, and if ever I do get hold of\nhim, if I don't give him a wunner my name ain't Revitts.\"", "\n\nHe was still too ill to resume his duties, but he used to go out for a\nwalk every day, leaning on Mary's arm, Mary herself now taking to the\nroom that had been engaged ostensibly for me.", "\n\n\"It's a-coming off, Antony,\" said Revitts to me one night, when I had\nreturned from the office in high glee; for I had received a note from\nMiss Carr, saying that she wished to see me the next day, she having\njust returned to town with her sister from a long round of visits,\nfollowing a tour on the Continent.", "\n\n\"Coming off?\" ", " I said, looking from him to Mary and back.", "\n\n\"Don't you take any notice or his nonsense,\" cried Mary, running her arm\nup to the elbow in one of Revitts' stockings.", "\n\n\"'Tain't nonsense,\" said Revitts, rubbing his hands softly; \"it's\na-coming off soon as ever I'm quite well.\"", "\n\n\"'Tain't,\" said Mary tartly. ", " \"I'm going to take another place as soon\nas ever you're fit to leave.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, my dear, so you are,\" said Revitts, smiling at me in a soft,\nsmooth, sheepish way; \"a place as you won't never leave no more.\"", "\n\n\"It's all stuff, Master Antony, and I'm not,\" cried Mary.", "\n\n\"Tantrums won't save you from it now, my dear,\" said Revitts, shaking\nhis head and pointing to the wall. ", " \"I says to myself as soon as ever I\nbegan to be able to think again, and see that there shawl and bonnet\na-hanging so comfortable-like up again my greatcoat and hat--I says to\nmyself, I says, she's hung up her bonnet now and give in, and it can be\nMrs William Revitts as soon as ever I like.\"", "\n\n\"It's all stuff and nonsense, I tell you. ", " Don't listen to him, Master\nAntony.\"", "\n\n\"That ain't a real tantrum,\" said Revitts, rubbing his hands; \"she's\ngive in--she's give in.\"", "\n\n\"I declare I wouldn't have come a-nigh you, Bill, if I'd knowed you'd go\non like that before Master Antony,\" cried Mary, who was perfectly\nscarlet.", "\n\n\"Master Antony's a gentleman,\" said Revitts, \"and he bears witness that\nyou've give in; and, tantrums or no tantrums,\" he cried, bringing his\nhand down upon the table with a bang, \"you don't go away no more. ", " Look\nat that!\"", "\n\nHe took a blue official envelope from his pocket and opened it, took out\na letter, and smoothed it upon his knee.", "\n\n\"That's dictation, that is, Antony. ", " That's what that is,\" he cried,\nholding up his chin, and giving his head an official roll, as if to\nsettle it in a stock that he was not wearing.", "\n\n\"Why, where did you get that letter?\" ", "cried Mary.", "\n\n\"Brought me this afternoon while you was out shopping,\" said Revitts\ntriumphantly. ", " \"Look here, Antony, that ain't directed to P.C. Revitts,\nthat ain't;\" and he handed me the envelope, which I read aloud:\n\n\"`To Sergeant Revitts, VV Division, Caroline Street, Pentonville.'\"", "\n\n\"`Sergeant Revitts!'\" ", "he said, rising and buttoning up his coat, but\npausing to reach down his stiff, shiny stock and buckle it on.", "\n\"`Sergeant Revitts,' if you please; and if,\" he said, walking up and\ndown the room excitedly, \"it ain't Inspector Revitts some day, and after\nthat Sooperintendent and a sword, my name ain't Bill.\"", "\n\n\"Hurrah!\" ", " I cried; \"I am glad;\" and then I caught his arm, for, poor\nfellow, he was very weak yet, and needed the chair Mary placed for him\nto sit down.", "\n\n\"And you so ill and weak still, and talking about such stuff,\" she cried\nhastily.", "\n\n\"I'm getting round fast enough,\" said Revitts; \"it was only the\n`sergeant' took my breath away a bit; that's all. ", " It's all right,\nAntony. ", " It's a-coming off, ain't it, Mary, my dear?\"", "\n\n\"I am glad, Bill. ", " But they couldn't have made a better man a sergeant\nif they'd tried,\" said Mary evasively.", "\n\n\"I said it was a-coming off,\" said Revitts, \"ain't it?\"", "\n\nHe leaned forward, and looked at Mary; she, with the stocking on one\narm, and the long darning-needle in her hand, held it as if to keep him\noff. ", " I saw Mary's scarlet face gradually raised till her eyes met his,\nand then a soft, foolish-looking smile began to dawn upon one corner of\nher lips, pass over to the other, and gradually make them open to show\nher white teeth, before running right up, and half-closing her eyes.", "\nThe same kind of smile, but much larger, appeared on Revitts' face; and\nthere they sat, smiling at one another, till I took up my cap and went\nout--even my exit being unnoticed--for another good servant was\nveritably lost to society. ", " Mary's \"tantrums\" were at an end.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER THIRTY THREE.", "\n\nI HAVE ANOTHER LESSON IN LOVE.", "\n\nI felt rather nervous about asking for leave, but summoning up courage\nthe next day, I knocked at the principal's door, and Mr Ruddle's voice\nbade me come in.", "\n\n\"Well, Grace,\" he said, nodding to me pleasantly, \"I wanted to see you.\"", "\n\nI looked at him wonderingly.", "\n\n\"Only to say how glad I was to hear such a good account of you from Mr\nRowle.\"", "\n\n\"Thank you, sir.\"", "\n\n\"But Mr Grimstone doesn't give you much praise,\" he continued, with\nrather a droll look in his eyes; \"so I'm afraid you are a very ordinary\nsort of boy after all. ", " Well, what do you want?\"", "\n\n\"I had a note from Miss Carr, sir, saying she would like to see me\nto-day. ", " Can I be spared?\"", "\n\n\"Oh yes, certainly--certainly,\" said the old gentleman. ", " \"And look here,\nmy man, you've made a good friend in that lady. ", " Try and deserve it--\ndeserve it.\"", "\n\n\"I will try, sir,\" I said.", "\n\n\"That's right,\" he said; \"and try hard.--Well, Grimstone, what is it?\"", "\n\nThe overseer looked from me to his principal and back again, before\nrustling some papers in his hand in an ill-used way.", "\n\n\"It's very hard on me, sir, that more attention isn't paid to the\nbusiness. ", " Here are you and me toiling and moiling all day long to keep\nthe customers right, and Mr John at races and steeplechases, and Lord\nknows what--anything but the business!\"", "\n\n\"You're always grumbling, Grimstone,\" said Mr Ruddle testily. ", " \"Here,\nlet me see.--You needn't wait, Grace, you can go.\"", "\n\nI thanked him and hurried off, leaving the two immersed in some business\nmatters, and thinking of nothing else now but my visit.", "\n\nThere was a warm welcome for me at Westmouth Street, and Miss Carr's\neyes looked bright and satisfied, I thought; but I could not help seeing\nthat she was paler and thinner than when I saw her last.", "\n\n\"Well, Antony,\" she said, after seating me beside her; \"it seems an age\nsince we met. ", " What have you been doing?\"", "\n\nI told her--busy at the office, and also about Mr Revitts.", "\n\n\"Yes,\" she said thoughtfully. ", " \"I was in the neighbourhood of Rowford\nlast month, and I--\"\n\n\"You were down there?\" ", " I said eagerly.", "\n\n\"Yes, Antony, and I had a long chat with the old clergyman there, when\nhe visited my friends. ", " He knew your father and mother.\"", "\n\n\"Oh yes,\" I said, as a flood of recollections came back.", "\n\n\"And he asked me very kindly about you, saying he thought Mr Blakeford\nhad behaved very badly to Mr Grace.\"", "\n\n\"I mean to pay Mr Blakeford every penny my dear father owed him,\" I\nsaid, flushing, and getting up from the couch. ", " \"He shall not dare to\nspeak ill of the dead.\"", "\n\nMiss Carr looked at me curiously, and I thought her manner was more\ntender to me as she took my hand and once more drew me to her side.", "\n\n\"About this Mr Revitts, Antony,\" she said; \"I think the time has come\nnow when you should have different lodgings.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, Miss Carr!\" ", " I exclaimed, \"he has been so kind to me, such a good\nfriend; and now poor Mary has come up, and they are going to be married,\nand Mary would be terribly disappointed if I went to lodge anywhere\nelse. ", " He's Sergeant Revitts now: he has been promoted.\"", "\n\n\"If Mr and Mrs Revitts set up a home of their own, that would be\ndifferent,\" she said thoughtfully. ", " \"But in your new position, Antony,\nyou ought to be better provided for than while you were at the office.\"", "\n\n\"In my new position?\" ", " I said, hesitating.", "\n\n\"Yes,\" she said, smiling; and as I gazed in her face I thought what a\nhappy man Mr Lister must be. ", " \"You said you would like to be an\nengineer, when I saw you last.\"", "\n\n\"Oh yes,\" I said, \"and then I could help Mr Hallett with his model.\"", "\n\nThere was a little spot of colour in each of her cheeks as I spoke, and\na slight knitting of her brows; but she went on:\n\n\"I have consulted Mr Ruddle, who has spoken to the proprietors of a\nlarge engineering firm, and they have engaged to take you as a pupil.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, Miss Carr!\" ", " I cried.", "\n\n\"But understand, Antony, that it is not merely sitting in an office and\nhandling pen and drawing instruments: as I understand, the pupils have\nto learn to use lathe and tool, so as to thoroughly understand their\nprofession. ", " Shall you mind that?\"", "\n\n\"Mind it?\" ", " I said. ", " \"Do you think I mind dirtying my hands? ", " Why, my\nfather had a regular workshop, where we used to make and mend. ", " Besides,\nif I learn all that, I can help Mr Hallett.\"", "\n\n\"Antony,\" she said, in a weary, half-annoyed way, \"don't talk to me of\nMr Hallett. ", " My dear boy, you must not be a hero-worshipper.\"", "\n\n\"I don't know what a hero-worshipper is,\" I said, feeling hurt; \"but Mr\nHallett has been so good to me that it would be ungrateful if I did not\nlove and respect him.\"", "\n\nThe two little spots of colour came in her cheeks again, and there was a\nstrange twitching of her brows.", "\n\n\"Kinder to you than Mr Revitts?\" ", "she said softly.", "\n\n\"Oh, he's not like William Revitts,\" I said eagerly. ", " \"I can't quite\nexplain it; he's so different. ", " I like Revitts, but I always seem to\nhave to teach him. ", " Mr Hallett teaches me, Miss Carr. ", " I think he will\nbe a great man.\"", "\n\n\"You foolish boy!\" ", "she cried, in a nervous, excited way. ", " \"There, then:\nit is settled. ", " You will go and see Mr Girtley, at his office in Great\nGeorge Street, Westminster, and you may hid adieu to the\nprinting-office, and make your first start towards being a professional\nman as soon as ever you like.\"", "\n\n\"I--I can never be grateful enough to you, Miss Carr,\" I said, in a\ntrembling voice.", "\n\n\"Oh yes, my dear boy, you can. ", " Work on and succeed, and you will more\nthan repay me.\"", "\n\n\"Then I shall soon be out of debt,\" I said joyfully.", "\n\n\"I hope so, Antony,\" she said sadly; \"but don't be too sanguine.--Yes?\"", "\n\n\"Mr Lister, ma'am,\" said the servant who had entered. ", " \"He would be\nglad if you would see him for a few minutes.\"", "\n\n\"Did--did you tell him I was not alone?\" ", "said Miss Carr, whose face\nseemed to have turned cold and stern.", "\n\n\"No, ma'am, I only took his message.\"", "\n\n\"Show Mr Lister up,\" she said, in a quiet dignified way; and, as the\nfootman left the room--\"Go in there, Antony, and wait until Mr Lister\nhas gone. ", " He will not stay long.\"", "\n\nShe pointed to the folding-doors that opened into a larger drawing-room,\nfollowed me, and pointing to a table covered with books, returned,\nleaving the door ajar.", "\n\nThe various illustrated books were no little attraction, but the thought\nof becoming an engineer, and perhaps being of service to Mr Hallett,\nkept me from looking at them, and the next moment I heard the little\ndrawing-room door open, and Mr Lister's voice, every word being\nperfectly audible.", "\n\n\"Ah, my dear Miriam!\" ", "he exclaimed; \"why, my dear girl, you look quite\npale.\"", "\n\nI felt very guilty, and as if I were listening purposely to the words\npassing in the next room; so, taking up a book, I tried to read it, but\nin spite of my efforts every word came plain and clear, and I heard all.", "\n\n\"I have been a little unwell,\" said Miss Carr quietly.", "\n\n\"My poor girl!\" ", "he said tenderly. ", " \"Ah, you have been away too much!", "\nMiriam, dear, I want you to listen to me to-day. ", " When am I to make you\nmy prisoner, and keep you from these errant ways?\"", "\n\nThere was no reply, and a dead silence seemed to fall.", "\n\n\"Why, Miriam, darling,\" said Mr Lister, in a tender voice, \"you are\nmore unwell than I thought for; why not have advice?\"", "\n\n\"No, no,\" she said hastily. ", " \"I am quite well, indeed, John.\"", "\n\n\"Then why are you so cold and strange and distant? ", " Have I offended you,\ndarling?\"", "\n\n\"Oh no, John; indeed, no.\"", "\n\n\"I could not visit you more frequently, Miriam. ", " I could not join you\nabroad, for, as you know, my circumstances are only moderate, and I have\nto keep very, very close to the business. ", " Ruddle does not spare me\nmuch. ", " Are you annoyed because you think I slight you?\"", "\n\n\"Oh no, no, John--indeed no.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, that is it,\" he cried; \"you think I ought to have come down when\nyou were staying at Rowford.\"", "\n\n\"Can you not believe me, John,\" she said coldly, \"when I tell you that\nthere are no grounds for such a charge? ", " You ought to know me better\nnow.\"", "\n\n\"I do know you better, my own, my beautiful darling,\" he cried\npassionately; \"but you drive me nearly mad. ", " We have been engaged now so\nmany weary months, and yet I seem to occupy no warmer position in your\nheart than when I first met you. ", " It is dreadful!\"", "\n\nI heard him get up and walk about the room, while she sat perfectly\nsilent.", "\n\n\"You rebuff me,\" he cried angrily. ", " \"You are cold and distant; my every\nadvance is met by some chilly look. ", " Good heavens! ", " Miriam, are we\nengaged to be man and wife, or not?\"", "\n\n\"You are unjust, John, in your anger,\" said Miss Carr in her low, sweet\nvoice. ", " \"I do not rebuff you, and I am never intentionally cold.", "\nIndeed, I try to meet you as the man who is to be my husband.\"", "\n\n\"And lover?\" ", "he said, with an almost imperceptible sneer.", "\n\n\"As my husband,\" she said quietly; \"a holier, greater title far than\nthat of lover. ", " We are not girl and boy, John Lister, and I do not think\nthat you would love and respect me the more for acting like some weak,\nsilly school-girl, who does not know her own mind.\"", "\n\n\"She would at least be warmer in her love.\"", "\n\n\"But not nearly so lasting,\" said Miss Carr, in a low, almost pathetic\nvoice. ", " \"I look upon our engagement as so sacred a thing that I think we\nought not to hurry on our marriage as you wish. ", " Besides, was it not\nunderstood that we should wait awhile?\"", "\n\n\"Yes; that was when some tattling fool told you about my losses over\nthat race, and I suppose made out that I was in a hurry to win the\nheiress, so as to make ducks and drakes of her money.\"", "\n\n\"You hurt me,\" she said softly; \"no one ever hinted at such a degrading\nidea.\"", "\n\n\"Just when a fellow had gone into the thing for once in a way. ", " Of\ncourse I was unlucky, and a good job too. ", " If I had won I might have\nbeen tempted to try again. ", " Now I have done with racing and betting and\nthe rest of it for ever.\"", "\n\n\"I had not thought of that affair, John, when I spoke as I did. ", " I\npromised you I would forget it, and I had forgotten it, believe me.\"", "\n\n\"Oh yes, of course,\" he said bitterly.", "\n\n\"I am speaking frankly and openly to you, John,\" continued Miss Carr\ngently; \"and I want you to think as I do, that, in taking so grave a\nstep as that which joins two people together for life, it should be\ntaken only as one makes a step from which there is no recall.\"", "\n\n\"Miriam!\" ", "he exclaimed, and he seemed to stop short in front of her, \"I\nam a hot, impetuous fellow, and I love you passionately, as you know,\nand have known since the day when first we met. ", " Have I ever given up\nthe pursuit?\"", "\n\n\"No,\" she said, half-laughingly. ", " \"You did not let me rest, nor did our\nfriends, until we were engaged.\"", "\n\n\"Of course not. ", " There, come now, you look more like your own dear self.", "\nI want to ask you a question.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, John. ", " What is it?\"", "\n\nHe cleared his voice and hesitated, but only to speak out firmly at\nlast.", "\n\n\"Do you think--have you ever thought me such a cur that I wanted you for\nthe sake of your money?\"", "\n\n\"John, this is the second time that you have brought up my fortune\nto-day. ", " There is no need to answer such a question.\"", "\n\n\"But I beg--I desire--I insist upon knowing,\" he cried passionately.", "\n\n\"You have your answer in the fact that you are standing before me\ntalking as you are. ", " If I believed for an instant that you had such\nsordid thoughts, our engagement would be at an end. ", " I would sooner give\nyou the money than be your wife.\"", "\n\n\"Of course, yes: of course, my own dear, noble girl!\" ", "he cried\nexcitedly. ", " \"Then why all this waiting--why keep me at arm's length?", "\nCome now, darling, let us settle it at once.\"", "\n\n\"No, John,\" she said calmly. ", " \"I cannot yet consent.\"", "\n\n\"Your old excuse,\" he cried, striding up and down the room.", "\n\n\"I never held out hopes to you that it would be soon,\" she replied; and\nI felt that she must be looking at him wistfully.", "\n\n\"But why--why all this waiting, dear?\" ", "he said, evidently struggling\nwith his anger, and striving to speak calmly.", "\n\n\"I have told you again and again, dear John, my sole reason.\"", "\n\n\"And what is that?\" ", "he said bitterly; \"it must have been so trifling\nthat I forget it.\"", "\n\n\"You do not forget it, indeed,\" she said tenderly. ", " \"I ask you to wait,\nbecause I wish, when I marry you, to be sure that I am offering you a\ntrue and loving wife.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, if that's all,\" he said laughingly, \"I'm satisfied as you are; and\non my soul, Miriam, I wish you had not a penny, so that all ideas of\nself-interest might be set aside!\"", "\n\n\"They are set aside, dear John,\" she said calmly.", "\n\n\"Well then, love, let there be an end to this miserable waiting and\ndisappointment. ", " If I did not know thoroughly your sweet disposition,\nand that you are so far above all silly coquettish ways, I should say\nthat you were trifling with me, to make me more eager for the day.\"", "\n\n\"You know me better.\"", "\n\n\"I do, my darling,\" he said in a low impassioned voice, which I heard\nquite plainly, though I had gone to the window and was looking out into\nthe street. ", " \"Then let us settle it at once. ", " I am in your hands,\nMiriam, as I have been from the day I first set eyes upon you. ", " At\npresent I am wretched--miserable--my whole thoughts are of you, and I\nfeel at times half-mad--that I cannot wait. ", " Do you wish to torture me?\"", "\n\n\"No.\"", "\n\n\"Then be my dear honoured wife in a week's time--a fortnight? ", " What,\nstill shaking your head? ", " Well, then, there: I am the most patient of\nlovers--in a month from to-day?\"", "\n\n\"No, no, I cannot,\" she said; and in place of being so calm she spoke\nnow passionately. ", " \"You must wait, dear John, you must wait.\"", "\n\n\"Then there is something,\" he cried, in a low, angry voice. ", " \"Some\nwretch has been maligning me.\"", "\n\n\"Indeed no.\"", "\n\n\"You have been told that I am wasteful and a spendthrift?\"", "\n\n\"I should not have listened to any such charge.\"", "\n\n\"Then that I am weak, and untrustworthy, and gay?\"", "\n\n\"I should have told anyone who hinted such a thing that it was a lie.\"", "\n\n\"Then,\" he cried hoarsely, \"there is some one else; you have seen some\none you like better!\"", "\n\n\"John! ", " Mr Lister! ", " You hurt my wrist.\"", "\n\n\"You do not answer me,\" he cried, his voice growing more hoarse and\nintense, while I stood there with my heart palpitating, feeling as if I\nought to run to Miss Carr's help.", "\n\n\"I will not answer such a question,\" she said angrily; \"but I will tell\nyou this: that I have looked upon myself as your betrothed wife; do not\nmake me think upon our engagement with regret.\"", "\n\n\"Forgive me, Miriam, pray forgive me,\" he said in a low, pleading voice.", "\n\"It is my wretched temper that has got the better of me. ", " Say you\nforgive me, Miriam, or I shall be ready to make an end of myself.", "\nThere, there, don't take away this little hand.\"", "\n\n\"Leave me now, I beg of you,\" she said in a low, pained voice.", "\n\n\"Yes, directly, sweet,\" he whispered; \"but let there be an end of this,\nmy darling. ", " Say--in a month's time--you will be my wife, and then I\nshall know I am forgiven.\"", "\n\n\"I forgive you your cruel, passionate words, John,\" she said, in such a\ntone that I began once more to look out of the window, wondering whether\nMrs John Lister would be as kind to me as Miss Carr.", "\n\n\"And, in a month to-day, you will make me a happy man?\"", "\n\n\"I cannot promise that,\" she said after a pause.", "\n\n\"Yes, yes, you can, dearest--my own love!\" ", "he cried; and I felt now as\nif I should like to open the window and step out on the balcony.", "\n\n\"No, I cannot promise that, John,\" she repeated. ", " \"You must--we must\nwait.\"", "\n\n\"Then it is as I say,\" he cried, evidently springing up from her feet,\nand stamping up and down the room. ", " \"You are a cruel, cold, heartless\ngirl, and I'll come begging and pleading no more. ", " Our engagement holds\ngood,\" he said bitterly; \"and you shall name the day yourself, and we\nshall be a happy pair, unless I have blown out my brains before we're\nwed.\"\n\nI heard the little drawing-room door close loudly, descending steps, and\nthen the front door shut almost with a bang, and from where I stood I\nsaw Mr Lister, looking very handsome and well dressed, with a bouquet\nin his button-hole, stride hastily down the street, cutting at imaginary\nobstacles with his cane, and as he turned the corner I heard from the\nnext room a low moan, and Miss Carr's voice, saying:\n\n\"God help and teach me! ", " I am a wretched woman! ", " How shall I act?\"", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER THIRTY FOUR.", "\n\nI TAKE THE NEWS TO MY FRIENDS.", "\n\n\"Wretched!\" ", " I thought, \"in the midst of wealth, and loved by that\npassionate, handsome man.\" ", " Then I recalled how I had often heard of\nlovers' quarrels, and supposed that this was one that would soon be made\nup.", "\n\nI felt very uncomfortable, and wondered what I ought to do. ", " There was a\ndeep silence in the next room that became painful, and I wondered\nwhether Miss Carr had gone; but directly after I heard such a low bitter\nsobbing that it went to my heart, and, unable to bear it longer, I went\nto the door, looked in, and saw her half-lying on the couch, with her\nface buried in the pillow, weeping bitterly.", "\n\nI hesitated for a moment, and then went in unheard over the soft thick\ncarpet, and kneeling down, I took the inert hand hanging down, and\nkissed it.", "\n\nIn a moment she stood up with pale and angry face, flinging me off as if\nI had stung her.", "\n\n\"Oh, Antony, my boy; is it you?\" ", "she cried; and flinging her arms round\nme, she let her head fall upon my shoulder, and went passionately and\nlong, while I tried to utter some feeble platitude to soothe her.", "\n\nThe storm passed off suddenly, and she wiped her swollen eyes.", "\n\n\"I had forgotten that you were there, Antony,\" she said. ", " \"I have had a\ngreat trouble.\"", "\n\nShe spoke with her face averted, and she was trying now to remove the\ntraces of her tears.", "\n\n\"You could not hear what was said?\" ", "she asked.", "\n\n\"Yes, Miss Carr. ", " I did not wish to, but I heard every word.\"", "\n\n\"Oh!\"", "\n\nShe turned her wild eyes upon me, and her pale face flushed crimson as\nshe rose to leave the room, hurrying away and leaving me wondering\nwhether I ought to go.", "\n\nI had just concluded that I ought, and, taking up a sheet of paper, I\nhad written a few lines saying how very sorry I was that I had been an\nunwilling listener, when she came back with her hair re-arranged, and\nlooking pale and calm.", "\n\n\"Were you writing to me, Antony?\" ", "she said.", "\n\n\"Yes, Miss Carr.\"", "\n\n\"Let me see.\"", "\n\nShe read that which I had written, and smiled sadly. ", " Then, tearing up\nthe note, she took my hand and led me once more to the couch.", "\n\n\"I am sorry that you heard what passed, Antony,\" she said; \"but since I\nhave known you, I have gradually grown to look upon you as a friend as\nwell as a _protege_; you have told me your little history, and every\ntime I have seen you, you have shown me the fruit of the teachings of\nthose to whom you were very dear. ", " I feel quite happy in knowing that\nyou, as the son of a gentleman, Antony, will hold all that you have\nheard quite sacred.\"", "\n\n\"If you will only believe in and trust me,\" I cried.", "\n\n\"I do believe in and trust you, Antony,\" she said warmly. ", " \"Now I am\ngoing to ask you to leave me, and come again to-morrow, after you have\nbeen to the engineer's office. ", " I am not well, and I should be glad to\nbe alone.\"", "\n\nI rose, and as she held out her hand I took it and kissed it\nreverently--so reverently, that she drew me to her, and touched my\nforehead with her lips.", "\n\n\"Go now, Antony,\" she said, \"and I think it will be better that you\nshould not return to the printing-office. ", " I will arrange with Mr\nRuddle about that. ", " A letter from me will be sufficient. ", " And look here,\nAntony: you will come here to me every Saturday, and Sunday too, if you\nlike. ", " You need stand upon no ceremony--tut come. ", " You will not be sorry\nto leave the office?\"", "\n\n\"Oh no,\" I said; \"but I shall regret leaving Mr Hallett.\"", "\n\nI thought it was fancy then, as I seemed to see a spasm shoot through\nher. ", " She said no more to me, but pressed something into my hand, and I\nwent downstairs.", "\n\nI felt very proud as I made my way along the streets, wondering what was\nin the packet Miss Carr had given me, and longing for an opportunity to\nopen it.", "\n\nThe park seemed the most suitable place, and, making my way there, I lay\ndown on the soft turf in a secluded place, opened the packet, and found\nin it a letter and a purse containing two five-pound notes.", "\n\nThe letter was dated the night before, and it was very brief:\n\n \"My dear Antony,--\n\n \"I have thought that you may need several things in commencing your\n new life, and as I wish you to appear as a gentleman's son who means\n to work earnestly, I should provide serviceable clothes. ", " I leave the\n rest to your common-sense and discretion.", "\n\n \"Yours affectionately,--\n\n \"Miriam Carr.\"", "\n\n\"My dear Antony,\" \"yours affectionately,\" I repeated to myself; and as I\nlay there, after safely placing the note and purse in my pockets, I\nwished earnestly that the dead could know and thank one who had so\nevidently my welfare at heart.", "\n\nMary soon knew of my good fortune, but did not seem at all surprised.", "\n\n\"No, my dear, it's nothing more than natural,\" she said, as I partook of\ntea with her; and in her affection for me she tried very hard to make me\nbilious with the amount of butter in which she soaked my toast. ", " \"You\nbeing a gentleman's son, and having had a par and a mar, it was no more\nthan one might expect, for gentlefolks to take notice of you. ", " That Miss\nCarr's a real lady, and I shouldn't wonder if she was to leave you no\nend of money when she died.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, Mary!\" ", " I cried, \"just as if I wanted Miss Carr to die and leave me\nher money. ", " I mean to earn some for myself, and when I get rich, you and\nRevitts shall come and live with me.\"", "\n\n\"That we will,\" said Mary. ", " \"I'll be your cook, Master Antony, and Bill\nshall be--shall be--\"\n\n\"Bailiff and steward.\"", "\n\n\"Or else gardener,\" she said. ", " \"So you're going to buy some new clothes,\nare you?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, Mary; I must go well dressed to the engineer's.\"", "\n\n\"Then I should buy two more suits,\" said Mary eagerly. ", " \"Have a good\ndark blue for Sundays, with gilt buttons, and for every day have\ninvisible green.\"", "\n\nI shook my head.", "\n\n\"No, I must have black still, Mary, and grey,\" I said.", "\n\n\"I wouldn't dear; I'd have blue, and as for invisible green, you\nwouldn't know as it wasn't black.\"", "\n\nHowever, Mary came to my way of thinking, and my choice of new things\nwas in no wise _outre_.", "\n\nI seemed to be plunged into a perfect atmosphere of love just then, for\nI left Revitts smiling foolishly at Mary, whose face reflected the lover\nas perfectly as a mirror, and went on to Hallett's, where I\nunconsciously found myself mixed up with another trouble of the kind.", "\n\nI have grown wiser since, but in those days it was a puzzle to me why\npeople could not be friends and fond of one another without plunging\ninto such heart-breaking passionate ways, to their own discomfort and\nthat of all whom they knew.", "\n\nI was rather later than usual at the Halletts', and on going upstairs,\nfull of my good news, I found that Mrs Hallett was in bed, and Linny\nwith her brother.", "\n\nI ran up, tapped, and went in according to my custom, and then drew back\nfor it was evident that something was wrong, but Hallett called me to\nstay.", "\n\n\"We have no secrets from you, Antony,\" he said excitedly. ", " \"You know\nwhat has taken place from the first, and you are as much Linny's friend\nas mine.\"", "\n\n\"Then if he is,\" cried Linny, stamping her little foot, \"I'll appeal to\nhim.\"", "\n\n\"Why, Linny,\" I said, \"what is the matter?\"", "\n\n\"Matter!\" ", "she cried, sobbing passionately, \"have I not given up to him\nin all he wished? ", "have not I obeyed him and been more like a prisoner\nhere than his sister? ", " And now he is not satisfied.\"", "\n\n\"I am satisfied, my child,\" he said kindly. ", " \"But go on: what have I\ndone?\"", "\n\n\"Done?\" ", "cried Linny; \"wounded me where you knew my heart was sore;\nlooked upon my every act with suspicion.\"", "\n\n\"No, my child,\" he said quietly, as he watched the pretty, wilful little\nthing more in grief than anger. ", " \"You know how happy we have been, these\nlast few weeks, since you have had confidence in me, and listened to my\nwords.\"", "\n\n\"Happy?\" ", "she cried piteously, and with her hand upon her heart.", "\n\n\"Yes,\" he said; \"happy till this letter came to-day--a letter that has\nswept all your promises to the winds, and sown dissension between us.", "\nOnce more, will you show me the letter?\"", "\n\n\"Once more,\" cried Linny passionately, \"no! ", " You assume too much. ", " Even\nif you were my father, you could do no more.\"", "\n\n\"I stand to you, my dear child, in the place of your dead father. ", " Your\nhonour is as dear to me as it would have been to him.\"", "\n\n\"My honour!\" ", "echoed Linny. ", " \"Stephen, you degrade me, by talking in this\nway before a comparative stranger.\"", "\n\n\"Antony Grace is not a comparative stranger,\" said Hallett quietly. ", " \"If\nhe were your own brother he could not have acted better to us both. ", " I\nspeak out before him, because I look to Antony, boy though he be, to\nhelp me to watch over you and protect you, since you are so weak.\"", "\n\n\"To act as your spy?\"", "\n\n\"No,\" he said sadly, \"we will not degrade ourselves by acting as spies,\nbut you force it upon me, Linny, to take stern measures. ", " You refuse to\nshow me this letter?\"", "\n\n\"I do. ", " I would die first!\" ", "cried Linny.", "\n\n\"My poor child,\" he said sadly, \"there is no need. ", " I can read it in\nyour transparent little face. ", " You thought, I believe, in the first hot\nsting of your wrong that night, that you had plucked this foolish love\nfrom your breast; and so long as he remained silent you were at rest.", "\nBut now he writes to you and says--\"\n\n\"Hush, Stephen! ", " You shall not before Antony Grace.\"", "\n\n\"Why not?\" ", "he cried. ", " \"He says in this letter that he has been wretched\never since; that he begs your pardon for the past; that upon your\nforgiveness depends his future; and he implores you, by all you hold\nsacred, to grant him an interview, that he may be forgiven.\"", "\n\n\"Stephen!\" ", "cried Linny, but he went mercilessly on.", "\n\n\"And the foolish, trusting little heart, unused to the wiles of this\nworld, leaped at the words, forgave him on the instant, and a brother's\nwords, her own promises, the vows of amendment, all are forgotten,\" he\nsaid angrily, as his face now grew white and his hands clenched, \"and\nall for the sake of a man who is an utter scoundrel!\"", "\n\n\"How dare you!\" ", "cried Linny, and the hot passionate blood flashed to her\nlittle cheeks. ", " Her eyes flamed, her teeth were set, and, in an access\nof rage, she struck her brother across the lips with the back of her\nhand. ", " \"How dare you call him a scoundrel?\" ", "she cried.", "\n\n\"Because,\" said Hallett--while I stood by, unutterably shocked by the\nscene, which was the more intense from the low voices in which brother\nand sister spoke, they being in unison on the point that Mrs Hallett\nshould not hear their quarrel--\"because,\" said Hallett, \"his conduct is\nthat of a villain. ", " While professing love for you, he insults you. ", " He\ntells you you are more dear to him than life, and he skulks like a thief\nand does not show his face. ", " If he loved you--\"\n\n\"Love! ", " What do you know of love?\" ", "cried Linny passionately. ", " \"You--you\ncold-blooded groveller, without soul to worship anything greater than\nthat!\"", "\n\nAs she spoke, she stood with her head thrown back, looking the picture\nof scorn and rage, as she contemptuously pointed at poor Hallett's\nmodel; while he, weak, nervous, and overwrought--stung almost to\nmadness, caught her sharply by the shoulder, and in her fear she sank on\nher knees at his feet.", "\n\n\"My God!\"", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER THIRTY FIVE.", "\n\nI BUILD A CASTLE IN THE AIR.", "\n\nIf ever words were uttered with a wild intensity of fervour, it was that\nawful appeal; and, in the interval that followed, I felt my heart beat\npainfully, while Hallett, with the great drops standing on his knotted\nbrow, clutched the little shoulder, so that Linny flinched from him.", "\n\n\"I cold-blooded--I know naught of love?\" ", "he whispered hoarsely; \"when,\nfor a year past, my life has been one long-drawn agony! ", " I know naught\nof love, who have had to crush down every thought, every aspiration,\nlest I should be a traitor to the man whose bread I eat! ", " Love? ", " Girl,\nmy life has been a torture to me, knowing, as I did, that I was a\ngroveller, as you say, and that I must grovel on, not daring to look up\nto one so far above me, that--Heaven help me, what am I saying?\" ", "he\ncried, looking from one to the other. ", " \"Linny, for our dead father's\nsake--for the sake of that poor, pain-wrung sufferer below, let there be\nno more of this. ", " Trust me, child. ", " Believe in me. ", " I know so much of\nwhat you must suffer, that if he, whoever he be, prove only true and\nworthy of you, he shall be welcome here. ", " But why raise this barrier\nbetween us? ", " See, I am not angry now. ", " It is all past. ", " You roused that\nwithin me that I could not quell, but I am calm again, and, as your\nbrother, I implore you, tell me who is this man?\"", "\n\n\"I--I cannot,\" said Linny, shaking her head.", "\n\n\"You cannot?\"", "\n\n\"No,\" she said firmly; \"I gave my promise.\"", "\n\n\"That you would not tell me--your own brother? ", " Your mother then?\"", "\n\n\"No, not now,\" she said, shaking her head. ", " \"After a time I will.\"", "\n\nWithout another word she turned and ran from the room, leaving Hallett\ngazing vacantly before him, as if suffering from some shock.", "\n\nI went up to him at last. ", " \"Can I help you, Hallett?\" ", " I said; and he\nturned and gazed at me as if he had not understood my words.", "\n\n\"Antony,\" he said at length, \"a time back I should have thought it folly\nto make a friend and confidant of such a boy as you; but I have no man\nfriend: I have shut myself up with those two below there, and when I\nhave not been with them my hours have been spent here--here,\" he said,\npointing mockingly at the model, \"with my love, and a strange,\ncoquettish jade she is--is she not? ", " But somehow, my boy, we two have\ndrifted together, and we are friends, badly coupled as we may seem. ", " You\nhave heard what Linny said. ", " Poor child, she must be saved at any cost,\nthough I hardly know what course to pursue. ", " There,\" he said wearily,\n\"let it rest for to-night; sometimes, in the thickest wilderness of our\nlives, a little path opens out where least expected, and something may\noffer itself even here.\"", "\n\n\"I am very, very sorry, Hallett,\" I said.", "\n\n\"I know it, my boy, I know it,\" he said hurriedly; \"but forget what you\nheard me say to-night. ", " I was betrayed into speaking as I did by a fit\nof passion. ", " Forget it, Antony, forget it.\"", "\n\nI did not answer, and he turned to me.", "\n\n\"I meant to have had a good work at the model to-night, but that little\nscene stopped it. ", " Now about yourself. ", " You are getting a sad truant\nfrom the office.\"", "\n\nHe said it in a hesitating manner, and turned his face away directly\nafter, but only to dart round in surprise at my next words.", "\n\n\"I am not coming back to the office any more--but don't think me\nungrateful.\"", "\n\n\"Not coming back?\"", "\n\n\"No, Hallett; Miss Carr sent for me--she has been away--and I am to go\nat once as a pupil to an engineer.\"", "\n\nHe turned his back to me, and I ran to his side:\n\n\"Oh, Hallett,\" I cried piteously; \"don't be angry with me. ", " I told her I\nwas sorry to go, because you were such a good friend.\"", "\n\n\"You told her that, Antony?\"", "\n\n\"Indeed, indeed I did; but I thought in being an engineer I might be\nsome day such a help to you, and that it was for the best; and now you\nare vexed and think me ungrateful.\"", "\n\nHe was silent for a few moments, and then he turned to me and took my\nhands, speaking in a low, husky voice:\n\n\"You must not heed me to-night, Antony,\" he said. ", " \"You saw how upset\nand strange I was. ", " This affair of Linny's, and her letter, trouble me\nmore than I care to own. ", " No, no, my dear boy, I am not vexed with you,\nand I do not for a moment think you ungrateful.\"", "\n\n\"You do not!\" ", " I cried joyfully.", "\n\n\"No, no, of course not. ", " I rejoice to find that you have so good and\npowerful a friend in--Miss Carr. ", " She must be--a truly good--woman.\"", "\n\n\"She's everything that's good and beautiful and kind,\" I cried, bursting\ninto raptures about her. ", " \"I'm to have books and to go there every week,\nand she trusts to me to try and succeed well in my new life. ", " Oh,\nHallett, you can't think how I love her.\"", "\n\nHe laid his hand on my shoulder and gazed with a strange light in his\neyes upon my eager face.", "\n\n\"That's right,\" he said. ", " \"Yes--love her, and never give her cause to\nblush for her kindness to you, my boy.\"", "\n\nHe sat listening to me eagerly as I went on telling him her words,\ndescribing her home, everything I could think of, but the one subject\ntabooed, and of that I gave no hint, while he, poor fellow, sat drinking\nin what was to him a poisoned draught, and I unwittingly kept on adding\nto his pain.", "\n\n\"I'm only afraid of one thing,\" I said with all a boy's outspoken\nfrankness.", "\n\n\"And what is that, Antony?\"", "\n\n\"I'm afraid that when she is married to Mr Lister--\"\n\nHis hand seemed to press my shoulder more tightly.", "\n\n\"Yes,\" he said in a whisper, \"she is to be married to Mr Lister.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, I knew that the first day I came to the office.\"", "\n\n\"It is the common talk there,\" he said with knitted brows. ", " \"And what is\nyour fear, Antony?\"", "\n\n\"That when she is married to Mr Lister she will forget all about me.\"", "\n\n\"You wrong her, boy,\" he said almost fiercely; and I stared at his\nstrange display of excitement, for I had not the key then to his\nthoughts, and went on blindly again and again tearing open his throbbing\nwound.", "\n\n\"You wrong her,\" he said. ", " \"Antony, Miss Carr is a woman to have won\nwhose esteem is to have won a priceless gem, and he who goes farther,\nand wins her love, can look but for one greater happiness--that of\nheaven.\"", "\n\nHe was soaring far beyond my reach, grovelling young mole that I was,\nand I said in an uneasy way that must have sounded terribly commonplace\nand selfish:\n\n\"You don't think she will forget me, then?\"", "\n\n\"No,\" he said sternly. ", " \"There is that in her face which seems to say\nthat she is one who never forgets--never forgives. ", " She is no common\nwoman, Antony; be worthy of her trust, and think of her name in your\nprayers before you sleep.\"", "\n\nI gazed at him curiously, he seemed so strange; and, noticing my uneasy\nlooks, he said in a cheerful voice:\n\n\"There, we will not talk so seriously any more. ", " You see how I trust\nyou, Antony, in return for your confidence in me. ", " Now let's talk of\npleasant things. ", " An engineer, eh?\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" I said, delighted at the change in his conversation. ", " \"I am glad\nof it--heartily glad of it,\" he said with kindling eyes. ", " \"Linny is\nright; I do love and idolise my model, and you shall share her love,\nAntony. ", " Together we will make her the queen of models, and if in time,\nperhaps years hence, I do perfect her--nay, if we perfect her--there,\nyou see,\" he said playfully, \"I have no petty jealousies--you will then\nbe engineer enough to make the drawings and calculations for the\nmachines that are to grow from the model. ", " Is it a bargain, Antony?\"", "\n\n\"That it is,\" I cried, holding out my hand, which he firmly clasped; and\nthat night I went back to Revitts' walking upon air, with my head in a\nwhirl with the fancied noise of the machinery made by Hallett and Grace,\nwhile, out of my share of the proceeds, I was going down to Rowford to\npay Mr Blakeford all my father's debt; and then--being quite a man\ngrown--I meant to tell him he was a cowardly, despicable scoundrel, for\nbehaving to me as he did when I was a boy.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER THIRTY SIX.", "\n\nMR JABEZ ROWLE'S MONEY MATTERS.", "\n\nSomething like the same sensation came over me when I made my way to\nGreat George Street, Westminster, as I had felt on the morning when I\npresented myself at the great printing-office. ", " But my nervousness soon\npassed away on being received by Mr Girtley, a short, broad-shouldered\nman, with a big head covered with crisp, curly grey hair.", "\n\n\"Ah,\" he said, speaking in a great hurry, \"you're Antony Grace, our new\npupil, are you?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir.\"", "\n\n\"Miss Carr's young friend. ", " Knew Carr: clever, wealthy man.\"", "\n\n\"Indeed, sir?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, only had one fault--died twenty years too soon. ", " Been a\nmillionaire and a modest man combined. ", " _Rara avis_, eh? ", " Ha, ha, ha!", "\nTom!\"", "\n\n\"Yes, father.\"", "\n\nThe answer came from an inner office, and a good-looking youth,\nwonderfully like Mr Girtley, came out with a pencil across his mouth, a\npen behind his ear, a scale in one hand, and a pair of compasses in the\nother. ", " \"This is Antony Grace; you take charge of him and show him\nabout. ", " Take it coolly. ", " _Festina lente_, you know. ", " I say, Antony\nGrace, what does _rara avis_ mean?\"", "\n\n\"A rare or strange bird, sir.\"", "\n\n\"Good lad. ", " And _festina lente_?\"", "\n\n\"Hasten slowly, sir.\"", "\n\n\"Good lad. ", " You're all right with your Latin, then. ", " I wasn't when I\nbegan. ", " Had to learn it after I was twenty. ", " Well, I'm busy, Tom; you\nunderstand; he'll be a bit nervous and strange, so don't worry him. ", " Let\nhim take in spoonfuls first. ", " He'll learn to drink big draughts later\non.\"", "\n\n\"I'm very busy over those syphon plans, father.\"", "\n\n\"Ah, the new syphon. ", " Yes, that must be done. ", " Well, I'll set Browning\nto do them.\"", "\n\n\"I'd--I'd much rather finish them myself,\" said the youth.", "\n\n\"Of course you would. ", " Well, then, I'll give you a fortnight's\nextension; then you can finish them and have plenty of time for Antony\nGrace as well. ", " Take him round the works, and then you can go down the\nriver for a run. ", " And, by-the-way, Tom, go in one of the new boats, and\ntip the engineer. ", " Have a good look at those fresh oscillating\ncylinders, and see whether you think they beat ours. ", " I'm off. ", " You were\nquite punctual, Antony Grace, or you wouldn't have seen me. ", " Always keep\nyour appointments exactly. ", " Good-morning; glad to see you. ", " Hope you'll\nget on and like the business. ", " Work hard at it, and mind this--steady\napplication wins. ", " Bring him home to dinner to-night, Tom. ", " Eh? ", "yes.\"", "\n\n\"Mr Williamson to see you, sir,\" said a clerk.", "\n\n\"My compliments to Mr Williamson, and he must make another appointment.", "\nHe is an hour after the time he named, and I am engaged for the rest of\nthe day. ", " Lesson in punctuality, Antony Grace,\" he said, nodding. ", " \"I'm\noff.\"", "\n\nThe door closed after his retreating figure, and Tom and I stood\nstaring, probably thinking the same thing, whether we should like one\nanother. ", " The result of the scrutiny was satisfactory to me, for there\nwas something very pleasant in the young fellow's frank open\ncountenance, and I longed to meet with a companion nearly my own age.", "\n\n\"Well,\" he said quietly, \"suppose we have a look round. ", " I shan't work\nany more at my plans this morning. ", " This is my place,\" he continued,\ntaking me into the inner office, where a great broad mahogany desk was\ncovered with papers. ", " \"You'll have that one; it was Bailey's; he was\nfather's pupil; he's gone out to India on the Great Central.\"", "\n\nI said, \"Has he?\" ", "but I had no idea whether the Great Central was a ship\nor a great engine.", "\n\n\"There are my plans for a self-acting syphon. ", " Those parts coloured red\nare where the vacuum valves will come in, and, of course, this lower\npart takes the place of a steam-pump.\"", "\n\n\"Does it?\" ", " I said, laughing. ", " \"But I don't understand it a bit.\"", "\n\n\"No, of course not,\" he said, laughing too. ", " \"Well, you'll soon learn.", "\nYou'll like father, and we'll like you if you'll work well. ", " Bailey and\nhe did not get on at all.\"", "\n\n\"Didn't Bailey work well?\" ", " I said, as a vision of the idle apprentice\ncame before my eyes.", "\n\n\"Father used to say he was like an engine with a bad stoker. ", " He was\neither racing, or there was no steam un. ", " He'd work furiously for two\ndays, and then he'd idle for a week.\"", "\n\n\"Mr Girtley is fond of work, then?\"", "\n\n\"Father says everyone was meant to work, and life's too short for all we\nhave to do. ", " But he likes play, too. ", " We have a cricket-field at home,\nand a billiard-table, and bowls--all sorts of games. ", " Father plays at\nall of them when he's at home and isn't gardening. ", " He calls it oiling\nhis machinery and slackening his bands. ", " Come along, I'll show you the\nfactory, and our workshop, where you and I will have to work, making\nmodels, and then we'll oil our machinery.\"", "\n\n\"Shall we have to make models?\" ", " I cried eagerly.", "\n\n\"You will, of course. ", " I'm going to be a lawyer. ", " Father thinks the man\nwho is a good engineer is sure to have to invent, and if so, he ought to\nbe able to take the tools out of his men's hands, and show them how they\nshould be used. ", " Shall you like that? ", " It makes your hands black.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, I shan't mind that,\" I said, laughing. ", " \"I shall like it.\"", "\n\nWe went over the office, and then, taking our caps, he showed me the way\nover Westminster Bridge to the great works in Lambeth, where steam was\npuffing and panting, wheels whirring, and iron and steel were shrieking\nas they were being tortured into shape.", "\n\nIt was a confusing place, and, after passing the timekeeper's box at the\nentrance, we seemed to plunge into a kind of Pandemonium, where fires\nglared, and white-hot masses of metal were being dragged out and beaten\ntill they sent sparks of brilliant fire flying in all directions. ", " From\nthere we ascended to a floor where wheels were whirring and great\nmachines were at work, with men tending them, and pouring oil in the\nwounds made by mighty steam-worked chisels, or bored in pieces of black\niron. ", " In one place, shavings of iron were curling off before a plane\nlike so much soft wood; and on touching them I found them rigid, and hot\nwith the friction necessary to tear them away. ", " Next we were in a higher\nshop, where lathes were at work, and iron, steel, and brass were being\nturned like so much ivory. ", " Out of this great floor was a smaller\nworkshop, whose walls were covered with tools; and on shelves around\nwere dozens of strange models, which took my attention strongly as I\nthought of Hallett's patient work, and longed to begin at something on\nthe spot.", "\n\nHere, too, there were lathes, vices, and all the necessary paraphernalia\nfor the constructing engineers, and I left the place unwillingly to join\nyoung Girtley in his run down the river, where, the right steamer being\nchosen, we had our ride; the oscillating engines were examined, and we\nwere back and down at Dulwich in good time for dinner and a look round\nthe spacious grounds afterwards.", "\n\nI returned to Caroline Street full of my day's adventures, and ready to\ntell Mary of my progress towards prosperity, but, to my disappointment,\nshe seemed in nowise dazzled. ", " It was quite a matter of course to her,\nonly a question of time before I should be a great engineer, and in that\nfaith she was a strong believer.", "\n\nTime glided on, and the half-work, half-play system, upon which I had\ncommenced business at Great George Street had in the course of a month\nsettled into regular hours, but the work did not trouble me, for I led\nso pleasant a life with Tom Girtley, and found his father so eager and\nwilling a teacher, that I quite enjoyed the toil. ", " There was the one\nidea, too, always before my mind that some day I should be able to help\nHallett, whom I joined nearly every night, to pore over and try to\nscheme something new for the machine.", "\n\nI could see that matters were in anything but a happy state at the\nHalletts'--Mrs Hallett being more complaining and querulous than ever,\nand, it seemed to me, rather disposed to side with Linny in her\nrebellion against her brother's authority.", "\n\nFor they were not at one: Linny was pale, excitable, and troubled:\nHallett, loving, kind, and firm. ", " But from hints he let drop, I found\nthat Linny was as obstinate as ever, and that she was still carrying on\na correspondence with her unknown admirer.", "\n\nOne night, after leaving Great George Street, I made my way to\nHallett's, but he was out, and Linny assured me that he would not be\nback for hours. ", " She evidently wanted me to go, and the reason was\nplain--she was busy writing a letter; and as I went away, wondering\nwhere to go, I bethought me of Mr Jabez Rowle, who lodged in the\nneighbourhood, and as it would be his time for being home, I determined\nto go and see him.", "\n\nI easily found his lodgings, at a little grocer's shop in a bystreet,\nwhere he had the first floor, the front window being turned into quite a\ngarden with flowers, and some scarlet-runners twining up strings on\neither side.", "\n\nI heard the familiar snap of his snuff-box as I tapped at the door, and\nin reply to his \"Come in,\" I entered, to find the old gentleman taking\nhis leisure by poring over a long slip, and, pen in hand, darting in\ncorrections with a grunt of satisfaction.", "\n\n\"Ah, young Grace,\" he cried, \"you here! ", " I thought you were lost. ", " Glad\nto see you, boy. ", " Here, sit down--no, stand up; catch hold of that bit\nof manuscript, and read it to me--only a dozen sides.\" ", " And to my great\nastonishment I found myself reading away to him in the old style for\nquite half-an-hour before he reached the bottom of the slip proofs and\nlaid his pen down with a satisfied grunt and took a pinch of snuff.", "\n\n\"Quite a treat, Grace--quite a treat,\" he cried. ", " \"Sit down. ", " I haven't\nhad a bit of copy read to me like that since you left. ", " Boy I've got's a\nfool, and I could knock his head against the wall. ", " Shake hands. ", " How\nare you?\"", "\n\nI replied that I was quite well, and could see that he was.", "\n\n\"No, I'm not,\" he said tartly. ", " \"Much bothered. ", " Money matters?\" ", "and he\ntook another pinch of snuff. ", " \"So you've called to ask me to say a word\nfor you to come back to the office, eh? ", " Well, I'm glad, boy--I'm glad!", "\nTake it as settled. ", " You can come back to-morrow morning! ", " I will have\nyou, or I'll know the reason why.\"", "\n\nI stared at him aghast.", "\n\n\"Oh no, Mr Rowle,\" I said, \"I only came to see you. ", " I thought I should\nlike to. ", " I'm getting on so well.\"", "\n\n\"Are you, though? ", " Engineering, eh? ", " Well, I'm sorry for it. ", " No, no:\nI'm glad of it, my lad. ", " I hope you will get on. ", " But I liked you for a\nreading-boy. ", " You were the only chap I ever had who could stand by me\nwhen I took snuff without sneezing all over the slips, and that's a\ngreat thing. ", " Have a pinch?\" ", "he said, offering me his box. ", " \"No, no: of\ncourse not, I forgot. ", " Glad you came to see me, Grace--very glad. ", " Here,\nMrs Jennings,\" he cried, going to the door, and shouting down the\nstairs; \"I've got a young friend here: bring up some sugar-candy and\nbiscuits and cinnamon; anything nice you've got.\"", "\n\n\"I really don't want anything, Mr Jabez,\" I said.", "\n\n\"Oh, yes, you do, boy. ", " Ho, hi! ", " Mrs Jennings, bring up some figs.\"", "\n\nHe toddled back to his chair, but was up again directly, to shout down\nthe staircase:\n\n\"Bring up some almonds and raisins, and candied peel, Mrs Jennings.\"", "\n\n\"Lor' bless the man, do you want the whole shop?\" ", "shouted a sharp voice.", "\n\n\"No, I don't,\" said Mr Jabez grumpily, as he toddled back. ", " \"I was an\nout-and-outer for candied peel when I was a boy,\" he said, rubbing his\nhands. ", " \"Those dried apples, too, that look as if they had been sat upon\nby old women, Grace. ", " Ah, I spent a lot of pennies on them when I was a\nboy.\"", "\n\nA red-faced woman here made her appearance with a plateful of the sweets\nthat Mr Jabez had named, and she rather scowled at me, and banged the\nplate down hard enough almost to break it as she whisked out of the room\nagain and slammed the door.", "\n\n\"Now, Grace, fall to, as they say in copy about feasts. ", " See that\nwoman?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, Mr Jabez.\"", "\n\n\"She's a Tartar, she is. ", " I live here because that woman acts as a\nlighthouse to me.\"", "\n\n\"A lighthouse, sir? ", " Because she has got such a red face?\"", "\n\n\"Get out! ", " No, you young joker. ", " A warning, a beacon, a bell-buoy, a\nlight-ship, to warn me off the rocks and shoals of matrimony. ", " I should\nhave married, Grace, years ago, if I hadn't seen what a life a woman can\nlead a man. ", " She has nearly made her husband a lunatic.\"", "\n\n\"Indeed, Mr Jabez?\"", "\n\n\"Well, say imbecile. ", " Peg away, my boy,\" he continued, laughing; \"these\nfigs are beautiful. ", " Peel's good, too.\"", "\n\nSo it seemed, for Mr Jabez was feasting away with great gusto, and\neating two of everything to my one.", "\n\n\"Yes, sir, I should have been married and a poor man, instead of\ncomparatively rich--at least, was. ", " Money matters are rather awkward\njust now.\"", "\n\n\"I'm very sorry to hear it, Mr Jabez,\" I said.", "\n\n\"I'm sorry to feel it,\" said Mr Jabez, with a fig in one hand and a\npiece of candied peel in the other. ", " \"Come, you don't eat. ", " By Jingo,\nthere's Grimstone,\" he cried, as a step was heard upon the stairs; and\nin his excitement and dread of being seen engaged in eating sweets, he\nstuffed a fig into one breeches-pocket, some peel into the other, and\nsnatched up his snuff-box, while I felt terribly discomposed at the idea\nof meeting my old tyrant.", "\n\n\"Is it Mr Grimstone?\" ", " I faltered.", "\n\n\"Yes, but you don't eat. ", " Take another fig,\" cried Mr Jabez, as,\nwithout knocking, Mr Grimstone entered the room.", "\n\n\"Hallo,\" he said, without taking off his hat, \"what the deuce are you\ndoing here?\"", "\n\n\"I've come to see Mr Jabez, Mr Grimstone,\" I replied.", "\n\n\"Oh, have you? ", " So have I. How long are you going to stop?\"", "\n\n\"Oh, hours yet,\" said Mr Jabez. ", " \"Sit down, Grim. ", " He doesn't matter;\nspeak out. ", " He doesn't belong to the shop now. ", " Well: what news?\"", "\n\n\"Bad!\" ", "said Mr Grimstone, throwing himself into a chair. ", " \"Here, boy,\ntake my hat.\"", "\n\nI took it quite obediently, and resumed my seat, while Mr Grimstone\nwiped his bald head with a bright orange handkerchief.", "\n\n\"You don't say so?\" ", "said Mr Jabez uneasily.", "\n\n\"Yes, I do,\" said Mr Grimstone, taking the box out of the reader's hand\nand helping himself to a pinch; \"I said it quite plain.\"", "\n\n\"It's a bad job.\"", "\n\n\"Have you just found that out?\" ", "snarled the overseer. ", " \"Pretty pair of\nfools we've been. ", " Look here, send that boy away.\"", "\n\n\"No, no; no, no. ", " Sit still, Grace. ", " Eat some more figs, boy. ", " I'll call\nMrs Jennings when you've eaten them. ", " There, go on, Grim. ", " Antony Grace\nisn't a chatterer.\"", "\n\n\"Just as you like,\" said Grimstone. ", " \"Well, if he doesn't get married to\nthat gal right off, and bank her money, the game's up, and your 500\npounds and my 750 pounds are gone to the deuce.\"", "\n\n\"Is it 750 pounds, Grimstone?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, curse him! ", "he got round me with all sorts of promises.\"", "\n\n\"Of bonus, Grim, eh?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, I suppose so,\" growled the overseer. ", " \"That bill-discounter chap,\nBrandysheim, or Brandyman or something's, cornering him. ", " He was at the\noffice to-day, and there was a regular shine.\"", "\n\n\"Was Ruddle there?\"", "\n\n\"No, but I hear that Brandysheim threatened to come down on him if he\nwasn't paid.\"", "\n\n\"And what then?\"", "\n\n\"What then?\" ", "growled Grimstone, with a show of his teeth; \"why, Lister's\nsmashed up--bankrupt, and you and I may sit and stare at each other for\na pair of fools.\"", "\n\n\"But it won't hurt Ruddle.\"", "\n\n\"No, only bother him. ", " If Lister's bankrupt, he's partner no longer, and\nRuddle will have to find out what share he has in the business.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, that's what I thought,\" said Mr Jabez dolefully.", "\n\n\"And we shan't get a penny!\"", "\n\n\"Not even interest,\" said Mr Jabez.", "\n\n\"Not even interest,\" echoed Grimstone.", "\n\n\"Not even bonus,\" said Mr Jabez.", "\n\n\"Not even bonus,\" echoed Grimstone again.", "\n\n\"What's he done with his money, that's what I want to know?\" ", "said Mr\nJabez.", "\n\n\"Wine--women--horse-racing--foolery! ", " He's been carrying on like mad,\nand what I suspect is this--Miss Carr begins to smell a rat, and I\nshouldn't be a bit surprised if the wedding didn't come off.\"", "\n\nMr Jabez stared dolefully at Mr Grimstone, and the overseer kept on\ntaking pinches of snuff till the box was empty; and, after searching\nround with finger and thumb, threw the box impatiently down.", "\n\n\"Well, I don't see that we can do anything,\" said Mr Jabez at last,\n\"except wait.\"", "\n\n\"No,\" said Grimstone, \"unless we can see the lady, and make her consent\nto pay us our 1,250 pounds.\"", "\n\n\"And interest,\" said Mr Jabez.", "\n\n\"And bonus,\" said Grimstone, \"down on the nail.\"", "\n\n\"Which we can't do,\" said Mr Jabez, shaking his head.", "\n\n\"Of course we can't,\" said Grimstone. ", " \"All I wish is that I hadn't let\nyou persuade me into lending him the money--the savings of a whole\nlife.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, I like that!\" ", "said Mr Jabez, catching up a pen, and making a mark\nas if he were correcting Grimstone.", "\n\n\"Like it or not, I don't care,\" said Grimstone, \"there it is. ", " Here!", "\nboy, my hat.\"", "\n\n\"Going?\" ", "said Mr Jabez.", "\n\n\"Going! ", "of course I'm going. ", " Think I'm going to stop in this dog-hole,\nsmelling of red-herrings and oil?\"", "\n\n\"Won't you take something? ", " Try a fig.\"", "\n\nMr Grimstone snatched his hat from my hands, gazed at me as if he would\nhave liked to set me to pick up pie, and bounced out of the room.", "\n\n\"I don't know which is most unpleasant, Grace,\" said the old man,\n\"Grimstone or his news. ", " Well, he's gone. ", " Of course, you won't talk\nabout what you've heard. ", " It's a very bad job, though, for me--very--\nvery. ", " Hi! ", " Mrs Jennings,\" he cried at the top of the stairs, \"half an\nounce of best Scotch and Rappee.\"", "\n\nHe tapped with his box on the handrail as he spoke, and having had it\nreplenished, he came back to sit and take pinches, becoming so\nabstracted and ill at ease, that I rose to go when he was a quarter\nthrough the half-ounce.", "\n\n\"Going, Grace?\" ", "he said. ", " \"Ah, I'm bad company to-night, but come again.", "\nLet me see, though,\" he said, fumbling at some letters in his\nbreast-pocket, \"I've got a letter here from that bad boy, Peter. ", " Just\nthe same as usual. ", " Tut--tut--oh, here it is. ", " `Remember me to that\nboy,'--ah, blunder I call it boy--`Antony Grace. ", " Tell him I shall come\nto see him if ever I get two London.' ", " There's a fellow for you,\" said\nMr Jabez, \"spells `to' like the figure 2. ", " But he always did want a\ndeal of correcting, did Peter. ", " Good-night, good-night.\"", "\n\nAnd I went my way, sadly troubled at heart about Miss Carr and Mr\nLister, and wondering whether she would, after all, refuse to be his\nwife.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER THIRTY SEVEN.", "\n\nAN ANGRY PARTING.", "\n\nI had four days to wait before going to Westmouth Street to receive my\nusual welcome--at least, not my usual welcome, for though she seemed to\ngrow more sad and pale, Miss Carr's reception of me increased each time\nin warmth, till at last, had I been a younger brother she could not have\nbeen more kind. ", " I was a good deal troubled at heart about what I knew,\nand puzzled myself as to my duties in the case. ", " Ought I to take Mr\nHallett into my confidence, and ask his advice, or ought I to tell Miss\nCarr herself? ", " It was hard to settle, and I have often thought since of\nhow strangely I was brought at so young an age into the consideration of\nthe weighty matters of life of those with whom I was in contact.", "\n\nIt seemed to me that my patroness ought to know what people said about\nMr Lister, and that if it were true she ought not to marry him.", "\nCertainly, at the interview at which I was an unwilling listener, there\nhad appeared to be no probability of the wedding taking place soon, but\nall the same, Miss Carr had seemed to me terribly cut up, consequent\nupon the parting with Mr Lister.", "\n\nI was so strange and quiet that afternoon that Miss Carr noticed it, and\nhad just asked me what was the matter when the servant brought up a card\nand I saw her change colour.", "\n\n\"Show him up, Edward,\" she said quietly; and though I did not see the\ncard I felt sure from her manner that I knew who had come, and I looked\nup at Miss Carr, expecting to be told to go into the next room, but to\nmy surprise she did not speak, and the next moment Mr Lister came in.", "\n\n\"Ah, Miriam!\" ", "he exclaimed; \"how well--You here, Grace?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir,\" I said, feeling very much in the way, as I stood where I had\nrisen.", "\n\n\"Sit down, Antony,\" said Miss Carr quietly; and as I obeyed I saw an\nangry flush cross Mr Lister's countenance.", "\n\n\"Will you give me a few minutes in the next room, Miriam dear?\" ", "he said\nin a low voice.", "\n\n\"In my last answer to your letters, John,\" she replied, \"I begged that\nyou would not come to see me for a month or two. ", " Why are you here now?\"", "\n\n\"Why am I here now?\" ", "he said in a low, deep voice. ", " \"Can you ask me?", "\nBecause I want to speak to you--particularly--come in the next room.\"", "\n\nI could not help looking hard at him as he spoke, and thinking about\nwhat I had heard concerning his affairs, and as I thought that he was to\nmarry Miss Carr to pay off his debts, a strong feeling of resentment\nagainst him made me almost determine to utter some word of warning.", "\n\n\"He is so handsome, and has such a way with him,\" I thought, \"that she\nwill do just as he wishes her;\" but as the thoughts were in my mind, I\nwas surprised and pleased by finding Miss Carr take quite a firm\nstanding.", "\n\n\"You can have nothing more to say to me, John, than has been said\nalready. ", " I have told you that at least six months must elapse before I\ncan consent to what you ask.\"", "\n\n\"Will you come into the next room, or send away that boy?\" ", "he said in a\nlow voice, but one which showed that he was fast losing his temper.", "\n\n\"No,\" she said firmly; \"and after my last letter I think it cruel of you\nto press me.\"", "\n\n\"I cannot help whether it is cruel or not,\" he said, growing white with\nanger at her opposition, \"and you are forcing me to speak before this\nboy.\"", "\n\n\"I leave that to your common-sense, John,\" she said calmly, and with no\nlittle dignity in her manner. ", " \"I don't know that I wish to hide\nanything from Antony Grace. ", " He knows of our engagement.\"", "\n\n\"Are you mad, Miriam?\" ", "he cried, unable to contain himself, and\nindirectly venting his spleen upon me. ", " \"You pick up a poor boy out of\nthe gutter, and you take him and make him your bosom friend and\nconfidant.\"", "\n\nMiss Carr caught my hand in hers, as I started, stung to the quick and\nmortified by his words.", "\n\n\"Shame, John Lister!\" ", "she said, with a look that should have brought him\nto his senses. ", " \"Shame! ", " How can you speak like that in Antony Grace's\npresence, and to me?\"", "\n\n\"Because you make me desperate,\" he cried angrily. ", " \"I can bear it no\nlonger. ", " I will not be trifled with. ", " For months now you have treated me\nas a child. ", " Once more, will you send away this boy, or come with me\ninto another room?\"", "\n\n\"Mr Lister,\" she said, rising, \"you are angry and excited. ", " You are\nsaying words now which you will afterwards grieve over, as much as I\nsnail regret to have heard them spoken.\"", "\n\n\"I can't help that,\" he exclaimed. ", " \"Day after day I have come to you,\nbegging you to listen to me, but I have always been put off, until now I\nhave grown desperate.\"", "\n\n\"Desperate?\" ", "she said wonderingly.", "\n\n\"Yes, desperate. ", " I do not wish to speak before this boy, but you force\nme to it.\"", "\n\n\"What is there in our engagement that I should be ashamed to let the\nwhole world hear?\" ", "she said proudly. ", " \"Why, if I listened to you, it\nwould be published to every one who would hear.\"", "\n\nMr Lister took a few strides up and down the room.", "\n\n\"Will you hear me, Miriam?\" ", "he cried, making an ineffectual effort to\ncommand his temper.", "\n\n\"John Lister,\" she replied, \"I have given you your answer, Come to me in\nsix months' time.\"", "\n\n\"Am I to take that as final?\" ", "he said hoarsely.", "\n\n\"Yes. ", " How can I reply otherwise to your violence?\"", "\n\n\"Violence! ", " It is enough to drive a man mad! ", " But, once more, Miriam,\ngive me your verbal answer to the note I sent you this morning. ", " Yes or\nno. ", " Pause before you answer, for you do not know how much depends upon\nit. ", " You have made me desperate. ", " Don't leave me to repent of what I\nhave done.\"", "\n\n\"John, dear John!\" ", "she said softly, \"I am alone in the world, with none\nto guide me, and I have prayed for help that I might give a right answer\nto your request.\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" he said, with his lip curling, \"and it is--\"\n\n\"It is for both our sakes, John,\" she said softly; \"I could not in\njustice to us both say yes, now; it must be _no_!\"", "\n\nHe did not speak, but stood glaring at her for a few moments. ", " Then,\nlooking very white, and drawing in his breath with a long, low hiss, he\nturned upon his heel and left the room.", "\n\nFor a few minutes Miss Carr sat gazing at the door through which he had\npassed, and then, turning and seeing my hot, flushed face, she seemed to\nrecall Mr Lister's words about me, and she took my hand, sitting very\nquietly for a time.", "\n\n\"When people are angry, Antony,\" she said quietly, \"they say things they\ndo not intend or mean. ", " You must forgive Mr Lister his words about\nyou--for my sake.\"", "\n\n\"I will do what you wish,\" I said, and then I began wondering whether I\nought to tell Miss Carr what I knew about Mr Lister's affairs, for it\nseemed to me that the words I had heard must be true, and that this was\nthe explanation of his great anxiety to fix the day.", "\n\nA dozen times over the words were on my lips, but I felt that it would\nseem as if I took advantage of my position, and were trying to blacken\nMr Lister to gain her favour. ", " More likely, I thought, it would make\nher bitter and angry against me, and, reflecting that she had\ndeterminedly insisted that he should wait six months for her answer, I\nremained silent.", "\n\nMiss Carr strove very hard to make me forget the unpleasantry of the\nearly part of my visit, but she was at times very quiet and subdued, and\nI believe we both looked upon it as a relief when the time came for my\ndeparture.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER THIRTY EIGHT.", "\n\nA WEDDING TRIP.", "\n\n\"You're getting such a fine gent now. ", " Ant'ny,\" said Revitts to me one\nmorning; \"but, if so be as you wouldn't mind, Mary and me's made up our\nminds to have a bit of a trip out, a kind of s'rimp tea, just by way of\ncelebrating my being made sergeant, and getting well again.\"", "\n\n\"Why, my dear old Bill,\" I cried, \"why should I mind your having a trip?", "\nWhere are you going?\"", "\n\n\"Well, you see, it's a toss up, Ant'ny; Gravesend's best for s'rimps,\nbut Hampton Court's the nicer sorter place for a day, and Mary ain't\nnever been.\"", "\n\n\"Then go to Hampton Court,\" I said.", "\n\n\"Hampton Court it is, Mary,\" he said. ", " \"That settles it.\"", "\n\n\"And I hope you'll both enjoy yourselves.\"", "\n\n\"What, won't you come?\" ", "said Revitts blankly.", "\n\n\"Come! ", "what--with you?\" ", " I said.", "\n\n\"Why, of course, Ant'ny. ", " You don't suppose we should care about going\nalone. ", " Won't you come?\"", "\n\n\"You didn't ask me.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, come now; that I did!\" ", "he exclaimed.", "\n\n\"That you did not,\" I said stoutly. ", " \"Did he, Mary?\"", "\n\n\"He meant to, Master Antony,\" said Mary, looking up with a very red\nface, and one hand apparently in a grey boxing-glove, though it was only\none of Revitts' worsted stockings, in need of another darn.", "\n\n\"Well, I'll ask you now, then,\" exclaimed Revitts. ", " \"Will you come along\nwith us?\"", "\n\n\"When?\"", "\n\n\"Sat'day next, being your half-holiday.\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" I said, \"but I must write and tell Miss Carr I'm not coming till\nSunday.\"", "\n\n\"That's settled, then,\" said Revitts, holding out his big hand for me to\nshake; and I could not help noticing how thin and soft it was; but he\nwas fast recovering his strength, and was again on duty.", "\n\nWe walked down from Pentonville together, and as we went along, he\nintroduced the subject of his accident for the first time for some\nweeks.", "\n\n\"You wouldn't think as I'm a-trying hard to conjure out who it was\nfetched me that crack on the head, Antony?\"", "\n\n\"No,\" I said; \"I thought you had forgotten all about it.\"", "\n\n\"Not I,\" he said, shaking his head. ", " \"What, me, a sergeant, just\npromoted, and let a case like that go by without conjuring it out! ", " Why,\nit couldn't be done! ", " I should feel as if I was a disgrace to the force.", "\nThat's speaking 'ficially,\" he said. ", " \"Now, speaking as a man, I've got\nthis here to say, that I shan't rest comfortable till I've put something\non that there fellows wrists.\"", "\n\n\"And shall you know him again?\" ", " I asked.", "\n\n\"Know him! ", " Out o' ten thousand--out o' ten millions o' men. ", " I only\nwish I knew the gal. ", " It would be such a clue.\"", "\n\n\"It's no use to be revengeful, Bill,\" I said. ", " \"Let it go. ", " It brought\nMary up to town.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, it did, didn't it?\" ", "he said, with the sheepish, soft look coming\nover his face for a moment. ", " But it was gone directly, and he was the\nofficer once more. ", " \"'Taint revengeful,\" he said; \"it's dooty. ", " We can't\nlet outrageous outrages like that take place in the main streets. ", " No,\nAntony: I feel as if my reputation's at stake, to find out who did that,\nand I shan't rest till I do.\"", "\n\nWe parted then, and the rest of the week passed swiftly away. ", " I told\nHallett that I was going to spend the afternoon out on the Saturday, so\nthat most likely I should go to Miss Carr's on the Sunday, and he was\nnot to expect me for my usual walk with him, one which had grown into a\ncustom; and being thus clear, I went off in the morning to Westminster,\nit being understood that I was to meet Revitts and Mary at the White\nHorse Cellar. ", " Piccadilly, and go down to Hampton Court at midday by the\nomnibus.", "\n\nPunctual to my time, I went across the park and up Saint James's Street\nand saw Revitts and Mary, long before I reached them, by the show they\nmade. ", " Mary was in white book muslin, with a long blade silk scarf, and\na bonnet that I could not pretend to describe, save that over it she\ncarried a blue parasol shot with red; and Revitts was in black\nfrock-coat, buff waistcoat, and white trousers, with a tremendous show\nof collar standing bolt out of a sky-blue watered-silk stock, while his\nhat shone as if it was a repetition of the patent leather of his shoes.", "\n\nI instinctively felt that something was the matter as I drew near them,\nand, but for my genuine love and respect for them both, I believe I\nshould have run away. ", " I rebuked my cowardly shame directly after,\nthough, and went up and shook hands.", "\n\nThere was not a vestige of tantrums left in Mary's countenance, for it\nhad softened itself into that dreadful smile--the same that was playing\nupon Revitts' face, as he kept looking at her in a satisfied,\nhalf-imbecile way, before giving me a nudge with his elbow, covering his\nmouth with his hand, and exclaiming in a loud whisper,--\n\n\"We've been and done it, Ant'ny! ", " Pouf!\" ", " This last was a peculiar laugh\nin which he indulged, while Mary cast down her eyes.", "\n\n\"Done it!--done what? ", " What does he mean, Mary?\"", "\n\nMary grew scarlet, and became puzzled over the button of one of her\nwhite kid gloves.", "\n\n\"Here, what do you mean, Bill?\" ", " I said.", "\n\n\"Done it. ", " Pouf!\" ", "he exclaimed, with another laugh from behind his hand.", "\n\"Done it--married.\"", "\n\n\"Married?\" ", " I echoed.", "\n\n\"Yes. ", " Pouf! ", " Mrs Sergeant Revitts. ", " White Sergeant. ", " Pouf!\"", "\n\n\"Oh, Mary,\" I said, \"and not to tell me!\"", "\n\n\"It was all his doing, Master Antony,\" pleaded Mary. ", " \"He would have me,\nand the more I wanted to go back to service, the more he made me get\nmarried. ", " And now I hope he's happy.\"", "\n\nThere was no mistaking William Revitts' happiness as he helped his wife\non to the outside of the omnibus, behind the coachman--he sitting one\nside of Mary, and I next him; but try as I would, I could not feel as\nhappy. ", " I felt vexed and mortified; for, somehow, it seemed as if it was\nprinted in large letters upon the backs of my companions--\"Married this\nmorning,\" and this announcement seemed reflected upon me.", "\n\nI wouldn't have cared if they could have sat still and talked\nrationally; but this they did not do, for every now and then they turned\nto look in each other's faces, with the same weak, half-imbecile\nsmile,--after which Mary would cast down her eyes and look conscious,\nwhile Revitts turned round and smiled at me, finishing off with a nudge\nin my side.", "\n\nAt times, too, he had spasmodic fits of silent laughter--silent, except\nthat they commenced with a loud chuckle, which he summarily stifled and\ntook into custody by clapping his great hand over his mouth. ", " There were\nintervals of relief, though; for when, from his coign of vantage, poor\nBill saw one of his fraternity on ahead--revealed to him, perhaps, by a\nray of sunshine flashing from the shiny top of his hat--for, of course,\nthis was long before the days of helmets--the weak, amiable look was\nchased off his face by the official mask, and, as a sergeant, though of\na different division, Revitts felt himself bound to stare very hard at\nthe police-constable, and frown severely.", "\n\nAt first I thought it was foolish pride on my part, that I was being\nspoiled by Miss Carr, and that I was extra sensitive about my friends;\nbut I was not long in awakening to the fact that they were the objects\nof ridicule to all upon the omnibus.", "\n\nThe first thing I noticed was, that the conductor and driver exchanged a\nwink and a grin, which were repeated several times between Piccadilly\nand Kensington, to the great amusement of several of the passengers.", "\nThen began a little mild chaff, sprinkled by the driver, who started\nwith--\n\n\"I say, Joey, when are _you_ going to be married?\"", "\n\n\"Married? ", "oh, I dunno. ", " I've tried it on sev'ral times, but the parsons\nis all too busy.\"", "\n\nThe innocent fit was on Revitts just then, and he favoured Mary and me\nwith a left and right nudge.", "\n\n\"Do adone, William,\" whispered Mrs Sergeant; and he grinned hugely.", "\n\n\"Shall you take a public, Joey, when you do it?\" ", "said the driver,\nleaning back for another shot.", "\n\n\"Lor', no; it won't run to a public, old man,\" was the reply. ", " \"We was\nthinking of the green and tater line, with a cellar under, and best\nWallsend one and six.\"", "\n\nI could feel that this was all meant for the newly wedded couple, and\nsat with flaming cheeks. ", " \"See that there wedding in Pickydilly, last\nweek, Bill?\" ", " Revitts pricked up his ears, and was about to speak, but\nthe driver turned half round, and shouted--\n\n\"What, where they'd got straw laid down, and the knocker tied up in a\nwhite kid glove?\"", "\n\n\"No-o-o!\" ", "shouted the conductor. ", " \"That wasn't it. ", " I mean clost ter'\nArfmoon Street, when they was just going off.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, ah, yes; I remember now.\"", "\n\n\"See the old buffer shy the shoe outer the front winder?\"", "\n\n\"No-o-o!\"", "\n\n\"He did, and it 'it one o' the post-boys slap in the eye. ", " Old boy had\nbeen having too much champagne.\"", "\n\n\"Did it though?\"", "\n\n\"Yes. ", " I say, Bill.\"", "\n\n\"Hal-low!\"", "\n\n\"It's the right card to have champagne on your wedding morning, ain't\nit?\"", "\n\n\"Ah! ", "some people stands it quite lib'ral like, if they're nobs; them as\nain't, draws it old and mild.\"", "\n\nI had another nudge from Revitts just then, and sat feeling as if I\nshould like to jump down and run away.", "\n\n\"Drop o' Smith's cool out o' the cellar wouldn't be amiss, Joey, would\nit?\"", "\n\n\"No, old man. ", " I wish we could fall across a wedding-party.\"", "\n\nA passenger or two were picked up, and we went on in peace for a little\nwhile: but the chaffing was commenced again, and kept up to such an\nextent that I longed for the journey to be at an end.", "\n\n\"'Member Jack Jones?\" ", "said the driver.", "\n\n\"Ah! ", "what about him?\" ", "said the conductor.", "\n\n\"He went and got married last year.\"", "\n\n\"Did he?\"", "\n\n\"Yes.\"", "\n\n\"Who did he marry?\"", "\n\n\"That there Mrs Simmons as kep' the `Queen's Arms' at Tunnum Green.\"", "\n\n\"Ah!\"", "\n\n\"Nice job he made of it.\"", "\n\n\"Did he?\"", "\n\n\"Yes; he thought she was a widder.\"", "\n\n\"Well, warn't she?\"", "\n\n\"No; she turned out a big-a-mee; and one day her fust husban' comes back\nfrom 'Stralia, and kicks Jack Jones out, and takes his place; and when\nJack 'peals against it, Mrs Simmons says it was all a mistake.\"", "\n\n\"That was warm for Jack, wasn't it?\"", "\n\n\"Hot, I say.\"", "\n\n\"Well,\" said the conductor; \"when I makes up my mind again, and the\nparsons ain't so busy, I shall have the missus cross-examined.\"", "\n\n\"What for, Joey?\"", "\n\n\"So as to see as she ain't a big-a-mee.\"", "\n\nRevitts, who was drinking all this in, looked very serious here, as if\nthe conversation was tending towards official matters. ", " Perhaps it\noccurred to him that he had not cross-examined Mary before he was\nmarried; but he began to smile again soon after, for the conductor took\na very battered old copper key-bugle from a basket on the roof, and,\nafter a few preliminary toots, began to rattle off \"The Wedding-Day.\"", "\nThe driver shook the reins, the four horses broke into a canter, and as\nwe swept past the green hedgerows and market-gardens, with here and\nthere a pretty villa, I began to enjoy the ride, longing all the same,\nthough, for Revitts and Mary to begin to talk, instead of smiling at\neach other in such a horribly happy way, and indulging in what was meant\nfor a secret squeeze of the hand, but which was, however, generally seen\nby half the passengers.", "\n\nThe air coming to an end, and the bugle being duly drained, wiped, and\nreturned to its basket, the driver turned his head again:\n\n\"Nice toon that, Joey.\"", "\n\n\"Like it?\"", "\n\n\"Ah, I was going to say `hangcore,' on'y we're so clost to Richmond.", "\nWhat was it--`Weddin' Day'?\"", "\n\n\"That's right, old man.\"", "\n\n\"Ah! ", "thought it was.\"", "\n\nRevitts sent his elbows into Mary and me again, and had a silent laugh\nunder one glove, but pricked up his ears directly, as the conductor\nshouted again:\n\n\"Ain't that Bob Binnies?\"", "\n\n\"What, him on the orf side?\" ", "said the driver, pointing with his whip.", "\n\n\"Yes.\"", "\n\n\"Well, what of him?\"", "\n\n\"What of him? ", " Why, he's the chap as got married, and had such a large\nfamily.\"", "\n\n\"Did he, though?\" ", "said the driver seriously.", "\n\n\"Ten children in five years, Bill.\"", "\n\n\"Lor'! ", "with only five-and-twenty shillings a week. ", " How did he manage?\"", "\n\nRevitts looked very serious here, and sat listening for the answer.", "\n\n\"Kep' him precious poor; but, stop a moment, I ain't quite right. ", " It\nwas five children in ten years.\"", "\n\nRevitts made another serious assault on my ribs, and I saw Mary give\nherself a hitch; and whisper again to her lord.", "\n\nThere was a general laugh at this stale old joke, which, like many more\nwell-worn ones, however, seemed to take better than the keenest wit, and\njust then the omnibus drew up in front of an inn to change horses.", "\n\nThe driver unbuckled and threw down his reins, previous to descending to\njoin the conductor, who was already off his perch. ", " Several of the\npassengers got down, and after bidding Mary and me keep our places,\nRevitts prepared to descend, rather more slowly though, for his wedding\ngarments were not commodious.", "\n\n\"Don't drink anything, William dear,\" whispered Mary.", "\n\n\"Not drink anything to-day?\" ", "he said, laughing. ", " \"Oh, come, that won't\ndo!\"", "\n\nHe jumped off the step, and I saw him join the driver and conductor, who\nlaughed and nodded, and, directly after, each man had a foaming pint of\nale, which they held before putting to their lips, till Revitts came\nround to our side with a waiter bearing two glasses of wine and another\npint of ale, the driver and conductor following.", "\n\n\"Oh, I don't want anything,\" said Mary, rather sharply.", "\n\n\"It's only sherry wine, my dear,\" said Revitts magnificently; and, as if\nto avoid remark, Mary stooped down and took the glasses, one being for\nme, Revitts taking his shiny pewter measure of ale.", "\n\n\"Here is long life and happiness to you, mum, and both on you,\" said the\ndriver, nodding in the most friendly way.", "\n\n\"Aforesaid,\" exclaimed the conductor, \"and a bit o' chaff on'y meant as\nfun. ", " Long life and a merry one to both on you. ", " Shaver, same to you.\"", "\n\nI was the \"Shaver,\" and the healths being drunk in solemn silence, and I\naccommodated with a tumbler, and some water to my sherry, the driver\nmounted again, the conductor took out his key-bugle, the streets of\npretty Richmond echoed to an old-fashioned air, and the four fresh but\nvery dilapidated old screws that did the journey to Hampton Court and\nback to Richmond were shaken into a scrambling canter, so that in due\ntime we reached the royal village, the chaff having been damped at\nRichmond with the ale, and ceasing afterwards to fly.", "\n\nI've learned that a return omnibus left the \"Toy\" at seven o'clock, and\nthen started for our peregrination of the palace and grounds. ", " But\nsomehow that pint or ale seemed to have completely changed poor Revitts.", "\nThe late injury to his head had made him so weak there, that the ale\nacted upon him in the strangest manner. ", " He was excited and irritable,\nand seemed to be brooding over the remarks he had heard upon the\nomnibus.", "\n\nThe gardens, of course, took our attention first, and there being few\npeople about, and those of a holiday class, the gay costume of my\ncompanions ceased to excite notice, and I began to enjoy our trip.", "\nThere were the great smooth gravel walks, the closely shaven lawns, the\nquaintly clipped shrubs, and old-fashioned flower beds to admire. ", " The\nfountain in the centre made so much spray in the pleasant breeze that\nfrom one point of view there was a miniature rainbow, and when we walked\ndown to the iron railings, and gazed at the long avenue of the Home\nPark, with its bright canal-like lake between, Mary was enraptured.", "\n\n\"Oh, do look, dear!\" ", "she exclaimed; \"isn't it 'evingly, William?\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" he said stolidly, as he took hold of the railing with his white\nkid glove; \"but what I say is this: Every man who enters into the state\nof wedlock ought fust to make sure as the woman he marries ain't a\nbig-a-mee.\"", "\n\nHere he unbuttoned his waistcoat, under the impression that it was his\nuniform coat, so as to get out his notebook, and then, awakening to his\nmistake, hastily buttoned it again.", "\n\n\"Haven't got a pencil and a bit o' paper, have you, Ant'ny?\" ", "he said.", "\n\n\"What are you talking about, William?\" ", "exclaimed Mary. ", " \"Don't be so\nfoolish. ", " Now, take us and show us the oranges Master Antony,\" she said.", "\n\nThis was on the strength of my having invested in a guidebook, though\nboth my companions seemed to place themselves in my hands, and looked up\nto me as being crammed with a vast amount of knowledge about Cardinal\nWolsey, Henry the Eighth, and those who had made the palace their home.", "\n\nSo I took them to see the Orangery, which Revitts, who seemed quite out\nof temper, looked down upon with contempt.", "\n\n\"Bah!\" ", "he exclaimed; \"call them oranges! ", " Why, I could go and buy twice\nas good in Grey's Inn Lane for three a penny. ", " That there woman, Ant'ny,\nwhat was her name?\"", "\n\n\"What woman?\"", "\n\n\"Her as committed big-a-mee?\"", "\n\n\"Oh, do adone with such stuff, William dear. ", " Now, Master Antony, what's\nnext?\"", "\n\n\"I know,\" said Revitts oracularly, \"Mrs Simmons. ", " I say she ought to\nhave been examined before a police magistrate, and after proper\nadjournments, and the case regularly made up by the sergeant who had it\nin charge, she ought to have been committed for trial.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, William dear, do adone,\" cried Mary, clinging to his arm.", "\n\n\"Cent. ", "Crim. ", "Court--\"\n\n\"William!\"", "\n\n\"Old Bailey--\"\n\n\"William dear!\"", "\n\n\"Before a jury of her fellow-countrymen, or,--I say, Ant'ny ain't that\nwrong?\"", "\n\n\"What?\" ", " I said, laughing.", "\n\n\"Oh, it ain't a thing to laugh at, my lad. ", " It's serious,\" he said,\ntaking off his hat and rubbing his head, exhaling, as he did so, a\nstrong smell of hair-oil.", "\n\n\"What is serious?\" ", " I said.", "\n\n\"Why, that,\" replied Revitts, \"I ain't sure, in a case like that, it\noughtn't to be a jury of matrons.\"", "\n\n\"Oh do, pray, hurry him along, Master Antony,\" cried Mary piteously.", "\n\"Whatever is the matter with you to-day, William?\"", "\n\n\"I'm married,\" he said severely.", "\n\n\"And you don't wish you weren't. ", " William, don't say so, please,\"\nexclaimed Mary pitifully.", "\n\n\"I don't know,\" said Revitts stolidly. ", " \"Go on, Ant'ny.\"", "\n\nHe went on, himself, towards the Vinery, Mary following with me, and\nlooking at me helplessly, as if asking what she should do.", "\n\nThe sight of the great bunches of grapes in such enormous numbers seemed\nto change the course of William Revitts' thoughts, and we went on pretty\ncomfortably for a time, Mary's spirits rising, and her tongue going more\nfreely, but there were no more weak, amiable smiles.", "\n\nAt last we entered the palace, and on seeing a light dragoon on duty,\nRevitts pulled himself together, looked severe, and marched by him, as\nif belonging to a kindred force; but he stopped to ask questions on the\ngrand staircase, respecting the painted ceilings.", "\n\n\"Are them angels, Ant'ny?\" ", "he said.", "\n\n\"I suppose so,\" I replied.", "\n\n\"Then I don't believe it,\" he said angrily. ", " \"Why, if such evidence was\ngiven at Clerkenwell, everybody in the police-court would go into fits,\nand the reporters would say in the papers, `Loud laughter, which was\npromptly repressed'! ", "or, `Loud laughter, in which the magistrate\njoined.'\"", "\n\n\"Whatever does he mean, Master Antony? ", " I don't know what's come to him\nto-day,\" whispered Mary.", "\n\n\"Why, that there,\" said Revitts contemptuously. ", " \"Just fancy a witness\ncoming and swearing as the angels in heaven played big fiddles, and\nthings like the conductor blew coming down. ", " The painter must have been\na fool.\"", "\n\nHe was better pleased with the arms and armour, stopping to carefully\nexamine a fine old mace.", "\n\n\"Yes, that would give a fellow a awful wunner, Ant'ny,\" he said; \"but it\nwould be heavy, and all them pikes and things ain't necessary. ", " A good\ntruncheon properly handled can't be beat.\"", "\n\nOld furniture, tapestry, and the like had their share of attention, but\nRevitts hurried me on when I stopped before some of the pictures,\nshaking his head and nudging me.", "\n\n\"I wonder at you, Ant'ny,\" he whispered.", "\n\nHis face was scarlet, and he had not recovered his composure when we\nreached another room, where a series of portraits made me refer to my\nguide.", "\n\n\"Ladies of Charles the Second's Court,\" I said, \"painted by Sir Peter\nLely.\"", "\n\n\"Then he ought to have been ashamed of himself,\" said Revitts sharply;\nand drawing Mary's arm through his, he hurried me off, evidently highly\ndisapproving of the style of bodice then in vogue.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER THIRTY NINE.", "\n\nWILLIAM REVITTS IS ECCENTRIC.", "\n\nThe dinner we had at the inn was not a success. ", " The waiters evidently\nsettled that we were a wedding-party, and charged accordingly. ", " Mary\ntried hard to keep Revitts from taking any more to drink; but he said it\nwas necessary on a day like that, and ordered wine accordingly.", "\n\nHe drank slowly, and never once showed the slightest trace of\nintoxication; but the wine also produced a strange irritability, which\nmade him angry, even to being fierce at times; and over and over again I\nsaw the tears in poor Mary's eyes.", "\n\nEver and again that bigamy case--real or imaginary--of which he had\nheard as we came down kept cropping up, and the more Mary tried to turn\nthe conversation, the more eager he became to discuss it. ", " The\nwedding-day, his wife, my remarks, all were forgotten or set aside, so\nthat he might explain to us, with a vast amount of minutiae, how he\nwould have got up such a case, beginning with the preliminary inquiries\nand ending with the culprit's sentence.", "\n\nWe had it over the dinner, with the waiters in the room; we had it in\n_culs-de-sac_ in the maze; and we had it over again in Bushy Park, as we\nsat under the shade of a great chestnut; after which Revitts lay down,\nseeming to drop asleep, and Mary said to me, piteously:\n\n\"I do believe, dear, as he's took it into his head that I've committed\nbig-a-mee?\"", "\n\nThe words were uttered in a whisper, but they seemed to galvanise\nRevitts, who started up into a sitting posture, and exclaimed sharply:\n\n\"I don't know as you ain't. ", " I never cross-examined you before we was\nmarried. ", " But look here, Mary Revitts, it's my dooty to tell you as what\nyou say now will be took down, and may be used as evidence against you.\"", "\n\nAfter which oracular delivery he lay down and went off fast asleep,\nleaving Mary to weep in silence, and wish we had never come away from\nhome.", "\n\nI could not help joining her in the wish, though I did not say so, but\ndid all I could to comfort her, as Mr Peter Rowle's moral aphorisms\nabout drink kept coming to my mind. ", " Not that poor Revitts had, in the\nslightest degree, exceeded; and we joined in saying that it was all due\nto over-excitement consequent upon his illness.", "\n\n\"If I could only get him home again, poor boy, I wouldn't, care,\" said\nMary; and we then comforted ourselves with the hope that he would be\nbetter when he awoke, and that then we would go to one of the many\nplaces offering, have a quiet cup of tea, which would be sure to do him\ngood, and then go back home, quietly, inside the omnibus.", "\n\nRevitts woke in about an hour, evidently much refreshed and better, but\nstill he seemed strange. ", " The tea, however, appeared to do him good, and\nin due time we mounted to our seats outside the omnibus, for he\nstubbornly refused to go within.", "\n\nHe did not say much on the return journey, but the bigamy case was\nevidently running in his head, from what he said; and once, in a\nwhisper, poor Mary, who was half broken-hearted, confided to me now,\nsitting on her other side, that she felt sure poor William was\nregretting that they had been married.", "\n\n\"And I did so want to wait,\" she said: \"but he wouldn't any longer.\"", "\n\n\"Are you two whispering about that there case?\" ", "he cried sharply.", "\n\n\"No, William dear,\" said Mary. ", " \"Do you feel better?\"", "\n\n\"Better?\" ", "he said irritably. ", " \"There isn't anything the matter with me.\"", "\n\nHe turned away from her, and sat watching the side of the road,\nmuttering every now and then to himself in a half-angry way, while poor\nMary, in place of going into a tantrum, got hold of my hand between both\nhers, and held it very hard pressed against the front of her dress,\nwhere she was protected by a rigid piece of bone or steel. ", " Every now\nand then, poor woman, she gave the hand a convulsive pressure, and a\ngreat sob in the act of escaping would feel like a throb against my arm.", "\n\nSo silent and self-contained did Revitts grow at last, that poor Mary\nbegan to pour forth in a whisper the burden of her trouble, while I sat\nwondering, and thinking what a curious thing this love must be, that\ncould so completely transform people, and yet give them so much pain.", "\n\n\"It wasn't my doing, Master Antony dear,\" whispered Mary; \"for I said it\nwould be so much better for me to go back to service for a few years,\nand I always thought as hasty marriages meant misery. ", " But William was\nso masterful, he said it was no use his getting on and improving his\nspelling, and getting his promotion, if he was always to live a weary,\ndreary bachelor--them was his very words, Master Antony; and now, above\nall times, was the one for us to get married.\"", "\n\n\"He's tired, Mary,\" I said; \"that's all.\"", "\n\n\"That's all? ", " Ah, my dear! ", "it's a very great all. ", " He's tired of me,\nthat's what he is; and I shall never forgive my self for being so rash.\"", "\n\n\"But you have been engaged several years, haven't you, Mary?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, my dear; but years ain't long when you're busy and always hard at\nwork. ", " I dessay they're a long time to gentlefolks as has to wait, but\nit never seemed long to me, and I've done a very rash thing; but I\ndidn't think the punishment was coming quite so soon.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, nonsense, Mary; Bill will be all right again soon,\" I said, as I\ncould see, by the light of a gas-lamp we passed, that the poor\ndisappointed woman had been crying till she had soaked and spoiled her\nshowy bonnet-strings.", "\n\n\"No, my dear, I don't think so; I feel as if it was all a punishment\nupon me, and that I ought to have waited till he was quite well and\nstrong.\"", "\n\nIt was of no avail to try and comfort, so I contented myself with\nsitting still and pressing poor Mary's rough honest hand, while the\nhorses rattled merrily along, and we gradually neared the great city.", "\n\nI was obliged to own that if this was a specimen of a wedding-day, it\nwas anything but a joyous and festive time; and it seemed to me that the\nday that had begun so unsatisfactorily was to be kept in character to\nthe end.", "\n\nFor, before reaching Hammersmith, one of the horses shied and fell, and\nthose at the pole went right upon it before the omnibus could be\nstopped, with the consequence that the vehicle was nearly upset, and a\ngeneral shriek arose.", "\n\nNo harm, however, was done, and in a quarter of an hour we were once\nmore under weigh, but Mary said, with a sigh and a rub of the back of my\nhand against the buttons of her dress, that it was a warning of worse\nthings to come; and though very sorry for her, I could not help longing\nfor our journey's end.", "\n\n\"Just you come over here, Ant'ny,\" said Revitts suddenly; and I had to\nchange places and sit between him and his wife, of whom he seemed not to\ntake the slightest notice.", "\n\n\"Are you better, Bill?\" ", " I said.", "\n\n\"Better?\" ", "he said sharply; \"what do you mean by better? ", " I'm all right.\"", "\n\n\"That's well,\" I said.", "\n\n\"Of course it is. ", " Now look here, Ant'ny, I've been thinking a good deal\nabout that there big-a-mee as we come along, and I'll just tell you what\nI should have done.\"", "\n\nI heard Mary give a gulp; but I thought it better not to try and thwart\nhim, so prepared to listen.", "\n\n\"You see, Ant'ny,\" he said, in a very didactic manner, \"when a fellow is\nin the force, and is always taking up people and getting up cases, and\nattending at the police-courts, and Old Bailey sessions and coroners'\ninquests, he picks up a deal of valuable information.\"", "\n\n\"Of course, Bill.\"", "\n\n\"He do; it stands to reason that he do. ", " Well, then, I ought to know\njust two or three things.\"", "\n\n\"Say two or three thousand, Bill.\"", "\n\n\"Well,\" he said, giving his head an official roll, as if settling it in\nhis great stock, \"we won't say that. ", " Let's put it at 'undreds--two or\nthree 'undreds. ", " Now, if I'd had such a case as that big-a-mee in hand,\nI should have begun at the beginning.--Where are we now?\" ", "he said, after\na pause, during which he had taken off his hat, and rubbed his head in a\npuzzled way.", "\n\n\"You were talking about the case,\" I said, \"and beginning at the\nbeginning.\"", "\n\n\"Don't you try to be funny, young fellow,\" he said severely. ", " \"I said,\nwhere are we now?\"", "\n\n\"Just passing Hyde Park Corner, Bill.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, of course,\" he said. ", " \"Well, look here, my lad, there's no doubt\nabout one thing: women, take 'em all together, are--no, I won't say a\nbad lot, but they're weak--awful weak. ", " I've seen a deal on 'em at the\npolice-courts.\"", "\n\n\"I suppose so,\" I said, as I heard Mary give a low sigh.", "\n\n\"They're not what they should be, Ant'ny, by a long chalk, and the way\nthey'll tell lies and deceive and cheat 's about awful, that it is.\"", "\n\n\"Some women are bad, I daresay,\" I said, in a qualifying tone.", "\n\n\"Some?\" ", "he said, with a short, dry laugh; \"it's some as is good. ", " Most\nwomen's bad.\"", "\n\n\"That's a nice wholesale sort of a charge,\" said a passenger behind him,\nin rather a huffy tone.", "\n\n\"You mind your own business,\" said Revitts sharply. ", " \"I wasn't talking\nto you;\" and he spoke in such a fierce way that the man coloured, while\nMary leaned forward, and looked imploringly at me, as much as to say,\n\"Pray, pray, don't let him quarrel.\"", "\n\n\"I say it, and I ought to know,\" said Revitts dictatorially, \"that\nwomen's a bad lot, and after hearing of that case this morning, I say as\nevery woman afore she gets married ought to go through a reg'lar\ncross-examination, and produce sittifikits of character, and witnesses\nto show where she's been, and what she's been a-doing of for say the\nlast seven years. ", " If that was made law, we shouldn't have poor fellows\ntaken in and delooded, and then find out afterwards as it's a case of\nbig-a-mee, like we heerd of this morning. ", " Why, as I was a-saying,\nAnt'ny, if I'd had that case in hand--eh? ", " Oh, ah, yes, so it is. ", " I'll\nget down first. ", " I didn't think we was so near.\"", "\n\nFor poor Bill's plans about the bigamy case were brought to an end by\nthe stopping of the omnibus in Piccadilly, and I gave a sigh of relief\nas we drew up in the bright, busy thoroughfare, after a look at the dark\nsea of shining lights that lay spread to the right over the Green Park\nand Westminster.", "\n\nCarriages were passing, the pavement was thronged, and it being a fine\nnight, all looked very bright and cheery after what had been rather a\ndull ride. ", " Revitts got down, and I was about to follow, offering my\nhand to poor, sad Mary, when just as my back was turned, Revitts called\nout to me:\n\n\"Ant'ny, Ant'ny, look after my wife!\" ", "and as I turned sharply, I just\ncaught sight of him turning the corner of the street, and he was gone.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER FORTY.", "\n\nHALLETT'S NEWS.", "\n\nI was so staggered by this strange behaviour that I did not think of\npursuit. ", " Moreover, I was in the act of helping poor Mary to the ladder\nplaced for her to descend, while she, poor thing, gave vent to a cutting\nsigh, and clung tightly to my hand.", "\n\nAs we stood together on the pavement, our eyes met, and there was\nsomething so piteous in the poor woman's face, that it roused me to\naction, and catching her hand, I drew it through my arm.", "\n\n\"He has gone to get a glass of ale, Mary,\" I said cheerfully. ", " \"Let's\nsee if we can see him.\"", "\n\n\"No,\" she said huskily; \"he has gone: he has left me for good, Master\nAntony, and I'm a miserable, wretched woman.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, nonsense,\" I cried. ", " \"Come along. ", " We shall find him.\"", "\n\n\"No,\" she said, in a decisive way; \"he has gone. ", " He's been regretting\nit ever since this morning.\"", "\n\n\"Don't, pray; don't cry, Mary,\" I whispered in alarm, for I was afraid\nof a scene in the streets.", "\n\n\"No, my dear; don't you be afraid of that,\" she said, with a sigh.", "\n\"I'll try and bear it till we get home; but I won't promise for any\nlonger.\"", "\n\n\"Don't you be foolish, Mary,\" I said sharply. ", " \"He has not left you.", "\nHe's too fond of you. ", " Let's see if he is in the bar.\"", "\n\nMary sighed; but she allowed herself to be led where I pleased, and for\nthe next half-hour we stood peering about in every likely place for the\ntruant husband, but in vain; and at last, feeling that it was useless to\nsearch longer, I reluctantly turned to poor, patient, silent Mary,\nwondering greatly that she had not burst out into a \"tantrum,\" and said\nthat we had better go home.", "\n\n\"Go where?\" ", "she said dolefully.", "\n\n\"Home,\" I replied, \"to your lodgings.\"", "\n\n\"My lodgings, Master Antony,\" she wailed. ", " \"I have no lodgings. ", " I'm a\npoor, helpless, forsaken woman!\"", "\n\n\"Oh, what nonsense, Mary,\" I cried, hurrying her along; \"don't be so\nfoolish!\"--for I was in mortal terror of a violent burst of tears.", "\n\"Come along, do. ", " Here!\" ", " I shouted; \"cab!\"--and I sighed with relief as\nI got her inside, and gave the man directions to take us to Caroline\nStreet, Pentonville.", "\n\nBut even in the cab Mary held up, striving hard, poor woman, to master\nher emotion--her pride, no doubt, helping her to preserve her calmness\ntill she got to the happy home.", "\n\n\"I dare say we shall find him upstairs,\" I said, after giving the cabman\na shilling more than his fare; but though there was a light burning, and\nthe landlady had spread the table, to make the place look welcome to the\nnewly wedded pair, there was no sign of Revitts, and we neither of us,\nin our shame, dared to ask if he had been back.", "\n\nOn the contrary, we gladly got to the rooms--Revitts' one having now\nexpanded to three--and once there, Mary gasped out: \"Master Antony dear,\nshut and lock the door--quick--quick!\" ", " I hastily did as she bade me,\nand as I turned, it was to see poor Mary tear off her bonnet and scarf,\nthrow herself on the little couch, cover her face with her hands, and\nlie there crying and sobbing in a very passion of grief, misery, and\nshame.", "\n\nIt was no noisy outburst: it was too deep for that; but the poor woman\nhad to relieve herself of the day's disappointment and agony, and there\nshe lay, beating down and stifling every hysterical cry that fought for\nexit, while her breast heaved with the terrible emotion.", "\n\nI was too young then to realise the full extent of the shame and\nabasement the poor woman must have felt, but all the same I sympathised\nwith her deeply, and in my weak, boyish way did all I could to console\nher, but in vain. ", " For quite an hour the outburst continued, till at\nlast, quite in despair, I cried out: \"Oh Mary, Mary! ", "what can I do to\ncomfort you?\" ", " She jumped up into a sitting position, then; threw back\nher dishevelled hair; wiped her eyes, and looked, in spite of her red\nand swollen lids, more herself.", "\n\n\"Oh, my own dear boy,\" she cried, \"what a wicked, selfish wretch I am!\"", "\nand, catching me in her arms, she kissed me very tenderly.", "\n\n\"There,\" she said with a piteous smile; \"it's all over now, Master\nAntony, and I won't cry another drop. ", " You're a dear, good, affectionate\nboy--that you are, and I'll never forget it, and you're as hungry as a\nhundred hunters, I know.\"", "\n\nIn spite of my protestations, she hastened to make that balm for all\nsorrows--a cup of tea.", "\n\n\"But I don't want it, Mary,\" I protested, \"and I'm not hungry.\"", "\n\n\"Then I do, and I am,\" she said, smiling. ", " \"You won't mind having a cup\nwith me, I know, Master Antony dear. ", " Just like old times.\"", "\n\n\"Well, I will try,\" I said, \"and I dare say Revitts will be back by\nthen.\"", "\n\nMary glanced at the little Dutch clock in the corner, and saw that it\npointed to eleven; then, shaking her head, she said sadly:\n\n\"No, I don't think he'll come back.\"", "\n\n\"But you don't think he has run away, Mary?\"", "\n\n\"I don't know what to think, my dear,\" she said; \"I only hope that he\nwon't come to any harm, poor boy. ", " It's his poor head, and that's why he\nturned so strange.\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" I said joyfully, as I saw that at last she had taken the\ncommon-sense view of the case, \"that's it, depend upon it, Mary; and if\nhe does not come soon, we'll give notice to the police, and they'll find\nhim out.\"", "\n\n\"No, my dear, don't do that,\" she said piteously; \"it would be like\nshaming the poor boy; for if his mates got to know that he had run away\nlike on his wedding-day, he'd never hear the last of it.\"", "\n\nI was obliged to agree in the truth of this remark, and I began to\nrealise then, in spite of poor Mary's rough exterior and ignorance, what\na depth of patient endurance and thoughtfulness there was in the nature\nof a woman. ", " Her first outburst of uncontrollable grief past, she was\nready to sit down and patiently bear her load of sorrow, waiting for\nwhat more trouble might come; for I am fully convinced that the poor\nwoman looked forward to no pleasure in her married life. ", " In spite of\nher belief that her husband's strange conduct was in some way due to his\nlate accident, she felt convinced that he was regretting his marriage,\nand, if that were so now, she had no hope of winning him to a better\nstate.", "\n\nWe were both weary, and when the tea had been finished, Mary carefully\nwashed up the things, saw that there was a sufficiency of water, and\nkept it nearly on the boil. ", " Then she reset the tea-things in the\ntidiest way, ready for Revitts if he should like a cup when he came\nhome, and, on second thoughts, put out another cup and saucer.", "\n\n\"It will be more sociable like, Master Antony,\" she said, by way of\nexcuse; \"for, of course, I don't want no more, though I do bless them\nChinese as invented tea, which is a blessing to our seck.\"", "\n\nThese preparations made, and a glance round the sitting-room having been\ngiven, Mary uttered a deep sigh, took up her work-basket, placed it on\nher knees, thrust her hand into a black stocking, and began to darn.", "\n\nI sat talking to her in a low voice for some time, feeling sincerely\nsorry for her, and wondering what could have become of Revitts, but at\nlast, in spite of my honest sympathy, I began to nod, and the various\nobjects in the room grew indistinct.", "\n\n\"Hadn't you better go to bed, my dear?\" ", "said a voice near me; and I\nstarted into wakefulness, and found Mary standing near me, with the\nblack stocking-covered hand resting on one shoulder, while with the\nother she brushed my hair off my forehead.", "\n\n\"Bed? ", " No!\" ", " I exclaimed, shaking myself. ", " \"I couldn't help feeling\nsleepy, Mary; but I shan't go to bed.\"", "\n\n\"But it's close upon twelve o'clock, dear, and you must be tired out.\"", "\n\n\"Never mind, Mary; to-morrow's Sunday,\" I said, with a yawn; and I went\non once more talking to her about the engineer's office, and how I got\non with young Girtley and his father, till my voice trailed off, and\nthrough a mist I could see Mary with that black stocking upon her hand\npoking about it with a great needle.", "\n\nThen the black stocking seemed to swell and swell to a mountain's size,\ntill it was like one huge mass, which Mary kept attacking and stabbing\nwith a long, bright steel lance, but without avail, for it still grew,\nand grew, and grew, till it seemed about to overwhelm me, and in my\nhorror I was trying vainly to cry to her to stab it again, when I\nstarted up into wakefulness, for there was the faint tinkle of a bell.", "\n\nMary, too, had leaped to her feet, and was clinging to me.", "\n\n\"Once!\" ", "she whispered.", "\n\nThere was another tinkle, very softly given.", "\n\n\"Twice!\" ", "whispered Mary.", "\n\nThen another very faint ring.", "\n\n\"Three?\" ", "whispered Mary; \"it's Jones.\"", "\n\n\"It's Revitts come home!\" ", " I said joyfully.", "\n\n\"No,\" she said, still clinging to me. ", " \"He has the latchkey.\"", "\n\n\"Lost it,\" I said. ", " \"Let me run down and let him in.\"", "\n\n\"No, no. ", " Wait a moment,\" said Mary faintly. ", " \"I can't bear it yet.", "\nThere's something wrong with my poor boy.\"", "\n\n\"There isn't,\" I cried impatiently.", "\n\n\"There is,\" she said hoarsely; \"and they've come to bring the news.\"", "\n\nShe clung to me spasmodically, but loosed me directly after, as she said\nquietly: \"I can bear it now.\"", "\n\nI ran down softly, and opened the door to admit the wandering husband;\nbut to my astonishment, in place of Revitts, there stood Stephen\nHallett.", "\n\n\"Hallett!\" ", " I exclaimed.", "\n\n\"Yes,\" he said. ", " \"I saw a light in the rooms. ", " Is Revitts there?\"", "\n\n\"No,\" I said. ", " \"Not yet.\"", "\n\n\"On duty?\"", "\n\n\"No; he was married to-day.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, yes,\" he said, in a strange tone of voice. ", " \"I remember now. ", " Who\nis upstairs?\"", "\n\n\"Mrs Revitts--Mary.\"", "\n\n\"Let us go up,\" he said; \"I'll step up quietly.\"", "\n\nI was the more confused and muddled for having just awakened from a deep\nsleep, and somehow, all this seemed to be part of the dream connected\nwith the great black mass that had threatened to fall upon me. ", " I should\nnot have been the least surprised if I had suddenly awakened and found\nmyself alone, when, after closing the door, I led Hallett upstairs to\nthe little front room where Mary was standing with dilated eyes, staring\nhard at the door.", "\n\n\"You, Mr Hallett?\" ", "she exclaimed, as he half staggered in, and then,\nstaring round, seemed to reel, and caught my hand as I helped him to a\nseat.", "\n\n\"Tell me,\" gasped Mary, catching at his hand; \"is it very bad?\"", "\n\nHe nodded.", "\n\n\"Give me--water,\" he panted. ", " \"I am--exhausted.\"", "\n\nMary rushed to the little cupboard for a glass, and the brandy that had\nbeen kept on Revitts behalf, and hastily pouring some into a glass with\nwater, she held it to him, and he drained it at a draught.", "\n\n\"Now, tell me,\" she exclaimed. ", " \"Where is he--what is it--have you seen\nhim?\"", "\n\n\"No,\" he cried hoarsely, as he clenched his fist and held it before him!", "\n\"no, or I should have struck him dead.\"", "\n\n\"Mr Hallett!\" ", "she cried, starting. ", " Then, in a piteous voice, \"Oh, tell\nme, please--what has he done? ", " He is my husband, my own dear boy! ", " Pray,\npray, tell me--he was half-mad. ", " Oh, what have--what have I done!\"", "\n\n\"Is she mad?\" ", "cried Hallett angrily. ", " \"Where is her husband--where is\nRevitts?\"", "\n\n\"We don't know,\" I said hastily. ", " \"We are waiting for him.\"", "\n\n\"I want him directly,\" he said hoarsely. ", " \"I could not go to a\nstranger.\"", "\n\n\"What is the matter, Hallett?\" ", " I cried. ", " \"Pray, speak out. ", " What can I\ndo?\"", "\n\n\"Nothing,\" he said hoarsely. ", " \"Yes; tell him to come--no, bring him to\nme. ", " Do you hear?\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" I faltered.", "\n\n\"At any hour--whenever he comes,\" said Hallett, speaking now angrily, as\nhe recovered under the stimulus of the brandy.", "\n\n\"Then there is something terribly wrong,\" I said.", "\n\n\"Wrong? ", " Yes. ", " My God!\" ", "he muttered, \"that I should have to tell it--\nLinny has gone?\"", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER FORTY ONE.", "\n\nTHE BRIDEGROOM'S RETURN.", "\n\n\"Oh, Hallett!\" ", " I cried, catching his hand, as the poor fellow sat\nblankly gazing before him in his mute despair. ", " \"It is a mistake; she\ncould not be so wicked.\"", "\n\n\"Wicked!\" ", "he said with a curious laugh. ", " \"Was it wicked, after all her\npromises--my forgiveness--my gentle, loving words? ", " I was a fool. ", " I\nbelieved that she was weaning herself from it all, and trying to forget.", "\nA woman would have read her at a glance; but I, a poor, mad dreamer,\nalways away, or buried in that attic, saw nothing, only that she was\nvery quiet, and thin, and sad.\"", "\n\n\"Did she tell you that she would go, Hallett?\" ", " I asked, hardly knowing\nwhat I said.", "\n\n\"No, Antony,\" I replied, in a dreary tone.", "\n\n\"Did you have any quarrel?\"", "\n\n\"No; not lately. ", " She was most affectionate--poor child! ", "and her heart\nmust have been sore with the thought or what she was about to do. ", " Only\nthis evening, before I went up into the attic to dream over my\ninvention, she crept to my side, put her little arms round my neck, and\nkissed me, as she used when she was a tiny child, and said how sorry she\nwas that she had given me so much pain. ", " Antony, lad,\" he cried\npassionately, \"I went up to my task to-night a happy man, thinking that\none heavy load was taken off my shoulders, and that the future was going\nto be brighter for us both. ", " For, Antony, in my cold, dreamy way, I love\nher very dearly, and so I have ever since she was a little wilful\nchild.\"", "\n\nHe sat gazing at me with such a piteous expression in his face that his\nwords went to my heart, and I heard Mary give quite a gulp.", "\n\n\"But, Hallett,\" I said, \"you are not sure; she may have gone to some\nfriend's. ", " She may have come back by this time.\"", "\n\n\"Come back?\" ", "he said fiercely. ", " \"No; she has not come back. ", " Not yet.", "\nSome day she will return, poor strayed lamb!\" ", "he added, gazing straight\nbefore him, his voice softening and his arms extending, as if he\npictured the whole scene and was about to take her to his heart.", "\n\n\"But are you sure that she has really gone?\" ", " I cried.", "\n\n\"Sure? ", " Read that.\"", "\n\nI took the crumpled paper with trembling fingers, and saw at a glance\nthat he was right. ", " In ill-written, hardly decipherable words, the poor\ngirl told her brother that she could bear it no longer, but that she had\nfled with the man who possessed her heart.", "\n\nI stared blankly at poor Hallett, as he took the note from my hand, read\nit once more through, crushed it in his hand with a fierce look, and\nthrust it back in his pocket.", "\n\n\"Is it--is it your poor dear sister who has gone?\" ", "said Mary excitedly.", "\n\n\"Yes,\" he cried, with his passion mastering him once more; and his hands\nopened and shut, as if eager to seize some one by the throat--\"yes; some\nvillain has led her away. ", " But let me stand face to face with him, and\nthen--\"\n\nHe paused in his low, painful utterance, gazing from me to Mary, who\nstood with her hand upon his arm.", "\n\n\"And I thought my trouble the biggest in the world,\" she sobbed; \"but\nyou've done right, sir, to come for my William. ", " He'll find them if\nthey're anywhere on the face of this earth, and they shall be found.", "\nPoor dear! ", "and her with her pretty girlish gentle face as I was so\njealous of. ", " I'm only a silly foolish woman, sir,\" she cried, with the\ntears falling fast, \"but I may be of some good. ", " If I'm along with my\nWilliam when he finds 'em, she may listen to me and come back, when she\nwouldn't mind him, and I'll follow it out to the end.\"", "\n\n\"You're--you're a good woman,\" said Hallett hoarsely, \"and may God bless\nyou. ", " But your husband--where is your husband? ", " We must lose no time.\"", "\n\n\"Master Antony?\" ", "cried Mary, and then, as if awakening once more to her\nposition, and speaking in tones of bitterness--\"Oh, what has come to my\nWilliam? ", " He must be found!\"", "\n\n\"Send him on to me,\" said Hallett. ", " \"I'll go back now. ", " Antony, will you\ncome?\"", "\n\n\"Why, there's your poor mother, too,\" cried Mary, \"and all alone! ", " I can\nhelp her, at all events!\"", "\n\nAs Mary spoke, she hurried to get her work-a-day bonnet and shawl, while\nHallett stood gazing at her in a dazed and helpless way.", "\n\n\"Your pore sister did come and help my pore boy when he was bad, and--\nOh!\"", "\n\nMary uttered a fierce, angry cry. ", " Bonnet and shawl fell from her hands,\nher jaw dropped, her ruddy face grew mottled with patches of white, and\nher eyes dilated. ", " Her whole aspect was that of one about to have a fit,\nand I took a step towards her.", "\n\nShe motioned me fiercely back, and tore at her throat, as if she were\nsuffocating.", "\n\n\"I see it now!\" ", "she cried hoarsely, \"I see it now! ", " Oh, the wretch, the\nwretch! ", " Only let me find him again!\"", "\n\n\"Mary!\" ", " I cried, \"what is it?\"", "\n\n\"I see it all now!\" ", "she cried again. ", " \"Then I was right. ", " She come--she\ncome here, and poisoned him with her soft looks and ways, and he's left\nme--to go away with her to-night!\"", "\n\nMary made a clutch at vacancy; and then, tottering, would have fallen,\nhad not Hallett been close at hand to catch her and help her to the\ncouch, where the poor woman lay perfectly insensible, having fainted for\nprobably the first time in her life.", "\n\n\"What does she mean?\" ", "cried Hallett, as he made, with me, ineffectual\nefforts to restore her.", "\n\n\"She was angry and jealous the night she came and found Linny here\nattending on Revitts,\" I cried in a bewildered way, hardly knowing what\nI said. ", " \"And now she thinks, because he has left her to-night, that he\nhas gone away with Linny.\"", "\n\n\"Poor fool?\" ", "he said sadly.", "\n\n\"Revitts was very strange to-day,\" I said, \"and--and--and, Hallett--oh,\nforgive me,\" I said, \"I've kept something from you.\"", "\n\n\"What!\" ", "he cried, catching me so fiercely by the arm that he caused me\nacute pain. ", " \"Don't tell me that I have been deceived, too, in you!\"", "\n\n\"No, Hallett, I haven't deceived you,\" I said. ", " \"I kept something back\nthat I ought to have told you.\"", "\n\n\"You kept something back!\" ", "he cried. ", " \"Speak--speak at once, Antony,\nor--or--speak, boy; I'm not master of myself!\"", "\n\n\"Linny begged me so hard not to tell you, and I consented, on condition\nthat she would mind what you said.\"", "\n\n\"Then--then you knew that she was carrying on with this man,\" he cried\nsavagely, neither of us seeing that Mary had come to, and was watching\nus with distended eyes.", "\n\n\"No, no, Hallett,\" I cried. ", " \"I did not--indeed, I did not; I only knew\nit was he who so beat poor Revitts.\"", "\n\n\"Who was he--what's his name?\" ", "cried Mary, seizing my other arm, and\nshaking it.", "\n\n\"I don't know; I never knew,\" I cried, faring badly between them.", "\n\"Linny begged me, on her knees, not to tell that it was her friend who\nbeat Revitts when he interfered, and when she promised me she would\nalways obey you, Hallett, I said I would keep her secret.\"", "\n\n\"Then Linny was the girl poor Revitts saved,\" said Hallett hoarsely.", "\n\n\"Yes!\" ", "cried Mary. ", " \"The villain! ", "he likes her pretty face. ", " I was\nright; and I've been a fool to faint and go on. ", " But that's over now,\"\nshe cried savagely. ", " \"I'll wait here till he does come back; for I'm his\nlawful wife; and when he does come--Oh!\"", "\n\nMary uttered that \"Oh!\" ", "through her closed teeth, and all the revenge\nthat was in her nature seemed to come to the surface, while Hallett\nwalked up and down the room.", "\n\n\"You have no idea, Antony, who he is?\"", "\n\n\"No, on my word, Hallett,\" I cried; \"I never knew. ", " Pray forgive me! ", " I\nthought it was for the best.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, yes, lad,\" he said; \"you did it from kindness. ", " It has made no\ndifference. ", " I could not have borne it for you to deceive me, Antony,\"\nhe said, with a sweet, sad smile lighting his face as I caught his hand.", "\n\"Come, let us go. ", " Mary, my good soul, you are labouring under a\nmistake. ", " Good-night!\"", "\n\n\"No, you don't!\" ", "cried Mary, setting her back against the door. ", " \"You\ndon't go till he comes back. ", " He'll come and bring your sister here.", "\nAnd you may take her home. ", " I'll talk to him. ", " What?\" ", "she cried\ntriumphantly; \"what did I say?\"", "\n\nShe turned, and threw open the door; for just then a heavy step was\nheard below, and, as if expecting some strange scene, Hallett and I\nstood watching, as step after step creaked beneath a heavy weight, till\nwhoever was coming reached the landing and staggered into the room.", "\n\n\"You--\"\n\nMary's sentence was never finished; for her husband's look, as he strode\nin with Linny in his arms, seemed to crush her.", "\n\n\"I couldn't get him, too, but I marked him,\" he said, panting, \"and I've\nstopped his little game.\"", "\n\n\"Linny!\" ", "cried Hallett to the half-insensible girl, who seemed to glide\nfrom Revitts' arms, and sink in a heap at his feet, while I stood gazing\nin utter amazement at the turn things had taken.", "\n\n\"Mary, my lass! ", "a drop of something--anything--I'm about done.\"", "\n\nMary's teeth gritted together, and she darted a vindictive look at her\nhusband; but she obeyed him, fetching out a bottle of gin and a glass,\nwhich he filled and drained before speaking.", "\n\n\"Not so strong as I was,\" he cried excitedly. ", " \"Glad you're here, sir.", "\nI ketched sight of him with her from the 'bus as we come in. ", " I'd a\nknown him from a thousand--him as give it me, you know. ", " `Look arter\nMary,' I says to Master Antony here, and I was after him like a shot,\nhanging on to the hansom cab he'd got her in, and I never left 'em till\nit stopped down at Richmond, at a willa by the water-side.\"", "\n\n\"Richmond?\" ", "said Hallett blankly.", "\n\n\"Richmond, as I'd been through twice that very day. ", " When the cab\nstops--I'd made the man right with half-a-crown, and--telling him I was\nin the police--my gentleman gets out, and I had him like a shot. ", " I\nmight have got help a dozen times, but I wanted to tackle him myself, as\nI allus swore I would,\" cried Revitts savagely; \"but he was too much for\nme again. ", " I'm stronger than him, but he's got tricks, and he put me on\nmy back after a good tussle--just look at my noo things!--and afore I\ncould get up again, he was off, running like a coward as he is. ", " But I\nbrought her back, not knowing till I had her under the gas-lamp as it\nwas Master Ant'ny's friend and your sister, and she'd told me who she\nwas, and asked me in a curious crying way to take her back to Master\nAnt'ny, as she said was the only one who'd help her now.\"", "\n\n\"You--you brought her home in the cab?\" ", "cried Mary hoarsely.", "\n\n\"Yes, my lass, and it's cost me half-a-sov altogether; but I've spoilt\nhis game, whoever he is. ", " Poor little lass, she's been about mad ever\nsince I got into the cab, a-clinging to me.\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" hissed Mary.", "\n\n\"And crying and sobbing, and I couldn't comfort her, not a bit.\"", "\n\n\"No!\" ", "said Mary softly, through her teeth.", "\n\n\"It was rather rough on you, Mary, my gal,\" said Revitts; \"but you would\nmarry a police-officer, and dooty must be done.\"", "\n\nMary was about to speak; but he held up his hand, for Linny seemed to be\ncoming to, and Hallett was kneeling on the floor by her side.", "\n\n\"Mary--Bill,\" I whispered; for the right thing to do seemed to be\nsuggested to me then. ", " \"Let us go and leave them.\"", "\n\n\"Right you are, Master Ant'ny, and always was,\" said Bill hoarsely; and,\npassing his arm round Mary's waist, he drew her into the other room, by\nwhich time the scales seemed to have fallen from poor Mary's eyes, for\nthe first thing she did, as soon as we were in the room, was to plump\ndown on her knees, clasp those of her husband, lay her cheek against\nthem, and cry, ready to break her heart.", "\n\nProbably the excitement of his adventure had had a good effect upon\nRevitts; for the strange fit of petulance and obstinacy had passed away,\nand he was all eagerness and smiles.", "\n\n\"Why, what a gal you are, Polly!\" ", "he exclaimed. ", " \"Don't cry, my lass; I\nwas obliged to go off. ", " Pleecemen ain't their own masters.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, Bill dear,\" sobbed Mary, \"and I've been thinking sich things.\"", "\n\n\"Of course you have, Polly,\" he said; \"and I've been wishing myself at\nhome, but I knew Ant'ny would take care of you. ", " Poor little lass! ", " I've\nhad a nice job, I can tell you. ", " I say, Ant'ny, is she quite right in\nher head?\"", "\n\n\"Oh yes,\" I said.", "\n\n\"Well, she don't look it then, poor little woman. ", " One minute she was\nbegging and praying me to take her home, the next she was scolding me\nfor interfering. ", " Then she'd be quiet for a few minutes, and then she'd\nwant to jump out of the cab; and it's my belief that if I'd let her go,\nshe'd have throwed herself into the river.\"", "\n\n\"Poor soul?\" ", "murmured Mary.", "\n\n\"Then she'd take a fit of not wanting to go home, saying that she\ndaren't never go there any more, and that I wasn't to take her home, but\nto you, Ant'ny; and that sorter thing's been going on all the time, till\nshe seemed to be quite worn out, and I was so puzzled as to what to do,\nthat I thought I would bring her on here, and let Mary do what she\nthought best.\"", "\n\n\"Did you think that, Bill?\" ", "said Mary eagerly.", "\n\n\"Of course I did. ", " I don't understand women-folk, and I hate having jobs\nthat puts 'em in my care. ", " `Mary'll settle it all right,' I says, `and\nknow what's best to be done.'\"", "\n\n\"Antony,\" said a voice at the door just then, and I went out to find\nHallett looking very pale, and Linny lying insensible upon the couch.", "\n\n\"Oh, Hallett!\" ", " I exclaimed. ", " \"Shall Mary come?\"", "\n\n\"Yes--directly,\" he said hoarsely; and there was something very strange\nabout his manner. ", " \"Shut the door, boy,\" he continued. ", " \"Look here,\nAntony; this note was inside the neck of her dress, as I opened it to\ngive her air. ", " You need not read it; but look at it. ", " Tell me whether\nyou have ever seen the handwriting before.\"", "\n\nI took the letter from him, and looked at the bold, free, rather\npeculiar hand, which I recognised on the instant.", "\n\n\"Oh yes!\" ", " I exclaimed, \"often.\"", "\n\n\"Whose writing is it?\" ", "he said, pressing his hand upon his breast to\nkeep down the emotion that seemed ready to choke him. ", " \"Don't speak\nrashly, Antony; make sure before you give an answer.\"", "\n\n\"But I am sure,\" I exclaimed, without a moment's hesitation. ", " \"I have\noften seen it--it is Mr Lister's writing. ", " What does it mean?\"", "\n\n\"Mean?\" ", "cried Hallett, in a low, deep voice, as if speaking to some one\nacross the room, for he was not looking at me. ", " \"My God, what does it\nnot mean, but that John Lister is a villain!\"", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER FORTY TWO.", "\n\nA QUESTION OF LAW.", "\n\nStephen Hallett's model was still at rest; for, poor fellow, he had now\na fresh trouble upon his hands.", "\n\nThe excitement had been too much for Linny, and he got her home to find\nher delirious; a severe attack of brain fever came on, and her life was,\nfor many days, hanging by a thread.", "\n\nI was there every evening, to find that Mary had installed herself head\nnurse, and whenever Hallett spoke to her, she was always ready with the\none reply:\n\n\"Didn't she come and tend my pore Bill?\" ", " This went on for a time, but\nHallett insisted, and Mary proving obdurate, he talked to Revitts about\nremuneration.", "\n\n\"Oh, never mind about that,\" said the bluff fellow. ", " \"She says she's got\nplenty of time on her hands, and we've both saved a bit, and as long as\nshe gets what I want, and is at home when I come, it don't interfere\nwith me; and bless your heart, Mr Hallett, what would life be if one on\nus wouldn't do a good turn to another?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, but I cannot feel satisfied to let your good wife work for me for\nnothing.\"", "\n\n\"Ah,\" said Bill sagely. ", " \"That's the worst of eddication, it makes a man\nso uppish. ", " No offence, Mr Hallett, sir, but you being a highly\neddicated man--\"\n\n\"Tut--tut! ", "nonsense!\" ", "said Hallett, smiling. ", " \"Oh, but you are, you\nknow,\" said Revitts. ", " \"Ant'ny says you are, and it's wonderful what a\npower o' stuff that there young chap's got in his head. ", " I come the\ntop-sawyer over him when he first come up to London; but, Lor' bless\nyou! ", " I give in to everything out o' the ornerary in no time. ", " It's on'y\nnat'ral that eddication should make a man uppish. ", " I've felt a deal more\nso since Ant'ny's given me a lift in spellin'. ", " I always was a good\nwriter, but my spellin', Mr Hallett, sir! ", " Ha--ha--ha!\" ", "he cried,\nbursting out in a guffaw; \"I know now when I looks back at some of my\nold books, it was a rum 'un. ", " Them big words was just like so many\nforty-barred gates to my getting promoted.\"", "\n\n\"I suppose so,\" said Hallett; \"but about payment for your wife's\nservices?\"", "\n\n\"Why, you do pay me,\" said Revitts sturdily. ", " \"She gets braxfuses, and\ndinners, and teas--no end.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, but that counts for nothing.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, don't it,\" said Revitts, laughing. ", " \"You ask Ant'ny about that, and\nhow him and me used to dodge to make the money run to good meals. ", " Look\nhere, Mr Hallett, sir, I'm only a humble sort of a chap, but you've\nalways been kindly to me, and I hope it ain't no disrespect to you to\ncall you a friend.\"", "\n\n\"I'm only too glad to call you `friend,' Revitts,\" said Hallett, holding\nout his hand, which the other gripped like a vice, \"and I thank Antony\nGrace for making me known to two such good hearted people as you and\nyour worthy wife.\"", "\n\n\"Thanky, sir, for Mary--thanky,\" exclaimed Revitts, nodding his head.", "\n\"She's a good one, and no mistake; and as for her bit of temper,\nAntony,\" he said, speaking as if he were very much moved, as he turned\nto me, \"that bit of rough is like ballast to her, and keeps her down;\nfor, if it wasn't for her tantrums, I believe she'd have been an angel\nlong ago, and then--what should I have done? ", " Lor' bless you both, they\ncall us pleecemen lobsters, raw lobsters, to distinguish us from the\nsoldiers, and because we're dark blue and so hard; but I'm soft enough\ninside, and that woman knows it, too. ", " Well, sir, about this\nremooneration--as you call it. ", " Look here, she won't take no money, so\nI'll tell you what you do by-and-by when she's nursed Miss Linny back to\nhealth--as she will, you mark my words if she don't--better than any\ndoctor. ", " It's a treat, to be ill under her. ", " Lord's truth!\" ", "cried the\ngreat fellow, smiling and looking as silly as a fat boy, \"the way she'd\nwash my face and neck, and go in an' out o' my ears with the sponge and\ntowel without hurting, was 'eavenly.\"", "\n\nHallett could not forbear a smile, and I roared.", "\n\n\"Ah, you may grin, Ant'ny my lad, but you'll see, some day when you're\non your back, she's the best nuss that ever lived. ", " There!\"", "\n\n\"She is, indeed, Revitts,\" cried Hallett, \"and--Heaven bless her! ", "my\npoor mother has not been so well for months as she has been since your\nwife has tended her.\"", "\n\n\"There, Ant'ny, hear that!\" ", "cried Revitts. ", " \"She's a woman to be proud\non--that she is.\"", "\n\n\"That she is, Bill,\" I echoed, clapping the dear old fellow on the\nshoulder.", "\n\n\"Well, as I was saying,\" he exclaimed, \"just you give her a noo gownd,\nsomething bright and with some colour in it, and if so be as she isn't\nat home when I get back, p'r'aps you wouldn't mind my coming in for a\nsnack here, for if I don't get my corn reglar I'm nowhere.\"", "\n\n\"My dear fellow, I shall never be able to thank you enough,\" cried\nHallett.", "\n\n\"Oh, that's all right among friends, ain't it, Ant'ny? ", " He knows me\nbetter, and Mary, too, than you do, so let's drop all that, sir; and now\nI want to talk serious to you about this here affair. ", " I feel, sir, as a\nsergeant of police, that I oughtn't to rest till I've brought that chap\nto justice.\"", "\n\nI saw Hallett start and change colour. ", " Then, getting up, he began to\nwalk up and down the room, ending by coming and laying his hand upon\nRevitts' shoulder.", "\n\n\"Revitts,\" he said, \"that man has done you a very serious injury.\"", "\n\n\"Never mind about that, Mr Hallett, sir; I dare say I shall put that\nsquare. ", " I was thinking about you.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, and he has done me a deadly injury,\" said Hallett, in a low,\ndreamy voice; \"but I cannot retaliate. ", " You will think me strange and\nweak perhaps; but I cannot take any steps toward punishing this man.\"", "\n\nRevitts looked disappointed.", "\n\n\"I'd been hoping, sir,\" he said, \"that you'd got to know who I was, and\ncould give me a hint or two, so that I could put my ban upon him. ", " You\nknow who it is, sir?\"", "\n\nHallett looked at him searchingly, and a deep frown came upon his\nforehead.", "\n\n\"Yes,\" he said, \"I know who it is; but for many reasons I cannot stir in\nthe matter. ", " Besides, what could I do? ", " He has committed no punishable\noffence against me.\"", "\n\n\"No, that's true,\" said Revitts quickly; \"but he has against me.", "\nAssaulting the police is 'most as bad as high-treason, and if you'll\ngive me his name, sir, or put me in the way of getting a hand on him,\nI'll give him a twelvemonths' imprisonment.\"", "\n\nHallett shook his head.", "\n\n\"No, Revitts,\" he said, \"I look upon him as my most deadly enemy, and\nsome day I may take the scoundrel by the throat, but I cannot help you\nhere.\"", "\n\n\"Now, that's where you're wrong, sir, if you'll 'scuse me. ", " A man\nmustn't take the law into his own hands. ", " You think better of it, sir.", "\nYou can't punish, though he richly deserves it, but I can; and if ever I\nget a chance, I will.\"", "\n\nRevitts soon after rose to go, Mary having announced her intention of\nsitting up all night with Linny, and Hallett and I were left alone.", "\n\n\"No, Antony,\" he said, looking me in the face, just as if I had spoken\nto him on the subject. ", " \"My hands are tied: John Lister must go free. ", " I\ncan do nothing.\"", "\n\n\"He deserves flogging!\" ", " I exclaimed, \"and I feel that I ought to tell\nMiss Carr.\"", "\n\nHe started, and half turned away.", "\n\n\"Have you told Miss Carr, Antony?\"", "\n\n\"No,\" I said, \"I can't be so mean; but she ought to know, for she\nbelieves him to be very true and honourable. ", " I wish some one would tell\nher. ", " Can't you?\"", "\n\n\"I? ", " Tell Miss Carr? ", " Antony, are you mad?\" ", "he cried, with a show of\nexcitement that I could not understand. ", " \"No, I could not tell her.", "\nWhat would she think of me?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, she is so high-minded and good,\" I replied, \"that she would think\nanybody a miserable talebearer who told her what a scoundrel Mr Lister\nis. ", " I don't think she would believe it, either.\"", "\n\n\"No,\" he said softly, \"she could not believe such a thing of the man she\nloves.\"", "\n\n\"Do you know,\" I said, innocently enough, \"I don't think she does love\nMr Lister very much.\"", "\n\nHis eyes flashed as he looked at me; but he made no reply, and only sat\ngazing before him in a wistful, saddened way that I did not comprehend\nthen as I went on chatting to him.", "\n\n\"No, I shall not tell her--I couldn't,\" I said. ", " \"It would be too mean,\nand yet it would be horrible for her to marry such a man as that. ", " Have\nyou seen him, since, Hallett?\"", "\n\n\"Seen him?--Since? ", " No, Antony, I have not been to the office since that\nnight. ", " I could never go there again.\"", "\n\nI looked at him anxiously, for his ways and looks were very strange; but\nI attributed everything to anxiety on Linny's behalf, and we very soon\nchanged the topic; and after hearing the last account about Linny, I\nrose to go, Hallett coming downstairs, and out into the starlit street,\nwalking a few hundred yards with me towards my lodgings, before finally\ntaking his leave, and going thoughtfully away.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER FORTY THREE.", "\n\nA SCENE.", "\n\nI have often thought since upon the magnanimity of Hallett's character.", "\nLoving Miss Carr, as he did, with a passionate, hopeless love, he knew\nher to be engaged to John Lister, and feeling bound in honour to be just\nto the man he served, he crushed down his passion, and hid it in his\nbreast. ", " Hopeless he knew it was, from his position; but, however\nhopeless, it must have been agony to him to hear of his rival's success.", "\nHow much greater, then, must his sufferings have been when he found\nthat the man to whom the woman he adored had promised to give her hand\nwas a scoundrel of the basest kind!", "\n\nHe loved her so well that her future happiness must have been his\nconstant thought, and now he learned that she was bound to the man who\ncared so little for the treasure of her love that he was ready to engage\nin any intrigue; while the very fact that the object chosen for this\ncruel intrigue was Hallett's own sister must have been maddening.", "\n\nHe must have felt fettered by his position, for he could not accuse John\nLister to the woman he loved. ", " He felt that he was too full of\nself-interest, and besides, how could he speak words that would inflict\nsuch a sorrow upon the peaceful life of Miriam Carr?", "\n\nNo: he felt bound in honour to be silent, and, crushing down his love\nand his honest indignation against John Lister, he sought employment\nelsewhere, and spent his leisure in keeping watch over his home.", "\n\nHe took one step, though, that I did not know of till long afterwards;\nhe wrote to John Lister, telling him that his perfidy was known, and\nuttering so fierce a warning against him if he pursued Linny, or even\nwrote to her again, that the careful watch and ward kept over the house\nin Great Ormond Street proved to be unnecessary, for the sensual tiger,\nfoiled in his spring, had slunk away.", "\n\nOn the day after my talk with Hallett, and Revitts' visit to the house,\nI made my way after office-hours to Miss Carr's, to find my welcome\nwarmer than ever; for she flushed with pleasure, and sat for some time\ntalking to me of her sister, who had written to her from abroad.", "\n\n\"Now, Antony,\" she exclaimed, \"you and I will dine together, and after\nthat you shall be my escort to a concert at Saint James's Hall.\"", "\n\n\"A concert!\" ", " I exclaimed eagerly.", "\n\n\"Yes; I was about to send the tickets away, but you have come in most\nopportunely.\"", "\n\nI was delighted; for I had never heard any of our best singers, and we\nchatted through dinner of the music we were to hear, after which I was\nleft in the drawing-room, to amuse myself, while Miss Carr went up to\ndress.", "\n\nI took up a book, and began to read; but the thoughts of Linny Hallett\nand Mr Lister kept coming into my head, and I asked myself whether I\nought not to tell Miss Carr.", "\n\nNo; I felt that I could not, and then I began wondering whether the\nengagement that had been extended might not after all come to nothing,\nas I hoped it would. ", " It was horrible to me now, that John Lister should\nbe allowed to keep up ties with my patroness, knowing what I did of his\ncharacter; and yet I felt could not, I dared not, tell. ", " At last, in the\nmidst of my contending thoughts, some of which were for telling, some\nagainst, I forced myself into reading the book I had taken up, striving\nso hard to obtain the mastery over self that I succeeded--so well that I\ndid not hear a cab stop, nor the quick step of him who had occupied so\nlarge a share of my thoughts.", "\n\n\"Ah, Grace,\" said John Lister cavalierly, as he entered the room\nunannounced, completely taking me by surprise as I started up from the\nbook. ", " \"You here again! ", " Well, how's engineering? ", " Like it as well as\nprinting, eh? ", " Why, you are growing quite the gentleman, you lucky dog!", "\nI suppose we must shake hands now.\"", "\n\nI felt as if all the blood in my body had rushed to my face, and a\nstrange sensation of rage half choked me as I drew back.", "\n\n\"Why, what's the matter with you, boy?\" ", "he exclaimed. ", " \"Hold out your\nhand.\"", "\n\n\"I'll not,\" I exclaimed indignantly; \"how dare you ask me!\"", "\n\n\"Dare I ask you--puppy!\" ", "he exclaimed, with an insolent laugh. ", " \"Why,\nwhat do you mean?\"", "\n\n\"How dare you come here?\" ", " I cried, my indignation getting the mastery\nof me.", "\n\n\"Dare I come here!\" ", "he exclaimed, frowning. ", " \"Why, you insolent young\nupstart, what do you mean?\"", "\n\n\"I mean that you ought to be ashamed to show your face here again after\nyour behaviour to Mr Hallett's sister.\"", "\n\n\"Hush!\"", "\n\nAs he uttered that word he caught me by the throat, thrust his face\nclose to mine, and I saw that he was deadly pale.", "\n\n\"You dog!\" ", "he whispered; \"if you dare to utter another word, I'll--\"\n\nHe did not finish, but gave me a vindictive look that was full of\nthreatenings of ill.", "\n\nBut unfortunately for him, he had hurt me severely as he caught me by\nthe throat, and the pain, instead of cowing me, filled me full of rage.", "\nWith one quick wrest I was free, and turning upon him fiercely, I\nexclaimed:\n\n\"I will speak in spite of what you say. ", " You are a coward, and\ntreacherous, and no gentleman!\"", "\n\n\"Silence, dog!\" ", "he cried, in a hoarse whisper. ", " \"Have you dared to tell\nMiss Carr lies about me?\"", "\n\n\"I'm not a tell-tale,\" I cried scornfully, \"and I'm not afraid of you,\nMr Lister. ", " I would not tell Miss Carr, but I dare tell you that you\nare a coward and a scoundrel!\"", "\n\nHe raised his fist, and I believe that he would have struck me, but just\nthen his hand fell to his side, and his lips seemed to turn blue as he\nstared straight over my shoulder, and turning hastily, I saw Miriam Carr\nstanding white and stern in the doorway, dressed ready for the concert.", "\n\n\"Ah, Miriam,\" he exclaimed, recovering himself; and he forced a smile to\nhis lips; \"Grace and I were engaged in a dispute.\"", "\n\nShe did not answer him, but turned to me. ", " \"Antony,\" she said sternly,\n\"repeat those words you just said.\"", "\n\n\"No, no; mere nonsense,\" exclaimed John Lister playfully. ", " \"It was\nnothing--nothing at all.\"", "\n\n\"Repeat those words, Antony Grace,\" cried Miss Carr, without seeming to\nheed him: and she came towards where I stood, while I felt as if I would\ngladly have sunk through the floor.", "\n\nFor a few moments I hesitated, then a feeling of strength seemed to come\nto me, and I looked up at her firmly as I said:\n\n\"Don't ask me, Miss Carr! ", " I cannot tell.\"", "\n\n\"Antony!\" ", "she exclaimed.", "\n\n\"My dear Miriam--\" began John Lister; but she turned from him.", "\n\n\"Antony,\" she cried imperiously, and her handsome eyes flashed as she\nstamped her foot; \"I insist upon knowing the meaning of those words.\"", "\n\nI was silent.", "\n\n\"It was nothing, my dear Miriam,\" exclaimed John Lister. ", " Then in a low\nvoice to me, \"Go: I'll cover your retreat.\"", "\n\nGo, and run off like a coward? ", " No; that I felt I could not do, and I\nlooked indignantly at him.", "\n\n\"If you value my friendship, Antony,\" cried Miss Carr, \"tell me, I\ninsist, what you meant by that accusation of Mr Lister.\"", "\n\n\"I do--I do value your friendship, Miss Carr,\" I cried passionately,\n\"but don't, pray don't ask me. ", " I cannot--I will not tell.\"", "\n\n\"I command you to tell me,\" she cried: and to my young eyes she looked\nqueen-like in her beauty, as she seemed to compel me to obey.", "\n\nMature thought tells me that she must indeed have seemed even majestic\nin her bearing, for John Lister looked pale and haggard, and I saw him\nagain and again moisten his dry lips and essay to speak.", "\n\n\"I cannot tell you,\" I said; \"Miss Carr, pray do not ask me!\" ", " I cried\npiteously.", "\n\n\"Tell me this instant, or leave my house, ungrateful boy!\" ", "she exclaimed\npassionately; and, casting an imploring look at her, I saw that she was\npointing towards the door.", "\n\nI would have given the world to have obeyed her; but there seemed to be\nsomething so cowardly, so mean and despicable, in standing there and\naccusing John Lister before the face of his affianced wife, that, with a\npiteous look, I slowly turned towards the door.", "\n\nIt was terrible to me to be driven away like that, and I felt my heart\nswell with bitterness; but I could not speak, and as I once more looked\nin her pitiless eyes, she was still pointing at the door.", "\n\nThe handle was already in my hand, and, giddy and despairing, I should\nhave gone, had not Miriam Carr's clear voice rang out loudly:\n\n\"Stop!\"", "\n\nThen, as I turned:\n\n\"Come here, Antony!\" ", "and the pointing finger was there no longer, but\ntwo extended hands, which I ran across the room and seized, struggling\nhard to keep back the emotion that was striving for exit, for I was but\na boy.", "\n\n\"My dear Miriam--\" began John Lister once more.", "\n\n\"Mr Lister,\" she said, and her voice was very low and stern, as she\nplaced one arm round my waist and laid her right hand upon my shoulder,\n\"will you have the goodness to leave my house?\"", "\n\n\"My dear Miriam, pray be reasonable!\" ", "he exclaimed. ", " \"That foolish boy\nhas got some crotchet into his head. ", " It is all a silly blunder, which I\ncan explain in a few words. ", " I assure you it is all a mistake.\"", "\n\n\"If it is a mistake, Mr Lister, you have nothing to mind; I now wish to\nbe alone.\"", "\n\n\"But, Miriam, dearest Miriam, grant me a few minutes' conversation. ", " I\nassure you I can set myself right in your eyes.\"", "\n\n\"If it is all a mistake, Mr Lister, why did you threaten Antony Grace,\nif he dared to tell me the words I heard?\"", "\n\n\"Because I was angry with him for making such a blunder, and I feared\nthat it would upset you. ", " Let me speak to you alone. ", " Miriam, dear\nMiriam, you force me to speak to you like this before Antony Grace. ", " I\ntell you,\" he cried, desperately trying to catch her hand, \"I swear to\nyou--what he said is a tissue of lies.\"", "\n\n\"And I tell you,\" she cried scornfully, \"that Antony Grace never told an\nuntruth in his life. ", " Mr Lister, I am a woman, and unprotected. ", " I ask\nyou now to leave my house.\"", "\n\n\"I cannot leave you with that boy, and no opportunity for defending\nmyself. ", " I must have a counsellor.\"", "\n\n\"You shall have one, John Lister,\" she said in a low, dull voice. ", " \"I\nwill be your counsellor when he accuses you.\"", "\n\n\"Heaven bless you?\" ", "he exclaimed excitedly. ", " \"Your loving heart will\ntake my part.\"", "\n\n\"My womanly duty, John Lister, and my plighted faith will join to defend\nyou from this grave charge.\"", "\n\n\"Let me stay and plead my own cause, dearest Miriam,\" he cried,\nstretching out his hands and fixing his eyes upon hers; but her look was\ncold, stern, and pitiless, and for answer she pointed to the door.", "\n\nHe made another appeal, but she seemed to be absolute, to master him,\nand at last, trembling, white with passion and disappointment, he turned\nand left the room, shrinking from that stern, pointing finger, and\nhalf-staggering down the stairs. ", " I heard him hurry across the hall, and\nthe door closed so loudly that the house seemed to be filled with\nechoes, while his steps were perfectly audible as he strode along the\nstreet.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER FORTY FOUR.", "\n\nI AM FORGIVEN.", "\n\n\"Oh, Miss Carr,\" I cried at last, as I broke the painful silence, \"what\nhave I done?\"", "\n\nShe did not answer for some moments. ", " Then, leading me to the couch, she\nthrew off her opera-cloak, and sat looking at me for a few moments\nbefore passing her hand across my forehead to brush aside the hair, and\nkissing me on the brow.", "\n\n\"What have you done, Antony? ", " Shown me that I was not mistaken in you\nwhen I thought you all that was honest and true.\"", "\n\nI could not speak; only sat gazing at her face as she fought hard to\nconquer her agitation.", "\n\n\"Ring the bell, Antony,\" she said at last. ", " \"You must bear with me\nto-night, and not be disappointed. ", " Do not let James enter the room, but\nmeet him on the landing, and say that I shall not want the carriage.\"", "\n\nI hastened to obey her, and then I returned, to stand before her,\nanxious and sick at heart; but she pointed to the seat at her side.", "\n\n\"Antony,\" she said, after some time had elapsed, \"why did you not tell\nme this--this piteous story at once? ", " Was I not worthy of your\nconfidence?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, yes,\" I said; \"but how could I tell you? ", " I dared not.\"", "\n\n\"Dared not?\"", "\n\n\"I felt that it would be so cowardly and mean to tell tales of Mr\nLister, and I hoped that you might find out yourself that he was not so\ngood a man as you thought.\"", "\n\nShe drew a long, deep breath.", "\n\n\"But you might have caused me the deepest misery, Antony,\" she said.", "\n\n\"But what could I do?\" ", " I cried passionately. ", " \"I wanted to tell you,\nand then I felt that I could not; and I talked to Mr Hallett about it,\nand he said, too, that I could not speak.\"", "\n\n\"You must tell me now, Antony,\" she said, as she turned away her face.", "\n\"Tell me all.\"", "\n\nI drew a breath full of relief, and proceeded to tell her all, referring\nto Linny's first adventure and Revitts' injuries, and going on to all I\nknew of Linny's elopement, to the end.", "\n\n\"But, Antony,\" she exclaimed, as I finished, and she now turned her face\ntowards mine, \"can this be true? ", " Is it certain that it was Mr Lister?\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" I said; \"certain. ", " His letters to poor Linny show all that; and\nshe talks about him in her delirium, poor girl!\"", "\n\n\"I cannot believe it of him,\" she said; \"and yet--How long is it since\nyour friend was hurt?\"", "\n\nI told her the very night, from my pocket-book.", "\n\n\"His hands were injured from a struggle, he told me, with some drunken\nman,\" she said half to herself. ", " Then aloud, \"Antony, did you see either\nof these letters?\"", "\n\n\"Yes; Mr Hallett asked me to look at them, to see if I knew the\nhandwriting as well as he; and, besides, in one of her intervals of\nreason, poor Linny clung to her brother, and begged him never to let Mr\nLister see her again.\"", "\n\n\"Did she say why?\" ", "asked Miss Carr hoarsely.", "\n\n\"Yes; she said he had such power over her that she was afraid of him.\"", "\n\nA half-hysterical sob seemed to rise to Miss Carr's lips, but her face\nwas very stern and unchanged.", "\n\nThen, rising quickly, as if a sudden thought occurred to her, she\ncrossed the room to a little Japanese cabinet, and took out a short,\nthick cord, as it seemed to me; but, as she placed it in my hands, I saw\nthat it was a short hair watch-guard, finished with gilded swivel and\ncross.", "\n\nShe placed it in my hands without a word, looking at me intently the\nwhile, as if questioning me with her eyes.", "\n\n\"That is Linny Hallett's chain,\" I said. ", " \"She made that guard herself,\nof her own hair. ", " How did it come here?\"", "\n\n\"Mr Lister dropped it, I suppose,\" she said, with a look of scorn\nflashing from her eyes. ", " \"It was found by one of my servants in the hall\nafter he was gone, and brought to me. ", " I had forgotten it, Antony, until\nnow.\"", "\n\nThere was again a deep silence in the room, but at last she broke it\nwith an eager question.", "\n\n\"Tell me about this Linny Hallett,\" she said. ", " \"You have often told me\nthat she is pretty. ", " Is she good?\"", "\n\n\"Oh yes, I am sure she is,\" I said; \"but she is weak and wilful, and she\nmust have loved Mr Lister very much to turn as she has from so true a\nbrother as Mr Hallett.\"", "\n\n\"And--Mr Hallett--is he a good brother to her?\"", "\n\n\"Good brother!\" ", " I exclaimed, my admiration for my friend carrying me\naway; \"he is all that is noble and patient and good. ", " Poor Hallett! ", "he\nis more like a father to Linny than a brother, and then his patience\nwith his poor mother! ", " Oh, Miss Carr, I wish you knew him, too!\"", "\n\nShe darted an inquiring look at me and then turned away her head,\nspeaking no more, but listening intently as I told her of poor Hallett's\npatience under misfortune, relating the story again of his noble\nsacrifice of self to keep those who were dear to him; of the anxiety\nLinny caused him, and of his tenderness of the unreasonable invalid he\nmade his care.", "\n\nThen, being thus set a-going, I talked, too, of the model, and our\nlabours, and again of my ambition to get to be an engineer in order to\nhelp him, little thinking how I had turned myself into a special pleader\nto the advancement of my poor friend's cause.", "\n\nAt last, half-ashamed of my earnestness, I looked inquiringly in my\ncompanion's face, to find that she was listening intently, and she\nlooked up at me as I ceased.", "\n\n\"And this Mr--Mr Hallett,\" she said softly, \"is still a workman in\nMessrs. Ruddle and Lister's employ?\"", "\n\n\"Oh _no_! ", " Miss Carr,\" I exclaimed; \"he told me he could never enter the\nplace again, and that he dared not trust himself to meet Mr Lister face\nto face. ", " He has not been there since, and he never will go there now.\"", "\n\nMiss Carr seemed to breathe more freely as I said these words, and then\nthere was another interval of silence.", "\n\n\"Is Mr Hallett poor?\" ", "she asked then.", "\n\n\"Oh yes, very poor,\" I said. ", " \"He has been obliged to stop his work over\nhis invention sometimes, because the money has to go to buy wine and\nlittle choice things for poor Mrs Hallett. ", " She is always repining and\ntalking of the days when she had her conservatory and carriage, and,\nworst of all, she blames poor Hallett so for his want of ambition. ", " Yes,\nMiss Carr,\" I said, repeating myself to willing ears, \"and he is one of\nthe truest and best of men. ", " He was not always a workman, you know.\"", "\n\n\"Indeed!\" ", "she said; and I saw that she bent her head lower as she\nlistened.", "\n\n\"No,\" I said enthusiastically, as I, in my heart, set up Stephen Hallett\nas the model I meant to imitate. ", " \"His father was a surgeon in\nWarwickshire, and Mr Hallett was at college--at Oxford, where he was\nworking to take honours.\"", "\n\nMiss Carr's lips parted as she still sat with her head bent.", "\n\n\"He told me all about it one evening. ", " He was sent for home one day to\nfind his father dying; and, a week later, poor Mr Hallett found himself\nwith all his father's affairs upon his hands, and that he had died\nheavily in debt.\"", "\n\nMiss Carr's head was slowly raised, and I felt proud then to see how I\nhad interested her.", "\n\n\"Then,\" I continued, \"he had to try what he could do. ", " He could not go\nback to college; for it took everything, even the furniture, to pay off\nhis father's debts, and then, one day, Miss Carr, he had to sit down and\nthink how he was to keep his widowed mother, and his sister, and\nhimself.\"", "\n\nMiss Carr was now sitting with her head resting upon her hand, her elbow\nupon her knee, listening intently to all I said.", "\n\n\"Mr Hallett and his father had some type and a little press in one of\nthe rooms, with which they used to print poems and little pamphlets, and\nMr Hallett had learnt enough about printing to make him, when he had\ntaken his mother and sister up to London, try and get employment in an\noffice. ", " And he did; and he says he used to be horribly afraid of being\nfound out and treated as an impostor; but by working with all his might\nhe used to manage to keep up with the slow, lazy ones, and then, by\ndegrees, he passed them; and now--oh, you should see him!--he can set up\ntype much faster than the quickest man who ever came into the office.\"", "\n\n\"And does he keep his mother and sister now?\" ", "she said dreamily.", "\n\n\"Oh yes,\" I said; \"Mrs Hallett has been an invalid ever since Mr\nStephen Hallett's father died.\"", "\n\nMiss Carr had sunk back in the corner of the couch, closing her eyelids,\nand I thought I saw a couple of tears stealing down her cheeks; but\ndirectly after she covered her face with her hands, remaining silent\nlike that for quite half-an-hour--a silence that I respected to the end.", "\n\nAt last she rose quietly, and held out her hand.", "\n\n\"Antony,\" she said softly, \"I am not well to-night. ", " Forgive me if I\nhave disappointed you. ", " Another time we must make up for this.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, Miss Carr,\" I said, \"you have been so grieved.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, greatly grieved, Antony, in many ways--not least that I spoke to\nyou so harshly as I did.\"", "\n\n\"But you are not angry with me?\" ", " I said. ", " \"You forgive me for not\nspeaking out.\"", "\n\n\"Forgive you?\" ", "she said softly--\"forgive you, my boy?--yes. ", " But go now;\nI do not feel myself. ", " Good-night, Antony, my dear boy; go.\"", "\n\nTo my surprise, she took me tenderly in her arms and kissed me, leading\nme afterwards to the door, and laying her cheek against my forehead\nbefore she let me out.", "\n\n\"Come to me to-morrow, Antony; come again to dinner; perhaps the next\nday I may be leaving town.\"", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER FORTY FIVE.", "\n\nHALLETT'S NEW LANDLORD.", "\n\nA year slipped rapidly away, full of changes for some people, no doubt;\nbut to me it was very uneventful. ", " I worked away at my profession\nsteadily, liking it better every day, and for nothing more strongly than\nthat it gave me knowledge that I felt would be of advantage to Stephen\nHallett, with whom I grew more intimate than ever.", "\n\nThe home at Great Ormond Street seemed now less sombre and desolate; for\nsince her serious illness, from which poor Linny had been literally\nnursed back into life by Mary and Hallett, the girl was completely\nchanged.", "\n\nAs she began to mend, I used to find a great deal of time to go and sit\nwith her; for her return to strength was very slow, and the poor worn\nface would light up and the great staring eyes brighten whenever I went\ninto the room with some little offering or another that I thought would\nplease her. ", " Sometimes it would be flowers, or fruit, or any little\ndelicacy that I thought she would fancy; but the greatest pleasure I\ncould give her was to take some fresh book, and sit and read.", "\n\nShe used to lie upon a couch near the window, where she could look out\nupon the sky, and when I was not there I suppose she would lie like\nthat, thinking, for hours, without speaking a word.", "\n\nMary had grown to be quite an institution at the place, and the two\ninvalids at last took up so much of her time, that a scheme was one day\nproposed by me, consequent upon an announcement made to me by Hallett.", "\n\n\"We shall be obliged to leave,\" he said. ", " \"The tenants of this house are\ngoing away.\"", "\n\n\"But it will be terrible work, Hallett,\" I said. ", " \"How will Linny and\nMrs Hallett bear the change?\"", "\n\n\"I hope patiently and well,\" he said quietly, and the subject dropped;\nbut an idea had occurred to me which I hastened to put in force.", "\n\nMy first step was to write to Miss Carr, whom I had not seen for many,\nmany months, as, directly after the meeting with Mr Lister she had gone\non the Continent with her newly-married sister, whose husband had an\nofficial appointment at Marseilles, and had resided with her ever since.", "\n\nI was grievously disappointed at having to part with so good a friend;\nbut she promised to write to me every week, and gave me the strictest\ninjunctions to send to her for advice or help whenever I should find\nmyself in need.", "\n\nI had no hesitation whatever, then, in asking her in my weekly letter\nfor help to carry out my plan, and that was to find Revitts and Mary the\nmoney to buy the lease of the house in Great Ormond Street, so that Mary\nwould be better able to attend to her friends, and, while acting as\ntheir landlady, supply me with better rooms as well.", "\n\nI broached the subject to Revitts and his wife that very evening, and\nthe former nodded.", "\n\n\"How much would it take, Ant'ny?\" ", "he said.", "\n\n\"The lease would be a hundred pounds,\" I said. ", " \"Then the rent is\neighty.\"", "\n\n\"That's a deal of money, my dear,\" said Mary; \"and then there's the\nrates.\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" I said; \"but then look here, Mary; I should like a sitting-room\nas well as a bedroom now, and I could pay you twenty-five or thirty\npounds a year for that. ", " I know Mr Hallett pays twenty-six for what he\nhas, and you could, as you often said you would like to, let another\nfloor; for it is a large house. ", " I think you would live rent-free.\"", "\n\n\"There,\" cried Revitts, giving the table a slap. ", " \"What do you think of\nthat, Polly?\"", "\n\n\"Think of what?\" ", "she said tartly; for the seriousness of the subject\nunsettled her.", "\n\n\"What he says. ", " D'ye hear his business-like way of reckoning it up: so\nmuch for this here, and so much for that there? ", " He couldn't have talked\nlike that when he come up to London first, as green as a bit o' grass.", "\nThat's my teaching, that is. ", " I knew I could sharpen him up.\"", "\n\n\"Don't be so conceited, Bill,\" she exclaimed. ", " \"But a large house means\nlots of furniture, Master Antony. ", " No, I don't think it would do. ", " We\nhaven't enough.\"", "\n\n\"But I've written to Miss Carr, to ask her to let me have the money for\nyou.\"", "\n\nRevitts got up out of his chair, where he was partaking of tea and bread\nand butter in a rather wholesale style, pulled himself together,\nbuttoned up his coat, took a couple of official strides to where I sat,\nand, taking my hand, began shaking it up and down for some moments.", "\n\nThen he gave Mary three or four wags of the head and nods, and went back\nto his tea, unbuttoning the while.", "\n\n\"That's very nice and kind of you, Master Antony,\" she said; \"but that\nmoney would be only borrowed, and it would have to be paid back again,\nand sit upon us like lumps of lead till it was--\"\n\n\"Oh, nonsense, Mary, I don't believe Miss Carr would ever want it back--\nI think she'll give me the money. ", " And besides, I mean to furnish my own\nrooms, so that will be two less.\"", "\n\n\"Hark at that now!\" ", "said Revitts, giving his head a wag.", "\n\n\"I don't want to seem conceited, but I should like to improve my room,\nand have a place for my books, and be able to bring a friend home to\nhave tea or supper with me when I liked.\"", "\n\n\"That's quite right,\" said Revitts approvingly; \"but we should want\nclose upon two hundred pounds, Master Ant'ny, you know.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, you ought to have two hundred and fifty pounds.\"", "\n\nMary shook her head, and seemed to tighten up her face, buttering the\nbread she had before her the while.", "\n\n\"Here, I say, come, Polly, I know we should have to begin saving,\" said\nRevitts, in tones of remonstrance; \"but don't begin to-night. ", " Stick a\nlittle more butter on that there bread.\"", "\n\nMary complied, the meal went on, and I left them at last to talk the\nmatter over, thoroughly upset by my proposals.", "\n\nThey opposed them for some days to come; but when, at last, I received a\nkind letter from Miss Carr, bidding me tell Mary how glad she was to\nhear of her plans, and that they were to be sure and include a\ncomfortable bed and sitting-room for me, the day was carried, especially\nas the letter contained a cheque for 250 pounds; though they would not\ntake all this, the steady, hoarding couple being able to produce between\nthem enough to pay in full for the lease, which was duly assigned and\nplaced in Revitts' hands by Tom Girtley, who was progressing fast with\nthe firm of solicitors to whom he had been articled.", "\n\nThe first intimation that Hallett received of the change was from\nRevitts himself, who called one day on his way home to announce with\nsuppressed glee that he was the new landlord, and to ask if there was\nanything that Mr Hallett would like done.", "\n\nHallett stared in astonishment, and then turned sharply to me--\n\n\"This is your doing, Antony,\" he said.", "\n\nI pleaded guilty.", "\n\n\"Well, what could be better?\" ", " I said; \"I'm going to have two rooms, and\nMary will be always at hand to attend upon us, and you will not have to\nturn out.\"", "\n\n\"But the money?\" ", "he said, looking at me searchingly.", "\n\n\"Revitts and his wife have been saving people,\" I replied, \"and they had\ntheir savings to invest. ", " I don't think they could have done better.\"", "\n\nHallett did not seem satisfied, but he was too much of a gentleman to\npush his questions home, and the matter dropped. ", " The old tenant of the\nhouse moved out at once; Mary had a charwoman at work for a general\nclean up, and ended by dismissing her for smelling of gin, and doing the\ncleaning herself; and before a fortnight was over the change had been\nmade, and I was able to congratulate myself on a capital arrangement.", "\n\n\"You think it is now,\" I said, \"Hallett, don't you?\"", "\n\n\"I do now, Antony,\" he said, \"for more reasons than one.\"", "\n\n\"What do you mean?\" ", " I said; for he looked very peculiar and stern.", "\n\n\"I have seen that man hanging about here once or twice.\"", "\n\n\"Mr Lister?\"", "\n\nHe nodded.", "\n\n\"Oh, but surely that is all over. ", " He would never dare.\"", "\n\n\"He hates me, I am sure, Antony,\" he replied, \"and would do anything to\ninjure me; and, besides, such a man as that would not lightly give up\nhis plans.\"", "\n\n\"But Linny dislikes him now, I am sure,\" I said.", "\n\n\"I am not,\" he replied sadly; and no more was said.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER FORTY SIX.", "\n\nLINNY AWAKES.", "\n\nBut those words \"I am not,\" made no little impression on me, and a day\nor two later, when I had taken Linny in some flowers, I was thinking\nvery deeply about them, and perhaps my thoughts may have influenced the\nmind of the poor girl, for she suddenly laid her thin white hand upon my\narm and said: \"Antony, do you ever see Mr Lister now?\"", "\n\n\"No,\" I said; \"I have never seen him since the day of that scene with\nMiss Carr.\"", "\n\n\"Tell me about it--all about it,\" she said sharply. ", " I stared at her\naghast, and tried to excuse myself, but her eyes looked at me so\nimploringly that I felt compelled, and related all that I had heard and\nseen.", "\n\nShe lay with her eyes half-closed during my recital, and when it was\nended the poor, weak, wasted girl took one of my hands between both of\nhers, and held it to her breast, caressing it silently the while.", "\n\n\"Oh, Linny, dear,\" I said, \"what have I done! ", " I ought not to have told\nyou all this. ", " You are going to be worse. ", " Let me call Stephen!\"", "\n\n\"No, no, no,\" she wailed. ", " \"Hush, hush! ", " You must not wake poor mamma?\"", "\n\n\"Let me call up Mary.\"", "\n\n\"No, no,\" she sobbed; \"sit still--sit still, Antony dear; you have\nalways been to me like a brother, and you have known all. ", " I have no\ngirl friends of my own age, but I can talk to you.\"", "\n\n\"No; let's talk of something else,\" I said earnestly. ", " \"You must not\nthink about the past.\"", "\n\n\"I must think about it, or I shall die,\" she said, adding pathetically,\n\"no, no, don't get up. ", " I shall be better now. ", " There, you see, I have\nleft off crying.\"", "\n\nShe seemed to make an effort over herself, and in a few minutes she\nlooked up at me smiling, but her poor face was so wasted and thin that\nher smile frightened me, and I was again about to call for help.", "\n\n\"No, no,\" she said; \"I am better now. ", " Antony dear, I could not get\nwell, but felt as if I was wasting away because I could not see him.", "\nOh, Antony, I did love him so, and I felt obliged to obey him in all he\nwished. ", " But it was because I thought him so fond and true. ", " I have felt\nall these long months that he loved me very dearly, and that if I could\nonly see him--if I could only lay my head upon his arm, and go to rest,\nI should wake up well. ", " I always thought that he loved me very dearly,\nand that some day he would come and say I was to be his wife. ", " Stephen\nthought I hated him for his cruel ways, but I did not, I could not. ", " I\ndo not even hate him now. ", " I am only sorry.\"", "\n\n\"But you don't want to see him again, Linny?\" ", " I said.", "\n\n\"No, no: not now,\" she replied with a shudder. ", " \"I know now that he\nnever loved me. ", " I never understood it all before, Antony. ", " I pray God I\nmay never see his face again.\"", "\n\nThere was something very impressive in her words, and, closing her eyes,\nshe lay back there so still that I thought she was asleep, but the\nmoment I tried to withdraw my hand she clung to it the more tightly, and\nlooked up at me and smiled.", "\n\n\"Antony,\" she said suddenly; and there seemed to be a new light in her\neyes as she opened them wildly, \"I am going to get well now. ", " I could\nnot before, for thinking about the past.\"", "\n\n\"I hope and pray that you will,\" I said, with a strange sensation of\nfear creeping through me.", "\n\n\"I shall,\" she said quickly. ", " \"I can feel it now. ", " Last week I thought\nthat I was going to die. ", " Now talk to me about Miss Carr. ", " Is she very\nbeautiful?\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" I said eagerly, \"very beautiful.\"", "\n\n\"More handsome than I used to be?\" ", "she said, laughing.", "\n\n\"Oh, she's very different to you, Linny,\" I said, flushing. ", " \"She is\ntall and noble-looking, and dark, while you are little and fair. ", " One\ncould not compare you two together.\"", "\n\n\"It was no wonder, then, that Mr Lister should love her.\"", "\n\n\"Oh no,\" I said. ", " \"Any man who saw her would be sure to love her.\"", "\n\nShe sighed softly.", "\n\n\"Is she--is she a good woman?\"", "\n\n\"Good?\" ", " I cried enthusiastically; \"there could not be a better woman.\"", "\n\n\"And--and--\" she faltered, moistening her dry lips, \"do you think she\nwill marry Mr Lister?\"", "\n\n\"I am sure she will not,\" I said indignantly.", "\n\n\"But she loved him.\"", "\n\n\"No,\" I said thoughtfully; \"I don't think she did much.\"", "\n\n\"But he loved her.\"", "\n\n\"Ye-es, I suppose so,\" I said; \"but he could not have loved her much, or\nhe would not have behaved as he did.\"", "\n\nThere was a pause then, during which Linny lay playing with my hand.", "\n\n\"Antony,\" she cried suddenly, \"Miss Carr will forgive him some day.\"", "\n\n\"Forgive him!\" ", " I said. ", " \"Yes, she is so good a woman that I dare say\nshe will forgive him, but everything is over between them now.\"", "\n\n\"I am very glad,\" she said dreamily, \"for I should be sorry if anything\nelse took place.\"", "\n\n\"What! ", "should you be jealous, Linny?\"", "\n\n\"No,\" she said decidedly, \"only very, very sorry for her. ", " Oh! ", " Antony,\"\nshe said, bursting into passionate tears, \"I was very ignorant and very\nblind.\"", "\n\n\"Linny, Linny, my child, what is the matter?\" ", "cried Hallett, entering\nthe room, and flying with all a woman's solicitude to the couch, to take\nthe light wasted form in his arms. ", " \"Heaven help me, she's worse. ", " The\ndoctor, Antony, quick!\"", "\n\n\"No, no, no,\" cried Linny, throwing her arms round her brother's neck;\n\"I am better, Steve, better now. ", " It is only sorrow that I have been so\nblind.\"", "\n\n\"So blind, my darling?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, yes,\" she sobbed excitedly, pressing her brother's dark hair from\nhis forehead, and covering his face with her kisses, \"that I was so\nblind, and weak, and young. ", " I did not know who loved me, and who did\nnot; but it's all over now, Steve dear. ", " Dear brother, it's all over\nnow.\"", "\n\n\"My darling,\" he whispered, \"let me send for help!\"", "\n\n\"No, no,\" she cried, \"what for? ", " I am better--so much better, Stephen.", "\nThat is all taken off my mind, and I have nothing to do now but love\nyou, love you all, and get well.\"", "\n\nPoor little thing! ", " She lay there clasped in her brother's strong arms,\nsobbing hysterically, but it was as if every tear she shed washed away\nfrom her stricken mind a portion of the canker that had been consuming\nher day by day.", "\n\nIt was more than I could bear, and if it had not been that I was called\nupon to speak to and comfort poor, weak Mrs Hallett, who had been\nawakened by Linny's passionate sobs, I should have run out of the room\nand away from the house; but somehow I had grown to be part and parcel\nof that family, and the weak invalid seemed to love me like her own son.", "\n\nAt last, to my inexpressible relief, I saw Linny calm gradually down and\nsink to sleep in her brother's arms, like some weary, suffering child.", "\n\nHallett did not move, but sat there fearing to disturb her, and as the\nevening wore on, his eyes sought mine inquiringly again and again, to\ndirect my attention to her look: and as I watched her in that soft\nevening glow--a mellow light which told of a lovely evening in the\ncountry lanes--a soft, gentle calm seemed to have come upon the wasted\nface, its old hard angularity had gone, and with it that wistful air of\nsuffering and constant pain, her breathing was faint, but it was soft\nand regular as that of a sleeping child, and at last there was a restful\nsmile of content upon her lips, such as had not been there for years.", "\n\n\"What had you been saying to her, Antony?\" ", "whispered Hallett sternly, as\nI sat there by his side.", "\n\n\"She asked me questions about Lister and Miss Carr,\" I said, \"and I\nthink that she woke up for the first time to know what a rascal he is.\"", "\n\nHallett looked anxiously at his sister before he spoke again, but she\nwas evidently plunged in a deep sleep.", "\n\n\"You are very young, Antony, but you are getting schooled in nature's\nsecrets earlier than many are. ", " Do you think that is over now?\"", "\n\n\"I am sure of it,\" I said.", "\n\n\"Thank God!\" ", "he said fervently, \"for I was in daily dread.\"", "\n\n\"She would never--there,\" I said excitedly; \"she prayed herself that she\nmight never see his face again.\"", "\n\n\"But they say women are very forgiving, Antony,\" he said with a tinge of\nbitterness; and then, with his brow furrowing but a cynical smile upon\nhis lip, he said, \"We shall hear next that Miss Carr has forgiven him,\nand that they are married.\"", "\n\n\"For shame!\" ", " I exclaimed indignantly. ", " \"You do not know Miss Carr, or\nyou would not speak like that.\"", "\n\nHe half closed his eyes after glancing at where his mother lay back in\nher easy-chair, asleep once more, for so she passed the greater part of\nher time.", "\n\n\"No,\" he said softly, \"I do not know her, Antony.\"", "\n\nI don't know what possessed me to say what I did, but it seemed as if I\nwas influenced to speak.", "\n\n\"I wish you did know her and love her, Hallett, for she is so--\"\n\nHe started as if he had been stung.", "\n\n\"Are you mad?\" ", "he exclaimed angrily.", "\n\n\"No,\" I said quietly, \"but I think she likes you.\"", "\n\n\"How could she?\"", "\n\n\"I have talked so much about you, and she has seemed so interested in\nall you do.\"", "\n\n\"You foolish fellow,\" he said, with his face resuming its old calm.", "\n\"You are too young yet to thoroughly understand such matters. ", " When you\ngrow older, you will learn why it was that I could not play, as you\nseemed to wish, so mean a part as to become John Lister's accuser. ", " It\nwould have been contemptible in the extreme.\"", "\n\n\"I could not help feeling that Miss Carr ought to know, Hallett.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, my lad, but you shrank from telling her yourself.\"", "\n\nHe was silent for a minute.", "\n\n\"Ah, Antony,\" he said, \"Fate seems to have ordained that I am always to\nwear the workman's coat; but I console myself with the idea that a man\nmay be a poor artisan and still at heart a gentleman.\"", "\n\n\"Of course!\"", "\n\n\"My father was a thoroughly honourable man, who left us poor solely from\nmisfortune. ", " The legacy he left to me, Antony, was the care of my dear\nmother and Linny.\"", "\n\nHe looked down tenderly on the sleeping girl, and softly stroked her\nhair; the touch, light as it was, waking her, to smile in his face with\na look very different from that worn by her countenance the day before.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER FORTY SEVEN.", "\n\nMISS CARR HEARS THE TRUTH.", "\n\nI was surprised one morning by my weekly letter from Miss Carr\ncontaining the welcome news that she was coming back; in fact, that she\nwas following the letter, and it expressed a wish that I should meet her\nat the terminus and see her home.", "\n\nIt was with no small feeling of pride that I found myself chosen for\nthis duty, and quite an hour before it was possible for the train to\ncome in, I was waiting at the station.", "\n\nSoon after I saw the carriage drive up, and at last, after looking\nendless times at the clock, I saw the train come gliding in, and the\nnext minute I was hurrying along the platform, looking eagerly at each\ncarriage in turn, when I found myself brushing by John Lister, who\nstarted and scowled at me as I passed.", "\n\nJust then I caught sight of Miss Carr, looking from one of the\ncarriages, and handing a bundle of wraps to her maid.", "\n\nI ran eagerly up, but only to find myself rudely thrust aside by John\nLister, who, in his excitement, studied nothing so that he could reach\nher first.", "\n\n\"At last,\" he whispered passionately. ", " \"Let me be the first to welcome\nyou back.\"", "\n\nFlushed and angry, my fists involuntarily clenched, and I felt ready to\nstrike him as I started forward once again.", "\n\nI had my recompense, though, directly, for I saw Miss Carr draw down her\nveil, and; completely ignoring the extended hands, she beckoned to me,\nand, summoning up as much importance as I could, I said sharply:\n\n\"Will you have the goodness to stand aside?\"", "\n\nHe was so taken aback by the determined refusal of Miss Carr to renew\ntheir acquaintance that he stood back involuntarily, recovering himself\nthough, directly, and approaching once more; but he was too late: Miss\nCarr had taken my arm, and I led her to the carriage, the footman, who\nhad seen her, taking the wraps and a case or two from the maid, whom he\nushered to a cab, which was then being loaded with luggage, as I sprang\nin beside my patroness, and gave the word to the coachman, \"Home!\"", "\n\nI was too young not to feel excited by the importance of my position,\nand as the horses started and the carriage moved forward, think now that\nI must have been more than human if I had not darted a look of triumph\nat John Lister, as he stood there just beneath one of the swinging\nlamps, his brow furrowed and a furious look of disappointment and malice\nupon his face.", "\n\nI heard Miss Carr draw her breath as if with pain, but the next moment\nher hands were in mine.", "\n\n\"My dear Antony,\" she exclaimed, \"I am very glad to get back. ", " Why, my\ndear boy, what a difference one year has made in you.\"", "\n\n\"Has it?\" ", " I said, laughing.", "\n\n\"Oh, yes! ", " Why, Antony, you will soon be growing into a man.\"", "\n\n\"I hope so, Miss Carr; but I don't think you look well.\"", "\n\n\"No?\"", "\n\n\"You look thin and careworn.\"", "\n\n\"Marseilles is a very hot place, Antony,\" she said evasively, \"and does\nnot suit English people. ", " Of course, you are my property this evening,\nAntony. ", " You have no engagement?\"", "\n\n\"No,\" I said, smiling. ", " \"I should have gone to spend the evening with\nMr Hallett if I had been alone.\"", "\n\nHer hand gave a slight twitch as I said these words, and her voice\nsounded a little hoarse as she continued:\n\n\"You must come and dine with me, Antony, and we will have a long, long\nchat. ", " It seems like old times to be with you again.\"", "\n\nI was delighted to have her back, and chatted on in the most unreserved\nway, until we reached Miss Carr's house, where the door flew open as the\ncarriage stopped.", "\n\nI jumped down, and was in the act of holding out my right hand and the\ncarriage-door open with the left, when I started with surprise; for a\nswift hansom cab had brought John Lister there before us, and he stood\non the other side, holding out his hand.", "\n\n\"I must speak to you, Miriam!\" ", "he exclaimed in a low voice, when, seeing\nher shrink back in alarm, and with an unmistakable look of horror in her\nface, boy as I was, I felt some sense of manhood flush to my cheek, and,\nfeeling no fear of him for the moment, I placed my hand upon his chest,\nand thrust him with all my might away.", "\n\n\"Stand back, sir!\" ", " I cried, \"or I call the police.\"", "\n\nEre he could recover from his astonishment, Miss Carr had lightly\ntouched my hand, stepped out, and hurried in, while I, with my heart\nbeating fast at my temerity, slowly closed the brougham-door, and stood\nfacing John Lister.", "\n\n\"You insolent dog?\" ", "he cried threateningly; and I thought he was about\nto strike me, but at that moment, as I stood before him with my teeth\nset, I would hardly have run in to save my life.", "\n\n\"How dare you insult Miss Carr!\" ", " I exclaimed.", "\n\n\"Insult! ", " Oh, this is too much!\" ", "he muttered. ", " Then, half-raising his\nhand, he let it fall once more, turned upon his heel, and strode away.", "\n\nThe coachman seemed disposed to speak, but the field being now my own, I\nwalked--very pompously, I'm afraid--into the hall, Miss Carr coming out\nof the dining-room as soon as the front door was closed, to catch my\nhand in hers, and look eagerly in my flushed face.", "\n\n\"You have grown brave too, Antony,\" she whispered, as she led me\nupstairs. ", " \"Thank you, thank you; I did not know that I could look for a\nprotector in you.\"", "\n\nI had calmed down by the time Miss Carr had dressed; and then followed\none of those, to me, delightful evenings. ", " We dined together; she\nchatted of her life in Southern France, and at last, over our tea in the\ndrawing-room, as she was sitting back in her lounge-chair, with her face\nin the shade, she said, in what was meant to be a perfectly calm voice:\n\n\"Well, Antony, you have not said a word to me about your friends.\"", "\n\nI did not answer directly, for I felt a strange hesitation in so doing;\nand a similar emotion must have been in my companion's breast, for she\nsat there for some minutes in silence, till I said:\n\n\"Linny Hallett seems to have quite recovered now, and is bright and\nhappy again, though very much changed.\"", "\n\nMiss Carr did not speak.", "\n\n\"Mrs Hallett is precisely the same. ", " I do not think she has altered in\nthe least since I have known her.\"", "\n\nMiss Carr seemed to turn her face more away from me, or else it was the\nshadow, and now, instead of speaking of Stephen Hallett, something\nseemed to prompt me to turn off, and talk of Revitts and Mary, and of\nhow admirably the arrangement had answered of their taking the house in\nGreat Ormond Street.", "\n\nThere seemed to be a slight impatient movement as I prattled on--I can\ncall it nothing else. ", " It was not from a spirit of mischief, but all the\ntime I seemed to feel that she must want to know about Stephen Hallett,\nand somehow I could not mention his name.", "\n\n\"It is quite droll, Miss Carr,\" I said. ", " \"Mrs Hallett says that it is\nsuch an admirable arrangement, having a police-constable on the\npremises, and that she has never before felt so safe since she has been\nin London.\"", "\n\n\"You have not spoken to me yet of your friend--Mr Hallett.\"", "\n\nI started, for it did not sound like Miss Carr's voice, and when I\nlooked up I could not see her face.", "\n\n\"No; not yet,\" I said. ", " \"He is toiling on still as patiently and\nenduringly as ever.\"", "\n\n\"And the invention, Antony?\"", "\n\n\"The invention,\" I said bitterly, \"lags behind. ", " It is impossible to get\non.\"", "\n\n\"Is--is it all waste of time, then?\"", "\n\n\"Waste? ", " No,\" I said. ", " \"The invention is one that would carry all before\nit; but, poor fellow, he is tied and fettered at every turn. ", " He has\nnearly got it to perfection, but, after months of constant toil, some\nwretched part breaks down, and the whole thing has to be done again.\"", "\n\n\"But is it likely to succeed?\"", "\n\n\"Likely?\" ", " I said: \"it must succeed; but it never can until it has been\nmade and tried. ", " It should be carefully constructed at some large\nengineering establishment like ours.\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" she said, evidently listening intently.", "\n\n\"But how can it be? ", " Poor Hallett earns about two pounds a week, and the\ndemands upon his pocket, through his mother's and sister's illness, have\nbeen terrible. ", " He is heavily in debt now to the doctors.\"", "\n\n\"Why do you not help your friend, then, Antony?\" ", "she said in tones of\nreproach.", "\n\n\"Because he will not let me,\" I replied quietly. ", " \"He is too proud.\"", "\n\nMiss Carr was silent.", "\n\n\"What amount would it take,\" she said at last, in a strange tone, \"to\nperfect the machine?\"", "\n\n\"Amount?\" ", " I said eagerly; \"an awful deal. ", " It is impossible to say how\nmuch. ", " Why, the patent would cost nearly a hundred. ", " Poor fellow! ", " I\nwish sometimes he would give it up.\"", "\n\n\"Why?\" ", "she exclaimed softly.", "\n\n\"Because,\" I said, \"it is breaking his heart.\"", "\n\n\"Is--is he so constant in his attentions to it?\"", "\n\n\"Oh yes, Miss Carr. ", " Whenever he can spare a minute, he is working or\ndreaming over it; he calls it his love--his mistress, in a half-mocking\nsort of spirit. ", " Poor fellow, it is a sad life.\"", "\n\nThere was again a deep silence in the room.", "\n\n\"Antony,\" she said again, \"why do you not help your friend?\"", "\n\n\"I do,\" I said eagerly. ", " \"I have worked at it all night with him\nsometimes, and spent all my pocket-money upon it--though he doesn't know\nit. ", " He thinks I have turned some of the wheels and spindles myself, but\nI set some of our best workmen to do it, and cut me the cogs and\nratchets.\"", "\n\n\"And paid for them yourself?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, Miss Carr. ", " I could not have made them well enough.\"", "\n\n\"But why not help him more substantially, Antony? ", " With the money that\nis required?\"", "\n\n\"I help him?\" ", " I said.", "\n\nShe did not answer for a few moments, for a struggle was going on within\nher breast, but she spoke at last. ", " Her pride and feminine shrinking had\ngiven way before the love that she had been striving these many months\nto crush, but which was sweeping all before it now.", "\n\n\"Antony,\" she said softly, \"I can trust to you, I know; and I feel that\nwhatever I help you in will be for the best. ", " You shall help your friend\nMr Hallett. ", " My purse shall be open to you, and you shall find the\nmeans to enable him to carry his project to success.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, Miss Carr!\" ", " I cried; and in my new delight I caught and kissed her\nhand.", "\n\nShe laid one upon my shoulder, but her head was averted still, and then\nshe motioned me to resume my seat.", "\n\n\"Does that satisfy you, Antony?\" ", "she said.", "\n\n\"Yes--no,\" I cried, getting up and walking up and down the room. ", " \"He\nwould not take the money; he would be a great deal too proud.\"", "\n\n\"Would not take the money, Antony? ", " Why?\"", "\n\n\"Because he would know that it came from you.\"", "\n\n\"And knowing that the money came from me, Antony, would he not take it?\"", "\n\n\"No, I am sure he would not.\"", "\n\n\"Why?\"", "\n\n\"Because--because--Miss Carr, should you be angry with me if I told you\nthe truth?\"", "\n\nShe paused again, some minutes, before she replied softly, but in so\nstrange a tone: \"No, Antony. ", " How could I?\"", "\n\n\"Because, Miss Carr, I am sure he loves you: and he would think it\nlowered him in your eyes.\"", "\n\nShe turned upon me a look that seemed hot with anger, but the next\nmoment she had turned her face away, and I could see that her bosom was\nheaving with suppressed emotion.", "\n\nA great struggle was evidently going on within her breast, and it was\nsome time before she could master it. ", " At last, however, she turned to\nme a face that was deadly pale, and there was something very stern in\nher looks as she said to me:\n\n\"Antony, we have been separated for a year, but can you speak to me with\nthe same boyish truth and candour as of old, in the spirit taught you,\nmy dear boy, by the father and mother you have lost?\"", "\n\n\"Oh yes, Miss Carr,\" I said frankly, as I laid my hand in hers, and\nlooked in her beautiful eyes.", "\n\n\"Yes, Antony, you can,\" she said softly. ", " \"Tell me, then, has Mr\nHallett ever dared to say such a thing as--as that to you?\"", "\n\n\"Never, Miss Carr.\"", "\n\n\"Has--has my name been made the subject of conversation amongst your\nfriends?\"", "\n\n\"Never, Miss Carr.\"", "\n\n\"Or been coupled with his?\"", "\n\n\"Oh! ", "no, no,\" I cried, \"never. ", " Mr Hallett has rarely mentioned your\nname.\"", "\n\n\"Then how can you--how can you dare to make such an assertion as you\ndid?\"", "\n\n\"I don't know,\" I replied thoughtfully. ", " \"I could not tell you how it\nis, but I am sure he does love you as much as I do, Miss Carr.\"", "\n\n\"I believe you do, Antony,\" she said, bending forward and kissing my\nforehead. ", " \"But, you foolish boy, drive that other notion from your\nhead, and if you do love me, Antony--and I would have you love me, my\nboy, as dearly as you loved her who has gone--never speak to your\ndearest friend of our words to-night.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, you may trust me for that,\" I said proudly.", "\n\n\"I do trust you, Antony, and I see now that your ideas are right about\nthe money. ", " Still, I should like you to help your friend.\"", "\n\n\"So should I,\" I said; and I sat thinking dreamily over the matter,\nbeing intensely desirous of helping Hallett, till it was time to go,\nwhen an idea occurred to me which I proposed to Miss Carr, one which she\ngladly accepted, joining eagerly in what was, perhaps, a deception, but\none most truly and kindly meant.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER FORTY EIGHT.", "\n\nAN INVITATION.", "\n\n\"Hallo, young Grace,\" said Mr Jabez Rowle, as I was shown up one\nevening into his room, to find him, snuff-box on the table and pen in\nhand, reading away at his paper, and, as I entered, smiling with\nsatisfaction as he pounced upon a literal error, and marked it in the\nmargin. ", " \"How are you?\"", "\n\nI said I was quite well, and he pointed to several pen marks at the side\nof the column.", "\n\n\"There's reading,\" he said contemptuously. ", " \"I'm ashamed of these daily\npapers, that I am. ", " Well, how are wheels and lathes and steam-engines,\neh? ", " Bah! ", "what a contemptible young sneak you were to leave so good a\nbusiness for oil and steam and steel-filings. ", " I give you up now. ", " Glad\nto see you, though; sit down. ", " Have a pinch or snuff?\"", "\n\n\"No, thanks,\" I said, smiling.", "\n\n\"Humph! ", "how you grow, you young dog; why, you'll soon be a man. ", " Better\nhave a pinch; capital bit of snuff.\"", "\n\nI shook my head, and he went on, smiling grimly at me the while.", "\n\n\"No business to have left me, Grace. ", " I should have made a man of you.", "\nWell, how are you getting on?\"", "\n\n\"Capitally,\" I said.", "\n\n\"Don't believe it. ", " Better have stopped with me. ", " Heard from Peter?\"", "\n\n\"No,\" I said eagerly. ", " \"Have you?\"", "\n\n\"Yes. ", " Just the same as usual. ", " Down at Rowford still, smoking himself\nto death. ", " Hah! ", "capital pinch of snuff this,\" he added, regaling himself\nagain. ", " \"Sent his love to you, and said I was to tell you--tell you--\nwhere the dickens did I put that letter?\" ", "he continued, pulling a bundle\nof dip-proofs out of his breast-pocket, and hunting them over--\"said I\nwas to tell you--ah, here it is--to tell you--Ah--`Tell young Grace I\nshall come up to town and see him some day, and I'll give you a look up\ntoo.' ", " Bah! ", " Don't want him: won't have him. ", " We should be sure to\nquarrel. ", " He'd come here, and sit and smoke all day--where's my--oh,\nhere it is.\"", "\n\nHe took a couple of pinches of snuff in a queer, excited way, and\nsnapped his fingers loudly.", "\n\n\"I shall be very, very glad to see him when he does come,\" I said\nwarmly.", "\n\n\"Ah, yes, of course you will. ", " He's got some papers or something, he\nsays, for you.\"", "\n\n\"Has he?\"", "\n\n\"So he says. ", " Hang Peter! ", " I don't like him, somehow.\"", "\n\nThere was a comical look of chagrin in the old man's face as he spoke;\nbut it was mingled with a dry, humorous air that refused to be\nconcealed, and I seemed to feel in my heart that if the brothers met,\nMr Jabez would be thoroughly cordial.", "\n\n\"Well, I'm glad you did condescend to call, young engine-driver,\" he\nsaid at last; \"as it happens, I'm not busy to-night. ", " You won't take a\npinch of snuff?\"", "\n\nI shook my head.", "\n\n\"What will you have, then? ", " Have some almonds and raisins? ", " Figs? ", " Some\noranges? ", " Well, some sweetstuff? ", " They've got some capital cocoa-nut\ncandy downstairs! ", " No? ", " Well, have some candied peel?\"", "\n\n\"No, thank you, Mr Jabez,\" I said, laughing. ", " \"Why, what a baby you do\nthink me.\"", "\n\n\"Well, so you are,\" he growled. ", " \"You don't want me to ask you to have\nbeer, or grog, or cigars, do you?\"", "\n\n\"Oh no!\" ", " I said, laughing.", "\n\n\"Good job, too, because you wouldn't catch me giving them to you. ", " Well,\nhow's your policeman?\"", "\n\n\"Quite well.\"", "\n\n\"Ever see Hallett now?\"", "\n\n\"Every day nearly.\"", "\n\n\"Humph! ", " Decent fellow, Hallett; sorry he left us. ", " Cleanest proofs I\never had. ", " That man always read his stick, Grace. ", " You always read\nyours?\"", "\n\n\"But you forget I am not a printer now, Mr Jabez.\"", "\n\n\"No, I don't, stupid. ", " Can't you see I was speaking in metaphors?", "\nAlways read your stick, boy, through life. ", " When you've done a thing, go\nover it again to see if it's right; and then, at the end, you'll find\nyour proof-sheets of life are not half so foul. ", " Tell Hallett, when you\nsee him again, to give me a look up. ", " I rather liked him.\"", "\n\n\"Why, you never seemed to like him, Mr Jabez,\" I said.", "\n\n\"Well, what of that, boy? ", " Can't a man like anybody without always going\nabout and grinning?\"", "\n\nHe took another pinch of snuff, and then nodded and tapped his box.", "\n\n\"How's Mr Grimstone?\" ", " I said, smiling.", "\n\n\"Oh, hard as a nut, and as awkward. ", " Gives me a deal of trouble.\"", "\n\n\"And is Jem Smith with you still?\"", "\n\n\"With me? ", " No; but he's in a house close by, the great stupid lout!", "\nHe's got whiskers now, and grown more thick-headed than ever. ", " Grimstone\nhad a sharp illness, though, over that affair.\"", "\n\n\"What affair?\" ", " I asked.", "\n\n\"Why, when the partnership was broken up--you know?\"", "\n\n\"No,\" I said, wonderingly.", "\n\n\"Why, you must have heard. ", " When John Lister was bankrupt. ", " He was dead\nin with the money-lenders, and he had to give up, you know.\"", "\n\n\"What! ", "was he ruined?\"", "\n\n\"Ruined? ", "yes, a gambling fool; and if Mr Ruddle hadn't been pretty\nfirm, the rascal would have ruined him too--pulled the house down.\"", "\n\n\"This is news,\" I said.", "\n\n\"Yes, and bad news, too,\" said the old fellow. ", " \"Five hundred pounds of\nmy savings went--lent money--for him to make ducks and drakes!\"", "\n\n\"Oh, Mr Jabez,\" I said: \"I am very sorry.\"", "\n\n\"Don't deserve it,\" he said, taking another pinch; \"served me right for\nbeing such a fool. ", " I don't mind now; I never cry over spilt milk, but\nit nearly broke poor old Grim's heart. ", " Five hundred of his went, too,\nand it was very nearly being more.\"", "\n\n\"I remember something about it,\" I said. ", " \"You were speaking on the\nsubject once before me.\"", "\n\n\"Ah, so we were. ", " Well, it was a warning to me, Grace. ", " Temptation, you\nknow.\"", "\n\n\"Temptation?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, to get bonus and high interest. ", " Playing usurer, my boy. ", " Serve us\nboth right. ", " Don't you ever be led on to lending money on usury.\"", "\n\n\"I'm not likely ever to have any to lend,\" I said, laughing.", "\n\n\"I don't know that,\" he said, making another reference to his snuff-box.", "\n\"Peter said in one of his letters that he thought there was some money\nthat ought to come to you.\"", "\n\n\"I'm afraid not,\" I said, laughing. ", " \"I've a long debt to pay yet.\"", "\n\n\"You!--you in debt, you young rascal!\" ", "he exclaimed angrily.", "\n\n\"I always said I would some day pay off my father's debts, Mr Jabez,\" I\nsaid; and then my words brought up such a flood of sad recollections,\nthat I was about to eagerly change the subject, when Mr Jabez leaned\nover to me and took my hand.", "\n\n\"Good lad,\" he said, shaking it up and down. ", " \"Good lad. ", " I like that.", "\nI don't believe you ever will pay them, you know; but I like the sound\nof it all the same.\"", "\n\nHe kept on shaking my hand some time, and only left it to take another\npinch of snuff.", "\n\n\"And has Mr Lister quite gone from the firm?\"", "\n\n\"Oh, yes, quite, my lad. ", " He was up to his eyes in debt, and when he\ndidn't marry that girl, and get her money to pay himself off clear, he\nwent smash at once. ", " Lucky escape for her. ", " I'm afraid he was a bad\none.\"", "\n\n\"And what is he doing now?\"", "\n\n\"What, Lister? ", " Set up a rival shop on borrowed money; doing all he can\nto cut down his old partner, but he'll do no good. ", " Can't get on.", "\nHasn't got a man on the premises who can read.\"", "\n\n\"Indeed!\" ", " I said.", "\n\n\"Not a soul, Grace. ", " Why, you wouldn't believe it, my lad,\" he\ncontinued, tapping me in the shirt-front with his snuff-box, \"but I had\none of their Chancery-bills in the other day--big quarto, you know, pica\ntype--and there were two turned _n's_ for _u's_ in the second page.\"", "\n\n\"Never?\" ", " I said, to humour him.", "\n\n\"Fact, sir, fact,\" he said, taking another pinch of snuff and snapping\nhis fingers triumphantly. ", " \"Why, I'd hardly forgive that in a daily\npaper where there's a rush on, and it's got up in the night; but in a\nthing like a Chancery-bill it's inexcusable. ", " Well, now about yourself,\nGrace. ", " I'm glad you are getting on, boy. ", " Never mind what I said; it's\nbetter than being a reader, and growing into a snuffy cantankerous old\nscarecrow like me. ", " Read your stick well, my boy, and I hope--no, I'm\nsure you'll get on. ", " But I say, what will you have to eat?\"", "\n\n\"I'm not hungry, Mr Jabez,\" I said; \"and, look here, I haven't\ndelivered my message to you.\"", "\n\n\"Message? ", " To me?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, sir. ", " Miss Carr wished me to ask you if you would come and dine\nwith her to-morrow.\"", "\n\n\"Me? ", " Dine with Miss Carr--Carr--Carr? ", " Why, that's the girl Lister was\nto have married.\"", "\n\n\"Yes--Miss Carr,\" I said.", "\n\n\"But me dine with her! ", " Why, she hasn't fallen in love with me now, has\nshe?\"", "\n\n\"Oh no,\" I said, laughing. ", " \"She wants to see you on business.\"", "\n\n\"See me on business? ", "why, Grace,\" he said excitedly, \"I was to be paid\nmy five hundred out of her money, and wasn't paid. ", " Is she repenting,\nand going to give it to me?\"", "\n\n\"No,\" I said; \"I don't think it's that.\"", "\n\n\"No, of course not,\" he said thoughtfully. ", " \"Couldn't take it if were.", "\nWhat does she want, then? ", " Do you know?\"", "\n\nI nodded.", "\n\n\"What is it, then?\"", "\n\n\"I am in Miss Carr's confidence,\" I said; \"and I do not feel at liberty\nto speak about the matter till after you have seen her.\"", "\n\n\"Let me see,\" said the old man; \"she's very pretty, isn't she?\"", "\n\n\"Beautiful?\" ", " I exclaimed enthusiastically.", "\n\n\"Humph! ", " Then I don't think I shall go, Grace.\"", "\n\n\"Not go? ", " Why not?\"", "\n\n\"These handsome women can wheedle a man out of anything. ", " I've lost five\nhundred over Lister, and I don't want to be wheedled out of any more.\"", "\n\n\"You needn't be afraid, Mr Jabez,\" I said, laughing.", "\n\n\"Think not?\"", "\n\n\"I'm sure not. ", " Miss Carr wants to advance some money to help some one.\"", "\n\n\"Well, then, let her do it.\"", "\n\n\"She cannot well do it herself, and she asked me if I knew anyone, and I\nnamed you.\"", "\n\n\"Hang your impudence, then,\" he said, taking snuff fiercely. ", " \"You know\nI was fool enough to advance money to Lister, so you recommend me as an\neasy one to do it again.\"", "\n\n\"No, no, Mr Jabez; you don't understand me,\" I said, laughing. ", " \"Miss\nCarr wishes to find the money, but she wants it to seem as if it came\nthrough you.\"", "\n\n\"Oh!\"", "\n\nHere he refreshed himself with his snuff, looking at me suspiciously the\nwhile.", "\n\n\"Look here, young Grace,\" he said; \"I'm not fond of doing things in the\ndark; so, as we are old friends, suppose you make a clean breast of what\nall this means. ", " You know, I suppose?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, I know everything,\" I replied.", "\n\n\"Well, then, out with it.\"", "\n\n\"That I cannot do without being guilty of a breach of confidence, Mr\nRowle,\" I replied. ", " \"If you will come up to Miss Carr's to-morrow\nevening at half-past six, you may be sure of a warm welcome, and I shall\nbe there to meet you.\"", "\n\n\"Phee-ew!\" ", "he whistled, \"how fine we have got to be, Grace. ", " Do we dine\nlate every day, sir?\"", "\n\n\"No; nonsense,\" I said, laughing. ", " \"Miss Carr is very kind to me,\nthough: and she wished me to be there to meet you.\"", "\n\n\"Well, but, Grace, you know,\" said the old man, \"I'm such a queer, rough\nsort of a fellow. ", " I'm not used to that sort of thing. ", " I've read about\nit often enough; but I suppose--oh, you know, I couldn't come?\"", "\n\n\"I shall tell Miss Carr you will,\" I said, rising; and after a few more\nwords, the old man promised, and I went away.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER FORTY NINE.", "\n\nMR JABEZ UNDERTAKES A COMMISSION.", "\n\nMr Jabez was got up wonderfully for his visit to Miss Carr. ", " His white\nwaistcoat might have been carved in marble, and his white cravat was the\nstiffest ever made; but there was a good deal of the natural gentleman\nin the old man, and he took Miss Carr down to dinner with all the\nceremony of the old school.", "\n\nEverything was expressly arranged to be very simple, and in a very few\nminutes Mr Jabez was quite at his ease, while after a glass of sherry\nthe old man became pleasantly chatty, and full of anecdote, but always\ntreating his hostess with the most chivalrous respect, making a point of\nrising to open the door for her when she quitted the room, and we were\nsupposed to be left to our wine.", "\n\n\"Hah, Grace,\" he said, coming back to the table, and taking a long pinch\nof snuff; \"now I feel a man again. ", " I'll just have three more pinches,\nand then we'll go upstairs to that angel. ", " Good heavens!\"", "\n\n\"What is the matter?\" ", " I said, as, instead of sitting down, he began to\nwalk up and down the dining-room, taking pinch after pinch of snuff.", "\n\n\"Good heavens!\" ", "he exclaimed again.", "\n\n\"Is anything the matter, Mr Jabez?\" ", " I exclaimed.", "\n\n\"Good heavens! ", " I say, Good heavens!\" ", "he repeated.", "\n\n\"What do you mean?\" ", " I said.", "\n\n\"Good heavens! ", " Only to think of it, Grace!\"", "\n\nAnother pinch of snuff.", "\n\n\"Only to think, my lad, that he might have had that woman--that lady! ", " A\ngirl as beautiful in her mind as she is in her face. ", " Why, Grace, my\nboy, I'm an old snuffy bachelor because my opportunity never came, but\nif I could have married such a woman as that--Hah! ", "some men are born to\nbe fools!\"", "\n\n\"And you think Mr Lister was a fool?\"", "\n\n\"Fool, sir? ", " He was ten thousand times worse. ", " But there! ", "the sun don't\nshine on me every day, my boy! ", " We'll go upstairs at once, and let it\nshine upon me again.\"", "\n\nI never liked Mr Jabez one-half so well before. ", " It was delightful to\nme, who quite worshipped Miss Carr, to see the old man's genuine\nadmiration. ", " He seemed quite transformed, and looked younger. ", " In fact,\nno sooner were we upstairs, where Miss Carr was sitting with the urn\nsinging on the tea-table, than he relieved me of a difficulty by opening\nthe question of business himself.", "\n\n\"My dear young lady,\" he said, as he sat down, and began rubbing one\nthin little leg, \"I know you'll excuse me for speaking so familiarly,\nbut,\"--he smiled--\"I'm over sixty, and I should think you are not more\nthan twenty-five.\"", "\n\nMiss Carr smiled, and he went on.", "\n\n\"Our young friend Grace here tells me that you would like me to perform\na little commission for you. ", " I only wish to say that you may command me\nin any way, and to the best of my ability the work shall be done.\"", "\n\n\"Thank you, Mr Rowle,\" said our hostess. ", " \"Antony Grace said he felt\nsure I could not have a more suitable and trustworthy agent.\"", "\n\n\"I thank Antony Grace,\" said the old man, bowing to me ceremoniously,\nand taking out his snuff-box, which he hastily replaced.", "\n\n\"The fact is,\" said Miss Carr, hesitating, and her voice trembled and\nher face flushed slightly as she spoke, \"I--oh, I will be plain,\" she\nsaid, as if determined to cast off all false shame; \"Mr Rowle, I trust\nto you not to put a false construction on this act of mine. ", " I am rich--\nI am my own mistress, and I will do as I please, whatever the world may\nsay.\"", "\n\n\"You are rich, you are your own mistress, and you have a right to do as\nyou please, my dear young lady, whatever the world may say,\" assented\nMr Jabez, tapping the lid of his snuff-box, which seemed as if it would\nnot keep out of his hand.", "\n\n\"The fact is, Mr Rowle,\" continued Miss Carr, \"there is a gentleman--a\nfriend of Antony Grace here, who is struggling to perfect a new\ninvention--a great invention.\"", "\n\nMr Jabez bowed, gazing at her animated countenance with open admiration\nthe while.", "\n\n\"To perfect this invention, money is wanted.\"", "\n\n\"Exactly,\" said Mr Jabez, tapping his box softly. ", " \"Money is always\nuseful.\"", "\n\n\"I wish this gentleman to have that money--as much as is necessary.\"", "\n\n\"You are rich; you are your own mistress; you have a right to do as you\nplease, my dear young lady, whatever the world may say,\" said Mr Jabez,\nharping upon her words once more. ", " \"It is easily settled. ", " Give it him.\"", "\n\n\"No,\" said Miss Carr, speaking with animation, \"it is not easy. ", " You\nforget what I say. ", " This inventor is a gentleman.\"", "\n\n\"And would be too proud to take the money?\" ", "said Mr Jabez quickly.", "\n\n\"Yes,\" said Miss Carr. ", " \"He would not stoop to be under such an\nobligation. ", " He would feel insulted--that he was lowering himself. ", " I\nwish to help him,\" she said excitedly. ", " \"I would do anything to help\nhim; but my hands are tied.\"", "\n\n\"Humph!\" ", "ejaculated Mr Jabez softly; \"and you want me to help you?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, oh yes! ", " And you will?\" ", "cried Miss Carr.", "\n\n\"Of course I will, my dear young lady,\" said the old man; \"but this\nrequires thought. ", " Would you excuse me if I took just one little pinch?\"", "\n\n\"Oh, my dear Mr Rowle,\" cried Miss Carr, \"pray do not use ceremony\nhere. ", " I asked you to come to me as a friend. ", " Pray consider that you\nare one.\"", "\n\n\"Hah!\" ", "sighed Mr Jabez. ", " \"Now I can get on. ", " Well, my dear young lady,\nsurely we can find a way. ", " In the first place, who is the gentleman?\"", "\n\nMiss Carr looked at me.", "\n\n\"Mr Hallett,\" I said, coming to her help.", "\n\n\"What? ", " Our Mr Hallett?\" ", "said Mr Jabez.", "\n\n\"Yes, Mr Rowle.\"", "\n\n\"Hum! ", " Well, I'm not surprised,\" he said. ", " \"He certainly always did seem\nto be a gentleman, and I was very sorry that he left our place. ", " So he\nis working on a great invention, eh? ", " Well, he is just the man who\nwould. ", " Then, the first thing is, how is it to be done?\"", "\n\n\"Antony Grace thinks, Mr Rowle, that as you have the reputation of\nbeing a wealthy man--\"\n\n\"Wealthy! ", "why I lost five hundred pounds slap the other day by--Dear me!", "\nBless my soul! ", " Oh, tut--tut--tut! ", " What an ass I am!\" ", "he muttered,\ntaking refuge in a tremendous pinch of snuff, half of which powdered his\nwhite waistcoat and cravat.", "\n\n\"I am very sorry to hear that,\" said Miss Carr quietly.", "\n\n\"Oh, it was nothing. ", " Pray go on, my dear young lady.\"", "\n\n\"Antony Grace thought that you might seek him out, and get into his\nconfidence a little, and at last, after a show of interest in his work,\nask him to let you become a sharer in the affair, on condition of your\nfinding the necessary funds.\"", "\n\n\"Of your money?\" ", "said the old man, with a slight show of suspicion.", "\n\n\"Of course, Mr Rowle. ", " Then, if he would consent, which he might do,\nthinking that he was favouring you, the matter would be settled.\"", "\n\n\"To be sure. ", " Of course,\" said Mr Jabez thoughtfully. ", " \"And how far\nwould you go, my dear young lady--forty or fifty pounds?\"", "\n\n\"As far as was necessary, Mr Rowle. ", " As many hundreds as he required.\"", "\n\nMr Jabez tapped his box, and sat thinking, gazing wonderingly and full\nof admiration at the animated countenance before him, as he softly bowed\nhis head up and down.", "\n\n\"And you will do this for me, Mr Rowle?\" ", "she said.", "\n\n\"If you will trust me, Miss Carr, I will be your steward in this\nmatter,\" he said quietly.", "\n\n\"And keep my secret? ", " He must not know.\"", "\n\n\"I will be as silent as the grave, my dear, and I thank you for placing\nso much confidence in me.\"", "\n\nA few preliminaries and the thing was settled. ", " Then, after tea, Miss\nCarr sang to the old man a couple of old-fashioned ballads, and he left\nsoon after, I walking home with him, after arranging that I was to take\nhim to Great Ormond Street the following evening, as if after a casual\nmeeting and a desire to see Hallett again. ", " The rest was to be left to\nchance.", "\n\nThe old man was very quiet and thoughtful, but I noticed that our\nleave-taking was a great deal warmer than it had ever been before, and I\nwent back to my lodgings hopeful and eager, feeling that the sun was\nabout to shine at last upon poor Hallett's venture, respecting which I,\nwith him, would not own now that there could be such a thing as failure.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER FIFTY.", "\n\nMR ROWLE BEGINS HIS TASK.", "\n\nPoor Mrs Hallett was, no doubt, a great sufferer; and as I grow older\nand knew her better, the annoyance I used to feel at her unreasonable\nways dropped aside to make room for pity.", "\n\nOne thing always struck me, and that was, that though she was constantly\nmurmuring about Stephen's wasting time over his schemes, and the\nwretched way in which he was constantly plodding on, instead of\nambitiously trying to rise to some profession, it was dangerous for\nanyone else to speak of such a thing.", "\n\nAt the appointed time I called upon Mr Jabez, and he accompanied me to\nGreat Ormond Street, looking brighter and younger than I had ever seen\nhim look before. ", " His snuff-box was in constant use, and he on the way,\nafter vainly trying to stand treat, as he called it, by stopping at the\nvarious grocers' windows, and wanting to buy me a box of candied fruits\nor French plums, went on tatting about Miss Carr.", "\n\n\"Antony Grace,\" he exclaimed; \"that fellow will wake up some day.\"", "\n\n\"What fellow?\"", "\n\n\"Lister. ", " The fool! ", "the idiot! ", "the ass! ", " Why, an earthly heaven was open\nto him, and he turned his back upon it. ", " There's a life of repentance\nfor him.\"", "\n\n\"I can't understand it,\" I said.", "\n\n\"Humph! ", " No,\" he continued; and he kept glancing at me curiously, as if\neager to say something--to ask me some question; but he refrained.", "\n\n\"I'm glad you liked Miss Carr,\" I said at last.", "\n\n\"Liked her, boy?\" ", "he exclaimed enthusiastically; and he stopped in the\ncentre of the pavement. ", " \"There, I suppose I'm growing into an old fool,\nbut that's no business of anybody. ", " That young lady, sir, can command\nJabez Rowle from this moment. ", " Here, come along; the people are looking\nat you.\"", "\n\nI thought they were looking at Mr Jabez, but I said nothing, only kept\nstep with him, as he thrust his arm through mine and hurried me on.", "\n\n\"Of course, what I say to you is in confidence, Antony Grace,\" he\ncontinued.", "\n\n\"Of course,\" I replied warmly; \"and let me beg of you, Mr Rowle, to be\nvery careful. ", " Pray don't let Hallett have any suspicion of how your\ninterest has come about; and, above all, he must not think that I have\ntalked to you about his model.\"", "\n\n\"Hold your tongue, tomtit,\" he exclaimed merrily, \"trying to teach a\ncroaking old raven, getting on towards a hundred. ", " You leave it to me.", "\nBut look here, boy, I'm not blind. ", " This is all in confidence, of\ncourse. ", " I can see as far into a mill-stone as most, people. ", " Have\nHallett and Miss--Bah, what am I saying?\" ", "he muttered, checking himself\nsuddenly. ", " \"It's all in confidence, and I shall be as close as an\noyster. ", " I've got my part by heart, and you shall see what you shall\nsee.\"", "\n\nHe gave my arm a tight nip, and soon after we reached the door, which I\nopened with my latchkey, and took him into my rooms, with which the old\nman seemed much pleased.", "\n\n\"Why, you reckless young hypocrite, this is the way you live, is it?", "\nBooks, eh? ", " And what are these wheels for?\" ", "he continued, picking up a\ncouple from the chimney-piece.", "\n\n\"The model,\" I said quietly. ", " \"Now, what shall we do? ", " Ask Hallett to\ncome down here, or go up?\"", "\n\n\"Send up word that you have an old friend with you, and ask if you may\nbring him up.\"", "\n\nI took the hint, and Mary came back in a few minutes to say that Mr\nHallett would be only too glad to see us.", "\n\nWe went up, and I saw at once that Hallett had come down from the attic.", "\nMrs Hallett was asleep, and Linny, looking very pale and thin, but\nstill restful and better, was in an easy-chair with a book.", "\n\n\"Ah, Hallett, how do?\" ", "said the old gentleman, in his abrupt way. ", " \"Your\nservant, ma'am,\" he added, with a profound bow.", "\n\nHallett looked stern and displeased, and his greeting was cold.", "\n\n\"My sister, Mr Rowle,\" he said. ", " \"She has been ill.\"", "\n\n\"So I see,\" he replied. ", " \"I hope you are getting better, my dear child.", "\nYou must take plenty of fresh air. ", " I came to see my young friend,\nAntony Grace here, and he suggested that as we were under the same roof,\nI should come and see you. ", " Sorry you ever left us, Mr Hallett.\"", "\n\nHallett bowed.", "\n\n\"Ah,\" he continued, taking the chair coldly offered, \"lots of changes\nsince. ", " I suppose you know the partnership's dissolved?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, I had heard so,\" replied Hallett, glancing uneasily at Linny.", "\n\n\"I stick on with the senior branch,\" the old man continued, as his eyes\nwandered about the room, for he was evidently at a loss, and I did not\nknow how to help him, so crossed over to sit down by and talk to Linny.", "\n\nBut fate favoured us, for in his hurried descent Hallett had brought\nwith him a portion of the mechanism of the model.", "\n\n\"Hullo!\" ", "exclaimed Mr Jabez sharply; \"what have you got there? ", " Have\nyou, too, turned engineer?\"", "\n\n\"Oh, no,\" said Hallett, who was annoyed. ", " \"I--that is--it is a portion\nof a little contrivance of mine.\"", "\n\n\"Oho!\" ", "exclaimed Mr Jabez, \"I've found you out, have I, Master Hallett!", "\nWhy, you were always making sketches of machinery at the office.\"", "\n\n\"How do you know that?\" ", "said Hallett sharply, while my heart sank, for I\nfelt that our attempt would be a failure.", "\n\n\"Old Grim told me. ", " That young scoundrel, Jem Smith, used to carry him\nscraps of paper upon which you had been drawing.\"", "\n\nHallett's brow grew more cloudy, but he brightened up directly, saying\nfrankly:\n\n\"Well, yes, Mr Rowle, I am engaged upon a little invention.\"", "\n\n\"That's right,\" said the old man warmly; \"that's right; I wish I had\nbegun something of the kind when I was young. ", " It takes the mind away\nfrom the daily mill-horse work. ", " But somehow, Hallett, I never could\ndrag my mind away from it, but used to amuse myself reading proofs at\nhome. ", " Grace,\" he continued, turning to me, \"why don't you take to\nsomething? ", " You being an engineer, now, you ought to do something, say,\nin our line. ", " There's plenty of chances there. ", " I know one man,\" he\nsaid, taking up his thin leg and nursing it, \"who has been trying for\nyears to perfect a machine.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, Mr Jabez,\" I thought, \"you have spoiled all!\" ", "for Hallett darted a\nquick glance at me.", "\n\n\"The idea occurred to him,\" continued Mr Jabez, tapping his snuff-box\nthoughtfully, as if it contained the machine, \"that he could make a\ncontrivance that would do away with the necessity for setting type.\"", "\n\n\"Indeed?\" ", "said Hallett, who drew a long breath of relief.", "\n\n\"Yes, sir,\" said Mr Jabez; \"his idea was to get the type set up in long\npipes above a keyboard, like a piano, and every time a key was touched\nwith the finger, it pushed out a letter, which ran down an inclined\nplane to an opening, where a tiny hammer gave it a tap and drove it\nalong a channel in which the letters formed one long line, which was\nafterwards made into pages and justified.\"", "\n\n\"And did it answer?\" ", "said Hallett eagerly.", "\n\n\"No,\" said the old man, taking a pinch of snuff, as Linny and I now\nlistened to him attentively. ", " \"The idea was clever, but it was too\ncrude. ", " He set up his stick full, Antony Grace, and neglected to read it\nafterwards. ", " He failed at first.\"", "\n\n\"But you said it was a good idea, Mr Jabez,\" I exclaimed.", "\n\n\"A capital idea,\" said the old man, \"but it was full of faults.\"", "\n\n\"Faults?\" ", "said Hallett dreamily.", "\n\n\"Yes, sir,\" said the old man, growing animated. ", " \"For instance, he would\nonly have been able to set one kind of type--one size. ", " He couldn't use\nitalic. ", " He wanted a clever, sensible woman or man to work the keys,\nanother to make the type up into lines. ", " And he was obliged to have a\nboy to work the little hammer, or beater, to drive the letters along.", "\nThen the type would get stuck if the letters were not sent down exactly\nto the time; for two would meet in a lane, and then there was no end of\nconfusion, and, after all, the type had to be distributed, and\nafterwards set up in sticks to fill the machine.\"", "\n\n\"Exactly,\" said Hallett, with animation, for the ice was broken. ", " \"I had\nthought of something similar.\"", "\n\n\"But you did not do it.\"", "\n\n\"No; oh no! ", " Composition always seemed to me to require the mind of\nman--the brain to guide it. ", " It seemed to me that invention should be\napplied to something of a more mechanical nature.\"", "\n\n\"Exactly,\" said Mr Jabez. ", " \"You couldn't make a machine to read and\ncorrect proofs, or revise a slip.\"", "\n\n\"Of course not,\" said Hallett.", "\n\n\"Of course not,\" said Mr Jabez. ", " \"But, mind you, I'm not one of those\nidiots who rise up in arms against machinery, and I don't say but what\nour friend might not have gone on and greatly improved his machine. ", " For\ninstance, he might have contrived another, to do away with the\ndistribution and re-setting up of the type.\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" said Hallett thoughtfully; \"it might have been recast and\nreplaced by mechanism.\"", "\n\n\"And always have new type,\" said Mr Jabez eagerly. ", " \"To be sure: a\ncapital idea; but I don't know, Hallett, I don't know. ", " They say you can\nbuy gold too dearly. ", " In the same way, you can make a time-saving\nprocess too expensive.\"", "\n\n\"Certainly,\" said Hallett thoughtfully; and I was glad to see now that\nhe was pleased to meet the old man.", "\n\n\"It seems to me,\" said Mr Jabez, passing his snuff-box, which Hallett\nreceived, and, to humour his visitor, partook of a pinch, \"that an\ninventor ought to devote his attention to making machinery for doing\naway with a great deal more of our labouring mechanical work, and not\nthe careful processes that require thought.\"", "\n\n\"Printing, for instance?\"", "\n\n\"Ye-es,\" said Mr Jabez; \"but that ground has been pretty well taken up.", "\nWe have some good machines now, that do a lot of work by steam. ", " Why,\nwhen I was a boy we used to have the clumsiest old presses possible to\nconceive. ", " I don't think they had been much improved since the days of\nCaxton.\"", "\n\n\"And yet there is great room for improvement,\" cried Hallett, with\nanimation. ", " \"Mr Rowle, we saw very little of each other beyond business\nencounters, but I believe, sir, that I may place trust in your word?\"", "\n\n\"Thank you, Mr Hallett, I hope so. ", " I'm sure I always placed confidence\nin yours. ", " I am proud to say, Miss Hallett, that if your brother\npromised me a slip by a certain time, my mind was always easy, for I\nknew it would be done.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, nonsense, nonsense,\" said Hallett, smiling. ", " \"Look here, Mr Rowle,\nI feel that you will not betray my confidence, and I ask you as a favour\nto keep private what you see here to-night.\"", "\n\n\"What I see here?\" ", "said Mr Jabez, looking around with an assumed look\nof puzzle, while I felt the colour coming in my face as I thought of the\npart I was playing.", "\n\n\"I mean what I am about to show you, Mr Rowle,\" said Hallett, smiling.", "\n\n\"Trust me? ", " Oh yes, of course, yes--of course,\" said the old man warmly;\n\"here is my hand.\"", "\n\n\"Thank you,\" said Hallett, taking it. ", " \"Linny, my dear, you will not\nmind being left alone?\"", "\n\n\"Oh no,\" she said, smiling; and lighting another lamp, Hallett led the\nway up to the attic, Mr Jabez finding an opportunity to give me a\nsolemn wink before we stood by Hallett's bench.", "\n\n\"I have spent so much thought and labour over this model,\" said Hallett,\n\"that, you must not be surprised at the jealousy with which I watch it.\"", "\n\n\"Oh no,\" said Mr Jabez, who proceeded, snuff-box in hand, to examine\ncarefully every point in the invention.", "\n\n\"Well,\" said Hallett, at last, \"do you think it will answer?\"", "\n\nIn place of replying, Mr Jabez went all over it again, his interest\ngrowing fast, and being, I was glad to see, evidently sincere.", "\n\n\"I tell you what,\" he exclaimed at last, taking a tremendous pinch of\nsnuff, \"that thing would be splendid if you got it right.\"", "\n\n\"You like it, then?\" ", "said Hallett.", "\n\n\"Like it? ", " I think it's grand. ", " Why, man, it would make quite a\nrevolution in the news business. ", " You must get on--get it perfect.\"", "\n\nMr Hallett shook his head.", "\n\n\"It takes time and money,\" he said sadly. ", " \"It is slow work.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, but--hang it all, sir! ", "you should get help. ", " With such an\nimportant thing in hand you should work on.\"", "\n\n\"I do not know yet that it would answer,\" said Hallett sadly.", "\n\n\"But it must answer, sir,\" said the old man sharply. ", " \"If that machine\ndid not answer, it would not be the fault or the principle, but of some\nblunder in the mechanism.\"", "\n\n\"Do you think so?\" ", "cried Hallett, whose eyes lighted up with pleasure.", "\n\n\"No, sir: I am sure so,\" said the old man. ", " \"The principle is as grand\nas it is simple; and what I like in the invention is this--you have\ntaken up a part of the trade where it is all hand-labour--all\nmechanical. ", " You are not trying to do away with brainpower.\"", "\n\n\"I am very glad you like my idea, Mr Rowle,\" said Hallett, proceeding\nto cover his model, which, when set in motion, ran easily and well.", "\n\n\"I am delighted with it,\" said Mr Jabez, poking him in the chest with\nhis snuff-box. ", " \"Now, then, go ahead, and have the thing made on a\nworkable scale.\"", "\n\n\"But I have not perfected it yet,\" replied Hallett.", "\n\n\"Never mind; perfect it as you go on. ", " You are sure to find some weak\nspots. ", " If I were you, sir, I should set a good firm of engineers to\nwork on that at once.\"", "\n\nHallett smiled sadly.", "\n\n\"You are proposing impossibilities, Mr Rowle. ", " This has been one of my\ngreat troubles, sir: how I was to carry on my project when I had\ncompleted my model. ", " During the past few days I have been thinking of\ntrying to sell the idea for what it is worth.\"", "\n\n\"What I and let some fellow without half an ounce of brains in his skull\nreap all the profit? ", " Don't you do anything of the kind. ", " There's a\nfortune in that contrivance, Mr Hallett. ", " Sir, it is a great\ninvention.\"", "\n\n\"What would you do, then?\" ", "said Hallett, smiling.", "\n\n\"Do, sir? ", " I'd--I'd--\"\n\nMr Jabez paused, and took a pinch of snuff.", "\n\n\"Do, sir, I'd--I'd--I'll tell you what I'd do. ", " I'd take a partner who\nhad money.\"", "\n\nHallett shook his head sadly.", "\n\n\"Who would advance money to such a dreamer as I am?\" ", "he said sadly.", "\n\n\"Lots of people, as soon as they saw money in it.\"", "\n\nHallett shook his head.", "\n\n\"You take a very sanguine view of the matter, Mr Rowle.\"", "\n\n\"Not half so sanguine as you, sir. ", " Why, you must have spent years of\nlabour, and a great deal of money, over that model.\"", "\n\n\"I have,\" said Hallett sadly.", "\n\n\"Then don't call me sanguine,\" cried Mr Jabez, flying to his snuff-box\nagain. ", " \"I ask, here, Hallett, how much would it take to produce that\nthing, patent it, and the rest of it?\"", "\n\n\"I cannot say,\" replied Hallett quietly, and with the same sad smile\nupon his face. ", " \"It is one of those things which keen on crying, `More!", "\nmore!' ", " I dare say it would require 300 pounds or 400 pounds to produce\nthe first machine, and then I have no doubt more would have to be spent\nin perfecting it.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, I dare say,\" said Mr Jabez coolly, as he uncovered and once more\nbegan to examine the model; \"I tell you what, Hallett, I think I know\nyour man.\"", "\n\n\"What, a capitalist?\"", "\n\n\"No, sir; a man with a selfish desire to share in the child of your\nbrains.\"", "\n\n\"Indeed!\"", "\n\n\"Yes; he hasn't much money, but I'll be bound to say that he would find\nenough to carry out your plans for, say, one-third of the profits.\"", "\n\n\"Mr Rowle, are you serious?\" ", "said Hallett earnestly.", "\n\n\"I never joke about business matters, Mr Hallett. ", " As I said before,\nsir, that's a great invention; and if you'll let me, I'll find the money\nfor carrying it on, conditionally that I take one-third of the profits\nthe invention makes.\"", "\n\n\"You will! ", " Mr Rowle!\" ", "cried Hallett incredulously.", "\n\n\"I will, sir; and there's my hand upon it.\"", "\n\n\"But do you understand the magnitude of the affair, sir?\" ", "cried Hallett,\nwhose face flushed and eyes glittered with excitement.", "\n\n\"Quite so,\" replied the old gentleman, diving again into his snuff-box.", "\n\"The first thing is, sir, to draw out a proper document between us--we\ncan do that without the lawyers. ", " Then proper drawings must be made,\nwith description, and the thing must be patented.\"", "\n\n\"But that will take nearly a hundred pounds!\" ", "cried Hallett, panting;\nwhile I sat there hugging myself with delight.", "\n\n\"You can have my cheque for a hundred pounds, Mr Hallett, as soon as we\nhave settled the preliminaries; and I bind myself to go on finding the\nnecessary cash for construction as you go on. ", " And now, sir, it's pretty\nwell my bed-time, and I want to be off. ", " Do nothing rashly. ", " This day\nweek I'll come here again for your answer, which I hope will be _yes_;\nfor I think it will be a good stroke of business for both of us. ", " Now\ngood-night. ", " Antony Grace, will you show me the way down to the door?\"", "\n\nThey shook hands, and I saw the old gentleman to the street.", "\n\n\"There, my boy, wasn't that done well?\" ", "he chuckled. ", " \"But look here,\nAntony Grace,\" he added seriously; \"I'd have done it without Miss Carr,\nthat I would, for I believe in that machine. ", " Good-night, boy, I'll come\non next week and--hang it, look at that fellow who just passed. ", " He's as\nlike John Lister as two peas.\"", "\n\nThe old man went off, and I returned to my room, where I found Hallett\nwaiting for me in a state of intense excitement.", "\n\n\"Antony,\" he exclaimed, \"it is too good to be true. ", " It is fortune at\nlast--success. ", " Good heavens! ", "it makes me turn giddy. ", " Mother--Linny,\"\nhe cried, in a low passionate wail, \"at last there is sunshine breaking\nthrough the clouds.\"", "\n\n\"I pray Heaven there may be, Hallett,\" I exclaimed; \"but I have\nsomething to say to you.\"", "\n\n\"What is it?\" ", "he cried. ", " \"Has the old man repented?\"", "\n\n\"Oh, no; you may be sure of him, Hallett. ", " He is delighted at the\nopportunity, and thinks it will lead to fortune.\"", "\n\n\"What do you mean, then?\"", "\n\n\"John Lister is hanging about this street.\"", "\n\n\"Why? ", " How? ", "what makes you say that?\"", "\n\n\"I saw him pass the door, just now.\"", "\n\nHis brow darkened, and involuntarily he uttered his sister's name.", "\n\n\"No,\" I said; \"I don't believe it of her. ", " He is only trying to meet\nwith her once more. ", " I am sure Linny does not know it.\"", "\n\n\"You are right, Antony; she cannot know it. ", " We can trust her now. ", " Let\nus go and sit upstairs.\"", "\n\nAs we entered the room, Linny raised her eyes from the book which she\nwas reading, and her calm ingenuous look was sufficient to disarm\nsuspicion; but, all the same, Hallett and I both felt that the wolf was\nprowling about the fold, and that it behoved us to see that he had no\nfurther chance of carrying off our lamb.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER FIFTY ONE.", "\n\nMR LISTER IS MOVED ON.", "\n\nWe had good reason to know that John Lister was hovering about the\nplace, for I saw him several times, and found that in Hallett's absence\nand mine he had called and endeavoured to see Linny; but she had always\nrefused, and on Mary being warned, he received such a rebuff that he did\nnot call again. ", " Still, however, he hung about, making the poor girl's\nlife wretched, for at last she dared not go to the window for fear of\nbeing seen.", "\n\nBoth Hallett and I wondered whether his pertinacity would make any\nimpression. ", " While we were in a state of doubt, it fell to my lot one\nevening to become Linny's escort to a distant part of London, and we\nwere on our way back, when suddenly I felt her hand tighten upon my arm.", "\n\n\"Quick, Antony,\" she whispered, \"he is there!\"", "\n\n\"He is there?\" ", " I said wonderingly, for I did not comprehend her; but\nthe next moment I caught sight of Lister coming towards us, and\nevidently fixing her with his eyes.", "\n\nThere was a meaning smile upon his lip, and, apparently intending to\nignore me, he was about to speak, when, with a gesture of horror, she\nshrank from him, turned her head aside, and begged me to hurry home.", "\n\n\"We'll go home,\" I said; \"but we will not hurry;\" and I turned and met\nLister's contemptuous stare, as he followed us at a little distance till\nwe had reached the house.", "\n\nI was annoyed and distressed about this pertinacious pursuit, and I had\njust made up my mind to consult Hallett on the best way to put a stop to\nit, when an idea occurred to me.", "\n\n\"It is very evident,\" I thought, \"that Lister does not know who lives\nhere;\" and I laughed to myself as I quietly determined to put my plan in\nforce.", "\n\nThat evening, while Hallett was busy in his attic, slaving away with\nredoubled energy at his model, giving it what he looked upon as the\nfinal touches before proceeding with the patent, I went down as soon as\nI heard Revitts come in, his broad face expanding with pleasure as I\nfollowed him below to his own particular sanctuary, where, while he was\nenjoying his after-tea pipe, I opened my business.", "\n\n\"Revitts,\" I said, \"I'm going to take you into my confidence, and ask\nyou to keep faith.\"", "\n\n\"Which you may be sure I shall do, Master Antony, if so be I can.\"", "\n\n\"Well, you can, Bill,\" I replied; and I proceeded to tell him how Linny\nwas annoyed.", "\n\n\"That's very unpleasant,\" he said thoughtfully; \"but is it by that same\nchap?\"", "\n\n\"Yes.\"", "\n\n\"That'll do,\" he said, drawing a long breath; \"and lookye here, Antony,\nmy young friend, I'm sergeant, and have to set an example now to them as\nis under--them, I mean--no, I don't--I mean those as--who--are under\nme--that's right! ", " One's obliged to be particler now. ", " Use of the\ntruncheon forbidden, except when obliged; but if I do meet, that fellow\nannoying Miss Linny, I shall be obliged to give him a topper--a hangel\ncouldn't help it.\"", "\n\n\"No, no, Bill--no, Mr Sergeant,\" I began.", "\n\n\"Stow that, Antony, no larks. ", " Bill, please, as afore.\"", "\n\n\"Well, then, Bill, that is one of the things you must not do. ", " All I\nwant is for you to let him see that you live here, and that Miss Hallett\nis under your protection. ", " He won't face you, and as soon as he finds\nthat you are here he will keep away.\"", "\n\n\"But he must be taken for his assault on the police, Antony.\"", "\n\n\"No, no: let him go on in his own way. ", " If you take him, there will be a\ngreat deal of inquiry and exposure that would be most painful to all my\nfriends. ", " We should have to go into the witness-box and be\ncross-examined, and it would be extremely painful to me, both on my own\nbehalf and that of others.\"", "\n\n\"You wouldn't like it, Antony?\" ", "he said.", "\n\n\"No, indeed I should not,\" I replied.", "\n\n\"That's enough, dear lad,\" he exclaimed, giving the table a rap with his\nfist. ", " \"That's settled; but I may give him a word or two of a sort, eh?", "\nJust show him I know him, and move him on pretty sharp?\"", "\n\n\"As much of that as you like,\" I said; \"I leave it in your hands. ", " What\nI ask of you is, as an officer, to see that we are not pestered by that\nman.\"", "\n\n\"It's as good as done, Ant'ny,\" he exclaimed, stuffing some more tobacco\nin his pipe.", "\n\n\"It's better than done, my dear,\" said Mary decisively. ", " \"When my\nWilliam says a thing's as good as done, you may make yourself\ncomfortable about it.\"", "\n\nRevitts said no more about it in the future, only once when he met me at\nthe door, chuckling to himself, and shaking his head.", "\n\n\"What are you laughing at?\" ", " I asked.", "\n\n\"Only about him,\" he replied. ", " \"I just run again him at the corner, and\nsaid about six words to him.\"", "\n\n\"Well?\"", "\n\n\"That's all,\" said Revitts, chuckling. ", " \"He showed me the back seams of\nhis coat directly; but I followed him up and moved him on. ", " I don't\nthink he'll show himself much more about here, my lad.\"", "\n\nRevitts was right. ", " Lister did not hang about our neighbourhood so much\nafter that interview; but it had the effect of sending him back to annoy\nMiss Carr; so that, day by day, his actions formed a problem that it\nbecame very difficult to solve, and we little knew then how malignantly\nhe was fighting against Hallett, whose love he must have suspected.", "\n\nTime glided on. ", " Mr Jabez used to come regularly to Ormond Street. ", " The\nmodel and its progress seemed to give a fresh interest to the old man's\nlife, and, in addition, he took a remarkable liking to Linny. ", " Mrs\nHallett, too, showed a fancy for him, after a few tearful words of\nopposition to the way in which he encouraged Hallett in his folly.", "\n\n\"Folly, ma'am? ", "it's no such thing. ", " He'll be a great man yet, and a\nbenefactor to his kind. ", " Spread of knowledge, you know.\"", "\n\n\"I don't understand you, Mr Rowle,\" said the poor woman plaintively;\n\"but you may be right. ", " All I know is, that it takes up a great deal of\nhis time.\"", "\n\n\"Couldn't be better spent, my dear madam. ", " Do you know what it means?\"", "\n\n\"No,\" said Mrs Hallett, \"only neglect of his poor suffering mother.\"", "\n\n\"Patience, my dear madam, patience,\" said Mr Jabez. ", " \"I'll tell you\nwhat it means. ", " Pleasant changes for you; seaside; a nice\ninvalid-carriage; silk attire for little Miss Linny here, and servants\nto wait upon you. ", " Bless my soul, ma'am!\" ", "he cried flourishing his\nsnuff-box, and taking a liberal pinch, \"you ought to be proud of your\nson.\"", "\n\n\"I am, Mr Rowle,\" she said, plaintively; \"but if you would kindly\noblige me by not taking so much snuff. ", " It makes--makes me sneeze.\"", "\n\n\"My dear madam,\" exclaimed the little man, closing his box with a snap,\n\"I beg your pardon. ", " Bad habit--very bad habit, really.\"", "\n\nLinny burst out into a merry, bird-like laugh that made me start with\npleasure. ", " It was so fresh and bright, and it was so long since anything\nbut a faint smile had been seen upon her face, that it was like a\npleasant augury of happier days to come.", "\n\nThe old man turned round and smiled and nodded at her, evidently\nenjoying it too; and when, some ten minutes after, he was going up with\nme to Hallett's attic, he stopped on the landing and tapped my arm with\nhis snuff-box.", "\n\n\"Grace,\" he said, \"I am waking up more and more to the fact that I have\nbeen an old fool!\"", "\n\n\"Indeed! ", " Why?\"", "\n\n\"Because I've shut myself up all my life, and grown selfish and crusted.", "\nI don't think I'm such a very bad sort of fellow when you get through\nthe bark.\"", "\n\n\"I'm sure you are not, Mr Rowle,\" I said.", "\n\n\"Humph! ", " Thankye, Grace. ", " Well, you always did seem to like me.\"", "\n\n\"But what do you mean about being an--\"\n\n\"Old fool? ", " There, say it if you like. ", " I mean about women--young\ngirls--ladies, you know. ", " They're very nice.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, that they are,\" I cried eagerly.", "\n\n\"Yah! ", "stuff! ", " How do you know--a boy like you? ", " No, no--I mean yes, of\ncourse, so they are. ", " I've been thinking, you know, what might have\nbeen, if I'd met with such a lady as that Miss Carr, or our pretty\nlittle bird there, thirty or forty years ago. ", " Hah! ", " I should have been\na different man. ", " But I never did, my boy, I never did.\"", "\n\nHe took a pinch of snuff very thoughtfully here.", "\n\n\"It's too late now, Grace, too late now. ", " You can't make winter into\nsummer; and it's getting to the winter with me now. ", " That's a very nice\nlittle thing downstairs. ", " Has she--has she any--any--\"\n\n\"Lover, Mr Rowle?\"", "\n\n\"Yes.\"", "\n\n\"Not now,\" I said. ", " \"There was one, but it ended unhappily. ", " He was a\nblackguard,\" I said warmly.", "\n\n\"Was he, though?\" ", "he said eagerly. ", " \"That's right, Grace, I like to see\nyou have some spirit. ", " Poor little lassie! ", " No father, either.\"", "\n\n\"Mr Hallett is more like a father to her than a brother,\" I replied, as\nI thought it would be better not to mention John Lister's name.", "\n\n\"Father--father--\" said the old man dreamily. ", " \"How curious it must be\nto feel that one is the father of anything; that it is your own, and\nthat it loves you. ", " Now, do you know, Grace, I never thought of that\nbefore.\"", "\n\n\"You have always been such a business man, Mr Rowle,\" I said.", "\n\n\"Yes--yes, grinding on every day, without a thought of anything but\nother people's mistakes, and none about my own. ", " You like little Miss\nLinny there--downstairs?\"", "\n\n\"Oh yes,\" I cried; \"she always seems to have been like a sister ever\nsince I knew her.\"", "\n\n\"Hum! ", " Hah! ", " Yes! ", " Like a sister,\" he said thoughtfully. ", " \"Well, she's a\nvery nice little girl, Grace, and I like her; but you need not tell her\nso.\"", "\n\n\"Oh no, of course not, Mr Rowle,\" I said, laughing. ", " \"Shall we go\nupstairs?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, my boy, directly.", "\n\n\"But look here, Grace,\" he continued, fumbling in his pocket, and\nbringing out a newspaper slip. ", " \"Hum! ", "hah! ", "oh, here it is. ", " Read that.\"", "\n\nHe pointed to an advertisement of an elderly couple without children,\nwishing to adopt a young girl; and I read it, and then looked at him\nwonderingly.", "\n\n\"I suppose that sort of thing is done sometimes, eh?\" ", "he said.", "\n\n\"I don't know, Mr Rowle,\" I replied.", "\n\n\"Hum! ", " No, of course you don't,\" he said thoughtfully, after another\npinch. ", " \"Come along upstairs, my boy, and let's look at the machine.\"", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER FIFTY TWO.", "\n\nMR JABEZ HAS A SPASM.", "\n\nThere had been some little dispute about the drawing up of the terms\nbetween Hallett and Mr Rowle. ", " The former would not listen to the old\ngentleman's proposition that it should be settled by a letter between\nthem, saying that it ought to be a proper legal document, for both their\nsakes; and the knot was solved, as they did not wish to consult a\nsolicitor, by my proposing to bring Tom Girtley home with me some\nevening, when the legal training he was undergoing might prove\nsufficient for the purpose.", "\n\nIt was settled to be so, and a few evenings later, I called in Lincoln's\nInn Fields, at the offices where Tom was now engaged, and he accompanied\nme to Great Ormond Street.", "\n\nMary had had her instructions to have a \"high tea\" ready for us, and her\nideas of delicacies took the form of hot baked potatoes and cold\nlobsters; and upon these, with shouts of laughter, we made an attack,\nfor it was wonderful in those days what the youthful digestive organs\nwould conquer without fail. ", " Tom Girtley had several times been to my\napartments, but I had never introduced him to the Halletts, for there\nhad been too much trouble in connection with Linny's illness for their\nrooms to be attractive to a casual visitor.", "\n\nBut now times were altered; Hallett looked brighter, Linny was nearly\nher own merry pretty self again, and Mrs Hallett, perhaps, a little\nless weak and despondent, which is not saying much.", "\n\nTom Girtley had altered very much since we had become friends, having\nstarted ahead of me, and a year had changed him from a boy into quite a\nman, at whose hirsute appendages I used to look with perhaps just a\ntrace of envy. ", " There was something very frank and manly about him, and\nhe had all a boy's love of a bit of fun; but at the same time, he was\nfull of shrewdness and common-sense, the former being rubbed daily by\nhis profession into a keener edge.", "\n\nAll in good time Mr Jabez arrived, according to what was fast growing\ninto a regular custom, and he favoured Tom Girtley with a short nod and\na very searching look. ", " Then together we went upstairs, where I saw Mr\nJabez frown as our legal visitor was introduced to Mrs Hallett and\nLinny, the latter blushing slightly at Tom's admiring gaze.", "\n\nThe old man uttered a sigh of relief then as Linny rose and helped Mrs\nHallett to leave the room during the transaction of the business, and I\nnoted that he was very snappish and abrupt while the arrangement went\non.", "\n\nIt was very simple, and soon done, Tom Girtley drawing up first on\nfoolscap a draft of the arrangement, which was agreed to on both sides,\nand then transferred to a couple of stamped papers, signed and\nwitnessed, one being kept by each party to the transaction.", "\n\nAll this was done in so satisfactory a manner to Mr Jabez that he\nbecame somewhat less abrupt to my companion, and even went so far as to\nsay that he had never seen a legal document which pleased him so well.", "\n\n\"Not so many heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, young\ngentleman,\" he said gruffly. ", " \"You lawyers have made a lot of money out\nof those parties in your time. ", " Now, don't you think we might ask the\nladies to step back?\"", "\n\nThis was done, and we had a very pleasant evening, Tom Girtley winning\ngolden opinions for his merry ways, even bringing a smile to Mrs\nHallett's pale face; and at last, when it was time to go, Hallett\nexclaimed:\n\n\"Of course, we shall see you again, Mr Girtley?\"", "\n\n\"May I come?\" ", "he said eagerly.", "\n\n\"If you can find any pleasure in our rather dull home,\" replied Hallett.", "\n\"Good--\"\n\nHe was going to say, \"gracious,\" but he refrained, and looked in a\npuzzled and amused way at Mr Jabez, who had kicked out one leg under\nthe table, and his foot had come in contact with his host.", "\n\n\"Spasm!\" ", "said Mr Jabez abruptly; and when Tom Girtley went down with me\nthe old man remained.", "\n\n\"Well, Tom, what do you think of my friends the Halletts?\" ", " I said, as\nwe went down to the door.", "\n\n\"I'm delighted with them,\" he cried. ", " \"I like Hallett; and as for his\nsister--I say, Tony, are you making play there?\"", "\n\n\"Making play?\"", "\n\n\"There, don't be so innocent, man alive! ", " Are you in love with her?\"", "\n\n\"What nonsense! ", " No.\"", "\n\n\"Then I am,\" he said. ", " \"I wouldn't have poached on your preserves, but\nit's all over with me now. ", " Alas, poor me! ", "so soon, and I am barely\ntwenty. ", " Good-night, old boy, and thanks for a pleasant evening.\"", "\n\n\"Don't be in such a hurry,\" I exclaimed. ", " \"I'm going a little way with\nyou.\"", "\n\nHe was in high spirits, and we were just crossing the street, when we\ncame suddenly upon John Lister--so suddenly, that Tom observed my start.", "\n\n\"Who's that?\" ", "he said quickly.", "\n\n\"One of our black clouds,\" I said bitterly.", "\n\n\"Black clouds?\" ", "he said, in a puzzled tone.", "\n\n\"And yours, too,\" I said, \"if you talk like you did just now.\"", "\n\n\"I like solving knotty points,\" he said; \"but you must give me a clue.\"", "\n\n\"Not to-night, Tom,\" I said. ", " \"Say good-night now. ", " Some other time.\"", "\n\n\"All right, my mysterious youth,\" he cried, laughing; and after shaking\nhands, I hurried back, to find Mr Jabez standing at the door.", "\n\n\"Oh, here you are,\" he said. ", " \"I am just waiting to say good-night. ", " I\nsay, Grace, is that fellow square?\"", "\n\n\"I believe him to be a thorough scoundrel,\" I said angrily.", "\n\n\"He seems quite taken with little Linny there.\"", "\n\n\"I know that,\" I said bitterly.", "\n\n\"And yet you brought him here, sir.\"", "\n\n\"I? ", " Brought him here?\" ", " I exclaimed. ", " \"It was going on before I knew\nthem.\"", "\n\n\"What! ", "that boy--that parchment slip?\" ", "he exclaimed.", "\n\n\"No, no,\" I said hastily. ", " \"I meant John Lister.\"", "\n\nAs the words were leaving my lips, he of whom I spoke passed by on the\nother side, and turned his face to look up at the second floor, the\nlight from a gas-lamp making his countenance perfectly clear.", "\n\n\"Oh!\" ", "said Mr Jabez softly; and, after standing watching the retiring\nfigure, he too went his way.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER FIFTY THREE.", "\n\nMY VISITOR.", "\n\nTwo years of hard work rapidly passed away, during which, I suppose, I\nmade rapid progress in my profession, and also had the satisfaction of\nseeing Hallett's machine grow towards perfection.", "\n\nIt had progressed slowly, in spite of the energy brought to bear, for\nHallett toiled at it patiently and well; but the work was for the most\npart out of his hands now.", "\n\nI had introduced him to Mr Girtley, who at once took a great deal of\ninterest in the scheme, but who rather damped us at first by pointing\nout weaknesses, not of principle, but of construction, and at once\nproposed that before the great machine itself was attempted, a working\nmodel, four times the size of that laboriously constructed by Hallett,\nshould be made.", "\n\n\"It means time and expense, Mr Hallett,\" he said, \"but over new things\nwe must be slow and sure. ", " For instance, there will be great stress upon\ncertain parts--here--here--and here. ", " I can say to you now that these\nparts must be greatly strengthened, and I could make certain\ncalculations, but we can only learn by experience what is to be done.\"", "\n\nThere was so much good sense in this, that Hallett at once agreed, and\nMr Jabez of course nodded approval; and though it took a long time, the\ntrial of the little machine fully bore out Mr Girtley's prophecies; so\nthat great modifications had to be made.", "\n\n\"Yes,\" said Mr Girtley, after the trial, \"it is discouraging,\ncertainly; but is it not better than having a breakdown just when your\nhopes are highest?\"", "\n\n\"Yes, but new moulds can be made, and you will go on at once,\" said\nHallett eagerly.", "\n\n\"Yes, the moulds shall be made, and we will go on at once.\"", "\n\n\"Mr Girtley thought me very impatient, Antony,\" said Hallett, as we\nwalked steadily back from Great George Street, where the little machine\nhad been set up; \"but there are bounds to every one's patience, and I\nfeel sometimes as if the idol I have been trying to set up will not be\nfinished in my time.\"", "\n\n\"Nonsense?\" ", " I cried cheerily, \"I guarantee it shall be. ", " I'm to have a\nlot of superintending to do, Hallett, and I'll leave no stone unturned\nto get it on.\"", "\n\n\"Thank you, Antony,\" he said, \"do your best. ", " I grieve for poor Mr\nJabez more than for myself. ", " Two hundred and fifty pounds of his money\ngone, and he has nothing yet before him in return but an unsubstantial\nshadow.\"", "\n\nMiss Carr had been a good deal away from England during this time,\nvisiting her sister, who twice over returned with her to stay at\nWestmouth Street. ", " I had, however, kept her fully informed about the\nprogress made by Hallett. ", " In fact, she knew my innermost life, and as\nmuch of the Halletts' as I knew myself. ", " Those were pleasant days,\nthough, when she was at home, much of my time being spent with her; and\nthough I found that Lister had made several attempts to see her, and had\nwritten continually, he had never been successful.", "\n\nI learned, too, that Mr Ruddle had interfered in concert with some\ndistant relatives of Miss Carr, and they had pretty well coerced Lister\ninto more reasonable behaviour.", "\n\nHe evidently, however, lived in the hope of yet resuming his old\nrelationship with Miss Carr, little dreaming how well acquainted she was\nwith his character, for, in no tale-bearing spirit, but in accordance\nwith her wish, that she should know everything in connection with my\ndaily life, I had told her of Lister's continued underhanded pursuit of\nLinny, news which I afterwards found had come to her almost in company\nwith imploring letters, full of love, passion and repentance.", "\n\nWhen I look back upon that portion of my life, it all seems now like a\ndream of pleasure, that glided away as if by magic. ", " I had no troubles--\nno cares of my own, save such as I felt by a kind of reflex action. ", " I\nwas young, active, and full of eagerness. ", " Hallett's enterprise seemed\nto be almost my own, and I looked forward to its success as eagerly as\nhe did himself.", "\n\nThe house at Great Ormond Street was a far less solemn place now than it\nused to be, and many and bright were the evenings we spent together.", "\nHallett seemed less sad and self-contained, as he saw his mother take a\nlittle interest in the group that used to form about her chair. ", " For Mr\nJabez appeared to have become quite a new man, and there were not many\nevenings that he did not spend at the Halletts'.", "\n\n\"Business, you see, Grace,\" he used to say, with a dry chuckle. ", " \"I must\nbe on the spot to talk over the machine with Hallett;\" but somehow very\nlittle used to be said about business: for very often after the first\nintroduction by the old man, there used to be a snug rubber at whist, in\nwhich he and Mrs Hallett would be partners against Linny and Tom\nGirtley.", "\n\nFor Tom used to come a great, deal in those days to see me. ", " He used to\ntell me, with a laughing light in his eye, that he was sure I must be\nvery dull there of an evening, and that it was quite out of kindness to\nme. ", " But, somehow or another, I suppose through my neglect, and the\ninterest I took in Hallett's work, he used to be driven upstairs, where\nhis bright, hearty ways made him always welcome. ", " For after what looked\nlike dead opposition at first, Tom quite won Mr Jabez over to his side;\nand, save and excepting a few squabbles now and then, which Mrs Hallett\ntook seriously, and which afforded Linny intense amusement, Mr Jabez\nand Tom became the best of friends.", "\n\n\"I don't think he's such a very bad sort of fellow, as boys go, Grace,\"\nMr Jabez said; \"but look here, my boy, do you see how the land lies?\"", "\n\n\"What do you mean, Mr Rowle?\" ", " I said laughing; \"that Tom and Linny\nseem to be getting very fond of one another?\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" he said, tapping me on the breast-bone with his snuff-box. ", " \"I\nspoke to Hallett about it last night, and he said he was not sorry.\"", "\n\n\"Of course not. ", " I am sure he likes Tom,\" I said thoughtfully, as I saw\nhow great an alteration had come about at the house, for Linny used to\nsing about the place now like a bird, and Mary watched over her like a\ndragon. ", " In fact, Mary was a wonderful institution at Great Ormond\nStreet, and even Mrs Hallett was afraid of her, in so much that Mary's\npractical ways seemed quite to silence her murmurings, and make her take\na more cheerful view of life.", "\n\n\"But look here, Grace,\" said Mr Jabez, \"don't you be a young fool. ", " You\ndon't want to grow into an old bachelor like I am.\"", "\n\n\"I don't know that I do,\" I said.", "\n\n\"Then about Linny: does it suit your book for that big child to be\ncoming here and cutting the ground from under your feet?\"", "\n\n\"Cutting the ground from under my feet?\" ", " I said merrily. ", " \"Why, what do\nyou mean, Mr Jabez?\"", "\n\n\"I mean, don't you be a young noodle, and play with your opportunities.", "\nLinny's a very nice little girl, and I shouldn't be a bit surprised if\nsome day she had a few--perhaps a good many hundreds of her own. ", " I tell\nyou what it is, Grace, my boy, I shouldn't be a bit displeased if you\nwere to play your cards right, and make a match of it with that little\ngirl.\"", "\n\n\"And I hope, Mr Rowle, you would not be a bit displeased if I did not\ndo anything of the sort?\"", "\n\n\"H'm-m! ", " No! ", " I don't know that I should, boy. ", " But, hang it all, you\nare not. ", " You have not any one else in your eye. ", " You are not thinking\nabout Miss Carr, are you, you puppy?\"", "\n\nI burst out into a hearty fit of laughter.", "\n\n\"No, Mr Rowle,\" I said merrily. ", " \"I never think about such matters, and\nbetween ourselves,\" I said with much severity, \"I am surprised to find a\nquiet elderly gentleman like you taking to match-making.\"", "\n\n\"Get out, you young dog!\" ", "he cried. ", " \"There, just as you like, only I\nthought I'd see how you felt about it, that's all.\"", "\n\nMr Rowle's words set me thinking, and I could not help seeing that\nthough there was no love-making, or anything out of the ordinary way in\ntheir every-day intercourse, Linny's old sorrow had been completely\nswept away, and she evidently looked upon Tom as a very great friend.", "\n\nI was in my own room one evening reporting progress to Hallett, who had\njust come in from the office where he still worked as an ordinary\njourneyman. ", " Mr Jabez was upstairs with Tom Girtley, and a quiet rubber\nof whist was in progress, when Mary came up into the room to announce\nthat there was some one downstairs who wanted to see me.", "\n\n\"Who is it, Mary?\" ", " I said.", "\n\nMary glanced at Hallett, who saw the look and rose to go.", "\n\n\"Don't you run away, Hallett,\" I cried. ", " \"I've no one to see me whom you\nneed not know.\"", "\n\nI stopped there, for the thought flashed across my mind that it might be\nsome one from Miss Carr, or perhaps it might be something to do with\nJohn Lister.", "\n\nHe saw my hesitation, and said quietly:\n\n\"I shall be upstairs if you want me, Antony. ", " I think I will go now.\"", "\n\nHe left the room.", "\n\n\"Well, Mary, who's the mysterious stranger?\" ", " I said.", "\n\n\"Oh, Master Antony,\" she cried excitedly, \"whoever do you think it is?", "\nI hope it don't mean trouble. ", " Some one from the country.\"", "\n\n\"Not Blakeford?\" ", " I exclaimed, with all my budding manhood seeming to be\nfrozen down on the instant, and my boyish dread ready to return.", "\n\n\"No, my dear, not old Blakeford,\" she said; \"but that other old Mr\nRowle.\"", "\n\n\"Old Mr Rowle!\" ", " I cried excitedly, as, like a flash, all my former\nintercourse with him darted back--the day when he came and took\npossession of our dear home; our meals together; the bit of dinner in\nthe summer-house; and his kindly help with money and advice when I was\nabout to run away. ", " Why, I felt that it was to him that I owed all my\nsuccess in life, and my heart smote me as I thought of my ingratitude,\nand how I seemed to have forgotten him since I had become so prosperous\nand well-to-do.", "\n\n\"Yes,\" said Mary, \"old Mr Rowle. ", " He's standing at the door, my dear;\nhe said he was so shabby he wouldn't come in.\"", "\n\nThank God, I was only a boy still, and full of youthful freshness and\nenthusiasm! ", " I forgot all my dandyism and dress, everything, in the\nexcitement of seeing the old man again; and almost before Mary had done\nspeaking, I was bounding down the stairs to rush through the big hall\nand catch hold of the little old man standing on the steps.", "\n\nHe seemed to have shrunk; or was it that I had sprung up from the little\nboy into a young man? ", " I could not tell then. ", " I did not want to tell\nthen; all I knew was that the childish tears were making my eyes dim,\nthat there was a hot choking sensation in my throat, and that I dragged\nthe old man in. ", " We had a struggle over every mat, where he would stop\nto rub his shoes. ", " I could not speak, only keep on shaking both his\nhands; and I seemed to keep on shaking them till I had him thrust down\nby the fire in the easy-chair.", "\n\n\"Why, young 'un,\" he said at last, \"how you have grown!\"", "\n\n\"Why, Mr Rowle,\" I said, as soon as I could speak, \"I am--I am glad to\nsee you.\"", "\n\n\"Are you--are you, young 'un?\" ", "he said, getting up out of his chair,\npicking his hat off the floor, where he had set it down, and putting it\non again, while in a dreamy way he ran his eye all over the room, making\na mental inventory of the furniture, just as I remembered him to have\ndone of old.", "\n\nHe seemed to be very little, and yellow, and withered, and he was very\nshabbily dressed, too; but I realised the fact that he was not much\naltered, as he fixed his eyes once more on me, and repeated:\n\n\"Why, young 'un, how you have grow'd!\"", "\n\n\"Have I, Mr Rowle?\" ", " I said, laughing through my weak tears; for his\ncoming seemed to have brought back so much of the past.", "\n\n\"Wonderful!\" ", "he said. ", " \"I shouldn't have know'd you, that I shouldn't.", "\nWhy, you've grow'd into quite a fine gentleman, that you have, and you\nused to be about as high as sixpen'orth o' ha'pence.\"", "\n\n\"I was a little fellow,\" I said, laughing.", "\n\n\"But you'd got a 'awful lot o' stuff in you, young 'un,\" he said. ", " \"But,\nI say, are you--are you really glad to see me, young 'un--I mean, Mr\nGrace?\"", "\n\n\"Glad to see you?\" ", " I cried. ", " \"I can't tell you how glad. ", " But sit down.", "\nHere, give me your hat.\"", "\n\n\"Gently, young 'un, there's something in it. ", " Pr'aps I'd better keep it\non.\"", "\n\n\"No, no,\" I cried, catching it from his hands, and forcing him back into\nthe easy-chair.", "\n\n\"Gently, young 'un,\" he said, thrusting one hand up the cuff of his long\nbrown coat, which, with its high collar, almost seemed to be the same as\nthe one in which I saw him first--\"gently, young 'un,\" he said; \"you've\nbroke my pipe.\"", "\n\nI burst out laughing, and, weak as it may sound, the tears came to my\neyes again, as I saw him draw from up his sleeve a long clay pipe broken\nin three, and once more the old scenes in the deserted rifled house came\nback.", "\n\n\"Never mind the pipe, Mr Rowle,\" I cried. ", " \"You shall have a dozen if\nyou like, twice as long as that. ", " But you must be hungry and tired. ", " I\nam glad to see you.\"", "\n\n\"Thankye, young 'un,\" he said, smiling; and the old man's lip quivered a\nlittle as he shook my hand. ", " \"I didn't expect it of you, but I thought\nI'd come and see if you'd forgotten me.\"", "\n\nI ran to the bell, and Mary came up directly, and smiled and nodded at\nmy visitor.", "\n\n\"Mary,\" I said, \"let's have some supper directly--a bit of something\nhot. ", " And, I say, bring up that long pipe of Revitts'--the churchwarden,\nyou know. ", " I've got some tobacco.\"", "\n\n\"I've got a bit of tobacco,\" said Mr Rowle, \"and--you've taken my hat\naway--there's something in it. ", " Thankye. ", " I thought, maybe, they might\ncome in useful. ", " They're quite fresh.\"", "\n\nAs he spoke he took out a great yellow silk handkerchief, and from\nunderneath that, fitting pretty tightly in the hat, a damp-looking paper\nparcel, that proved to contain a couple of pounds of pork sausages,\nwhich Mary bore away, and returned directly with a kettle of hot water\nand a long churchwarden clay pipe, which Mr Rowle proceeded to fill\nfrom my tobacco-jar, lit, sat bolt-upright in his chair, and began to\nsmoke.", "\n\nAll the intervening years seemed to have slipped away as I saw the old\nman sitting there, a wonderfully exact counterpart of Mr Jabez in\nshabby clothes; and, as his eyes once more wandered round the place, I\nhalf expected to see him get up and go all over the house, smoking in\neach room, and mentally making his inventory of the goods under his\ncharge.", "\n\nI went to a little cellaret, got out the glasses, spirit-stand, and\nsugar, and mixed the old man a steaming tumbler, which he took, nodded,\nand sipped with great satisfaction. ", " Then, puffing contentedly away at\nhis pipe, he said:\n\n\"Not all your own, is it?\" ", " And his eyes swept over the furniture.", "\n\n\"Yes, to be sure,\" I said, laughing at his question, for I took a good\ndeal of pride in my rooms, which were really well furnished.", "\n\n\"You've grow'd quite a swell, young 'un,\" he said at last; and then\nstopped smoking suddenly. ", " \"I ain't no right here,\" he said. ", " \"I hope\nyou don't mind the pipe.\"", "\n\n\"I'm going to have a cigar with you presently,\" I said, laughing, \"only\nwe'll have some supper first.\"", "\n\n\"Only fancy,\" he said; \"just a bit of a slip as you was when you made up\nyour mind to cut, and now grow'd up. ", " I should have liked to have seen\nwhat come between. ", " You are glad to see me, then?\"", "\n\n\"Glad? ", " Of course,\" I cried; and then Mary came bustling in to lay the\ncloth.", "\n\n\"She's altered, too,\" said the old man, who went on smoking away\nplacidly. ", " \"Got crummier; and she don't speak so sharp. ", " Think o' you\ntwo living in the same house.\"", "\n\n\"Mary's my landlady,\" I said. ", " \"But this is a surprise.\"", "\n\n\"Ah! ", " Yes,\" he said; \"I've often thought I'd come up and see Jabez, and\nlook you up same time. ", " I had a bit of a job to find you, for Jabez\nwasn't at home.\"", "\n\n\"Mr Jabez is here,\" I said.", "\n\n\"Yes; they said he'd come to see you, and they wouldn't give me the\naddress at first. ", " I'd lost it, or forgotten it, but here I am.\"", "\n\n\"I'll go up and tell him you are here,\" I cried; and before my visitor\ncould say a word, I had run upstairs and completely upset all Mr Jabez\nRowle's calculations, which might or might not have ended in his gaining\nthe odd trick, and was soon taking him downstairs on the plea or\nimportant business.", "\n\n\"Anything the matter, Grace?\" ", "he said--\"anything wrong with Hallett?\"", "\n\n\"No,\" I said; \"he's in his bedroom. ", " Come in here.\"", "\n\nIf I had expected to startle or surprise Mr Jabez, I should have been\ndisappointed, for, upon entering my room, where his brother was\ncomposedly smoking the long clay pipe, with his yellow silk handkerchief\nspread over his knees, he only said:\n\n\"Hallo, Peter, you here?\" ", "and went and sat down on the other side of the\nfire.", "\n\n\"How do, Jabez?\" ", "said my old friend, without taking his pipe out of his\nmouth; and then there was silence, which I did not care to break, but\nsat down, too, and looked on.", "\n\n\"Come up to-day, Peter?\" ", "said Mr Jabez.", "\n\n\"Yes.\"", "\n\n\"When are you going back?\"", "\n\n\"Don't know.\"", "\n\n\"Oh!\"", "\n\nThen there was a pause.", "\n\n\"Stick to your pipe still,\" said Mr Jabez, taking a loud pinch of\nsnuff.", "\n\n\"Yes; never could manage snuff.\"", "\n\n\"Oh!\"", "\n\nHere there was another pause, broken once more by Mr Jabez.", "\n\n\"Where are you going to stay?\"", "\n\n\"Long o' you.\"", "\n\n\"Oh!\"", "\n\nA great many puffs of smoke followed here, and several pinches of snuff,\nas the two old men sat on either side of the fire and stared hard at\neach other, their likeness being now wonderful, as far as their heads\nwere concerned.", "\n\n\"Hard up?\" ", "said Mr Jabez at last.", "\n\n\"No. ", " Want to borrow a sov?\"", "\n\n\"No,\" said Mr Jabez shortly; and there was again a silence.", "\n\n\"I'll have a drop of gin and water, Grace,\" said Mr Jabez, after a very\nlong and awkward pause for me.", "\n\nI mixed it for him with alacrity.", "\n\n\"You two friendly?\" ", "said Mr Peter at last, making a strenuous effort to\nthrust one finger into the bowl of his pipe without removing the waxed\nend from his lips, but finding it impossible, without apparently\nswallowing a goodly portion, from the length of the stem.", "\n\n\"Friendly? ", "of course we are. ", " Can't you see?\" ", "replied Mr Jabez\nsnappishly.", "\n\n\"No! ", " How should I know? ", " Like him to know anything about your affairs?\"", "\nsaid Mr Peter, turning to me.", "\n\n\"Oh yes,\" I said. ", " \"Mr Jabez Rowle is a very great friend of mine.\"", "\n\n\"Right!\" ", "said that individual, giving his head a nod.", "\n\n\"I didn't come up on purpose to see you, Jabez,\" said Mr Peter.", "\n\n\"Who said you did?\" ", "snapped Mr Jabez. ", " \"What did you come for? ", " About\nwhat you said?\"", "\n\n\"Yes.\"", "\n\nThere was another awkward pause, fortunately broken by Mary, who entered\nwith a tray odorous with hot rump-steak and onions: and as soon as he\nsmelt it, Mr Peter stood his pipe up in the corner of the fireplace,\nand softly rubbed his hands.", "\n\nHis brother made no scruple about joining the meal, and as the brothers\nrose, Mr Jabez held out his hand with--\n\n\"Well, how are you, Peter?\"", "\n\n\"Tidy,\" said Mr Peter, and they shook hands as if they were cross with\neach other, and then they each made a hearty meal.", "\n\n\"Got a latchkey, Jabez?\" ", "said Mr Peter, as, after supper, we all drew\nup round the fire and the visitor from Rowford refilled and lit his\npipe, causing Mr Jabez to draw off from him as far as was possible.", "\n\n\"Yes,\" he said shortly.", "\n\n\"That's right,\" said Mr Peter; \"don't want to go to bed, do you, young\n'un?\"", "\n\n\"Oh, no,\" I said; \"I'm too glad to see you again.\"", "\n\nThe old man's eyes twinkled, as he looked at me fixedly.", "\n\n\"Been a good boy, Jabez?\" ", "he said at last.", "\n\n\"Who?--me?\"", "\n\n\"No, no; young 'un here.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, yes. ", " Can't you see?\"", "\n\n\"Thought he would be, or I shouldn't have sent him.\"", "\n\n\"Humph!\"", "\n\nI wanted to talk, but I found that it would be of no use now, so I\ncontented myself with studying the brothers, and, just then, Tom Girtley\ncame in.", "\n\n\"Won't disturb you,\" he said quickly; \"just off. ", " Good-night, Mr Rowle,\ngood-night, Tony.\"", "\n\n\"Who's he?\" ", "said Mr Peter, as the door closed.", "\n\n\"A friend of mine--a young solicitor.\"", "\n\n\"Any good?--Trust him?\" ", "said Mr Peter quickly.", "\n\n\"Yes, he is very clever in his profession,\" I said wonderingly.", "\n\n\"Call him back, then,\" said Mr Peter. ", " \"I've got something for him to\nhear.\"", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER FIFTY FOUR.", "\n\nPETER ROWLE'S BARGAIN.", "\n\nI was just in time to call Tom Girtley back as he reached the corner of\nthe street, and he came up into my room, wondering, for the hour was\ngetting late; but he took a chair quietly, and waited for what Mr Peter\nhad to say.", "\n\n\"Well, it ain't much,\" said the latter; \"but it may mean a good deal.", "\nS'pose, sir, you just cast your eye over them there?\" ", " He took a packet\nof papers, tied with red tape, and docketed, out of his pocket, and\npassed them over to Tom Girtley, who immediately opened them in a very\nbusiness-like way, and proceeded rapidly to mentally summarise their\ncontents.", "\n\nThis took him some little time, during which we all sat very still, Mr\nPeter giving me a very knowing look or two in the interval.", "\n\n\"These are very important documents, sir,\" said Tom Girtley quietly. ", " \"I\nmust, of course, warn you that I am only a young member of my\nprofession, and wanting in experience; but, as far as I can judge, these\nare the private memoranda and certain deeds and documents of Mr Edward\nGrace, of--\"\n\n\"My father!\" ", " I exclaimed excitedly. ", " \"How did you get these papers, Mr\nRowle?\"", "\n\n\"Bought 'em,\" said the old gentleman quietly.", "\n\n\"You bought them?\"", "\n\n\"To be sure I did. ", " Old Blakeford thought he'd taken possession of all\nyour father's papers, my boy, after his death, but he didn't.\"", "\n\n\"How did you get them, then?\" ", "said Mr Jabez sharply.", "\n\n\"Bought 'em, I tell you. ", " It was like this: old Blakeford put me in\npossession at the house of a man who had borrowed money of him, and he\nwas going to sell him up--you know his ways, young 'un--I mean Mr\nGrace. ", " Well, I went there one night, and very wild the poor fellow was,\nand he went straight to a bureau, that I seemed to have seen before, and\nbegan to go over his papers, tying up some and burning others, and going\non and calling old Blakeford names all the while. ", " `Ah,' he says, all at\nonce, `I bought this writing-table and drawers at Grace's sale, when\nBlakeford sold the furniture. ", " Look here,' he said, `this lot of papers\nwas in one of the back drawers. ", " They belonged to old Grace, I suppose,'\nand he was about to pitch them into the fire with his own letters and\nthings, of which there was quite a heap.", "\n\n\"`Don't do that,' I says; `they may be of value.'", "\n\n\"`Not they,' he says; `if they'd been worth anything old Blakeford\nwouldn't have left them. ", " They aren't worth tuppence!'", "\n\n\"`I'll give you tuppence for them,' I says.", "\n\n\"`Pay up,' he says, and I handed him the twopence, and took the papers.", "\nI've read 'em, and think they're worth the money.\"", "\n\n\"Worth the money!\" ", "cried Tom Girtley; \"why, they may be worth ten\nthousand pounds; but I can say nothing till I have gone into the case;\nand I daresay it would be necessary to make Mr Blakeford supply some of\nthe connecting links.\"", "\n\n\"Which he won't do,\" said Mr Peter quietly.", "\n\n\"Unless he's obliged,\" said Tom Girtley. ", " \"There are means of making\neven a solicitor speak, Mr Rowle,\" he continued. ", " \"Will you take these\npapers?\"", "\n\n\"No,\" said Mr Peter; \"give 'em to Mr Grace there. ", " They were his\nfather's. ", " Blakeford's pitched me over, because I got old and useless,\nso I shan't try to screen him in the least.\"", "\n\nTom Girtley folded and tied up the papers, and handed them to me but I\nrefused to take them.", "\n\n\"Keep them and study them,\" I said; \"perhaps they will not prove to be\nso valuable when you have given them a fresh perusal.\"", "\n\nHe nodded and placed the packet in his breast-pocket, all three then\nrising to go, for it was past twelve, and as Tom Girtley and I stood at\nthe door, we saw the two old men go down the street, arm-in-arm, till\nthey passed by the lamp-post and disappeared. ", " Then, after a hearty\ngood-night, Tom Girtley took his departure, and I went up to bed, to lie\nfor hours thinking about my life with Mr Blakeford, and wondering\nwhether he had defrauded me over the question of my father's property.", "\nI had always felt that I was in his debt, and meant some day to repay\nhim all he said that my father owed; in fact, Miss Carr had been so\nliberal to me in the way of pocket-money, that I had forty pounds saved\nup for that purpose; but now this came like a revelation, and there was\na delightful feeling of triumph in the idea that I might perhaps bring a\nthorough scoundrel to book. ", " Then all at once I began to think about\nHetty--pretty, gentle little Hetty, who had been so kind to me when I\nwas a miserable unhappy boy, and the hours when I saw her seemed like\ngleams of light, amongst so much darkness.", "\n\nWhat would Hetty be like after all these years, I wondered; and then I\nbegan to blame myself for not asking Mr Rowle more about her, and at\nlast, with the memory of the bright affectionate child filling my\nthoughts, I dropped off to sleep, to dream once more about Mr\nBlakeford, and that I was on the road, with him in full chase.", "\n\nIt was quite a treat to get out of bed and away from the nightmare-like\ndreams of the past, and after a sharp walk and breakfast, I made my way\nround by Mr Jabez Rowle's lodgings, to have a few words with Mr Peter,\nbefore going to Lambeth.", "\n\nI found the old man alone, smoking a long pipe with his hat on, and his\nbrother gone.", "\n\nHis face lit up as he saw me, and after a little conversation about the\npast--\n\n\"When are you going back to Rowford?\" ", " I said.", "\n\n\"Want to get rid of me?\" ", "he replied.", "\n\n\"No, no, of course not.\"", "\n\n\"Don't know that I'm going back at all,\" he said. ", " \"Jabez and I haven't\nseen much of each other lately. ", " Think I shall stay.\"", "\n\n\"Did--have--did you ever see much of Miss Blakeford?\" ", " I said, feeling\nconscious as I spoke that I was growing hot.", "\n\n\"Often,\" said the old man, looking at me intently. ", " \"She often asked\nabout you.\"", "\n\n\"About me?\" ", " I said.", "\n\n\"Yes: how you got on, and whether you were coming back.\"", "\n\n\"What is she like now?\" ", " I said. ", " \"Of course she is not a little girl\nnow.\"", "\n\n\"Little girl? ", " No: I should think not. ", " Grow'd into an angel, that's\nwhat she is.\"", "\n\nI could not ask any more, but promising to go in and see him in the\nevening, I hurried off to the works, thinking that I should very much\nlike to see Hetty Blakeford again, and wondering whether she would see\nmuch change in me.", "\n\nIn another hour Rowford was forgotten, and I was deep in the\npreparations for Hallett's machine, which was rapidly approaching\ncompletion; while a fortnight later I was dining with Miss Carr, and\nbearing her the news of the successful point to which Hallett had\nclimbed, making her flush with pleasure, as I told her that the machine\nwas to be set up at Mr Ruddle's place of business, and be tried there.", "\n\n\"Send me word the day and hour of the trial, Antony,\" she said, in a low\nvoice.", "\n\n\"Will you come?\" ", " I said eagerly.", "\n\n\"No, Antony, no,\" she said softly. ", " \"I could not come, but I shall pray\nfor a triumphant success.\"", "\n\nShe spoke warmly, for she seemed off her guard, and then hurriedly\nchanged the conversation.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER FIFTY FIVE.", "\n\nTHE DAY OF TRIUMPH.", "\n\nThe day of trial came at last; and after a sleepless night, I was trying\nto make a good breakfast before going down to Mr Ruddle's with the\ninventor.", "\n\nI believe I felt as nervous and excited as Hallett himself; for Mr\nRuddle had spoken to me the night before about some unpleasant\nsuspicions that he had.", "\n\n\"I don't like to accuse any body, Grace,\" he said; \"but I'm afraid a\ncertain person who shall be nameless has been setting some of the\nignorant, drunken loafers of the trade against the machine.\"", "\n\nThat was all then, but it was enough to make me uneasy, though I did not\nbelieve in the possibility of any trade outrage in the middle of London.", "\n\nHallett looked very pale, but I never saw him seem more manly,\nthoughtful, and handsome, as he stood there in his mother's room,\nholding her hands.", "\n\n\"I shall come back, dear,\" he said, kissing her tenderly, \"telling you\nof my success. ", " No, no, don't shake your head. ", " Good-bye, dear, wish me\nsuccess. ", " Good-bye, Linny, darling! ", " Ah! ", " Mr Girtley, you here?\"", "\n\n\"To be sure,\" cried Tom Girtley; \"I've come to wish you success. ", " Linny\nand I are going to throw old shoes after you. ", " Mind! ", "a champagne supper\nif you succeed. ", " Tony and I will find the champagne. ", " Hallo! ", "here's Papa\nRowle.\"", "\n\nThere was no mistaking that step, without the sound of the old man\ntaking snuff, and he entered directly after; got up in grand style, and\nwith a flower in his button-hole.", "\n\nHe had a bunch of flowers, too, for Mrs Hallett, and a kiss for Linny;\nand then, shaking hands all round, he began to rub his hands.", "\n\n\"It's a winner, Hallett--a winner!\" ", "he exclaimed. ", " \"Come along, Girtley,\nyou'll make one. ", " We want some big boys to cry `Hooray!'\"", "\n\n\"I'll come, then,\" said Tom merrily; and directly after we went off,\ntrying to look delighted, but all feeling exceedingly nervous and\nstrange.", "\n\nHallett and Girtley went on in front, and Mr Jabez took my arm, holding\nme a little back.", "\n\n\"I'm glad Girtley's coming, Grace,\" he said; \"he's a big, strong fellow,\nand we may want him.\"", "\n\n\"Why?\" ", " I said excitedly.", "\n\n\"I don't know for certain, my boy, but I'm afraid there's mischief\nbrewing. ", " I can't swear to it, but I believe that devil, John Lister,\nhas been stirring up the scoundreldom of the trade, with stuff about the\nmachine taking the bread out of their mouths, and if the trial passes\noff without a hitch, I shall be surprised.\"", "\n\n\"Mr Ruddle hinted something of the kind, last night,\" I said.", "\n\n\"Yes, but don't let Hallett know, poor fellow! ", " He's weak and ill enough\nalready. ", " He might break down. ", " Ruddle had men watching the place all\nlast night, so as to guard against any malicious attempts.\"", "\n\n\"But do you think they would dare to injure the machine?\" ", " I exclaimed.", "\n\n\"Fools will do anything if they are set to do it,\" said the old man,\nsententiously.", "\n\n\"If Lister is at the bottom of any such attempts he deserves to be\nshot,\" I cried indignantly.", "\n\n\"And his carcase given to the crows,\" said the old man. ", " \"But I say,\nAntony Grace, my boy, is Miss Carr likely to come to see the trial?\"", "\n\n\"No,\" I replied; \"she asked me to let her know the time, but she said\nshe could not come.\"", "\n\n\"Humph! ", " I should have liked her to see it,\" he said. ", " \"But come along;\ndon't let's lag behind; and mind this, my ideas may only be suspicions,\nand worth nothing at all.\"", "\n\nThere was a group or two of men hanging about the rival office, bearing\nLister's name, at the end of the street, as we went up to the great\nbuilding, and as I passed the timekeeper's box I could not help thinking\nof the day when, a shivering, nervous boy, I had gone up only to meet\nwith a rebuff; while now one of the first persons to come bustling up,\nlooking very much older, but as pugnacious and important as ever, was\nMr Grimstone, who was quite obsequious as he shook hands first with me,\nand then with Hallett.", "\n\n\"Very, very proud, gentlemen,\" he exclaimed, \"very proud indeed. ", " Great\nchanges since you used to honour us with your assistance.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, Mr Grimstone,\" I said, laughing as I wondered how I could ever\nhave trembled before him, \"and time hasn't stood still.\"", "\n\n\"No, indeed, but we wear well, Mr Jabez Rowle and I, sir. ", " Ha-ha-ha!", "\nYes, old standards, sir, both of us, and we stand by the old\nestablishment. ", " We don't want to go away inventing great machines.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, Grimstone! ", "the men are still there with the machine?\" ", "said Mr\nRuddle, coming up.", "\n\n\"No, sir, not now. ", " They went off when I came, but I've put the new\nwatchman on.\"", "\n\n\"Confound it all, Grimstone! ", " You've never put a stranger there?\"", "\nexclaimed Mr Ruddle furiously.", "\n\n\"But I have, sir,\" said the overseer importantly. ", " \"Here he is, sir.", "\nBramah lock,\" and he held out a bright new key.", "\n\n\"Oh, I see,\" said Mr Ruddle, laughing. ", " \"Here's Mr Girtley, senior.\"", "\n\nThe great engineer came up, nodded to his son and me, shook hands with\nHallett, and then we all went to the room where the machine had been set\nup, glistening, bright, and new, with the shaft and bands of the regular\nengine gear passing through above it.", "\n\nThe first thing noticed was that the window was open; and annoyed that\nthe mist of a damp morning should be admitted, I hurriedly closed it,\nthinking then no more of the matter.", "\n\nIt wanted quite an hour to the time appointed, and the interval was\nemployed in superintending the alteration of a few bolts and nuts, which\nMr Girtley wanted tightened, and as I watched the great engineer, a man\nwhose name was now an authority throughout Europe, and who was\nconstantly refusing contracts, pull off his coat, take a spanner, and\nhelp his men, I began to realise that it was his personal attention to\nsmall matters and his watchful supervision that had raised him to his\npresent position.", "\n\n\"Nice hands!\" ", "he said, laughing, as he held them out all over blacklead\nand oil. ", " \"Wise lad, you were, Tom, to leave it, and take to your\nparchment and pounce.\"", "\n\nThere was a covert sneer in his words, which Tom seemed to take, for he\nsaid quickly:\n\n\"Perhaps, father, I may help you as much with my brain as I used to help\nyou with my hands.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, yes, of course, my boy, and we must have lawyers. ", " Well, Grace,\nhow do you feel about it now?\"", "\n\n\"I think I'd ease that nut a little, sir,\" I said, pointing to one part\nof the machine.", "\n\n\"Why?\" ", "he said sharply.", "\n\n\"I fancy that there will be so much stress upon that wheel that it will\nbe better to give it as much freedom as we can, and, perhaps I am wrong,\nsir, but it strikes me--\" I glanced at Hallett, and felt the blood flush\nto my face, for I felt that what I was about to say must sound very\ncruel to him.", "\n\n\"Go on, Antony,\" he said kindly; but I saw that he was very pale.", "\n\n\"It strikes you?\" ", "said Mr Girtley.", "\n\n\"That this is the weak part of the contrivance. ", " Here falls the stress;\nand, when it is running at full speed, I feel sure that the slight\nstructure of this portion will tell against the machine doing good work,\nand it may result in its breaking down.\"", "\n\n\"Go on,\" said Mr Girtley bluntly; for I had stopped, feeling\nuncomfortable at the dead silence that had fallen upon the group.", "\n\n\"It is not a question of efficiency,\" I said, \"but one of detail, of\nsubstantiality and durability. ", " At first sight it seems as if it would\nmake the machine cumbersome, but I feel sure that if we made that shaft\nand its wheel four times the thickness--that is to say, excessively\nmassive, we should get a firm, solid regularity in the working, a fourth\nof the vibration, and be able to dispense with this awkward fly-wheel.", "\nMy dear Hallett,\" I exclaimed hurriedly, as I saw how his pallor had\nincreased, \"pray forgive me. ", " I was quite led away by my thoughts.", "\nThese are but suggestions. ", " I daresay I was wrong.\"", "\n\n\"Wrong!\" ", "exclaimed Mr Girtley, catching my hand in his, and giving it a\ngrip that made me wince. ", " \"Every word you have said, my boy, is worth\ngold. ", " Tom, I'd have given ten thousand pounds to have heard you speak\nlike that.\"", "\n\n\"But then, you see, I could not, father,\" said his son good-humouredly.", "\n\"Antony Grace here is a born engineer, and you'll have to make him a\npartner one of these days.\"", "\n\nI hardly heard their words, for my anxiety about Hallett. ", " I seemed to\nhave been trampling upon his hopes, and as if I had been wanting in\nforethought after having the superintendence of the manufacture for so\nlong.", "\n\n\"I ought to have suggested these alterations before,\" I faltered.", "\n\n\"How could you?\" ", "said Mr Girtley gruffly. ", " \"You only saw the failing\njust now. ", " I can see it, of course, when you point it out. ", " We only\nclimb by our falls, Grace. ", " Locomotives were only got to their present\nperfection after no end of failures. ", " Well, Mr Hallett, what do you\nsay?\"", "\n\n\"Antony Grace is quite right,\" he replied. ", " \"That is undoubtedly a\nfailing spot, and where, if driven at high speed, the machine would\nbreak down. ", " I have had no training as an engineer, and have had to work\nblindfold, and in the midst of difficulties.\"", "\n\n\"Mr Hallett,\" said the great engineer, \"I have had training as an\nengineer--a long and arduous training--and I tell you that if you had\nhad twice as much experience as I, you would not have succeeded with\nyour contrivance the very first time. ", " I threw myself into this affair\nas soon as I saw it, for I felt that it was one of those machines that\nmake their mark in history; and now that we are going to try it, even if\nit does not come up to our expectations, I say, don't be discouraged,\nfor I tell you it must and will succeed. ", " I'm not a proud man, as a\nrule, but I am proud of my reputation, and if money is wanted to bring\nyour great invention to perfection, the cash shall be forthcoming, even\nif we have to borrow.\"", "\n\n\"Hear, hear!\" ", "cried Mr Jabez, and a slight flush appeared in Hallett's\npale face.", "\n\n\"I'm very sorry I spoke, Hallett,\" I whispered to him, as I took his\nhand.", "\n\n\"What, for giving me such great help?\" ", "he said, smiling. ", " \"You foolish\nfellow, Antony, I am not a spoilt child, that I cannot bear to listen to\nmy mistakes.\"", "\n\nOur conversation was broken off here; for just then a couple of\ngentlemen arrived, and these were followed by others, till the room was\nquite full. ", " For invitations had been sent out to some of the principal\nprinters and newspaper proprietors to come and see the testing of the\nnew machine.", "\n\nHallett, as the patentee, had to throw off his reserve, and come, as it\nwere, out of his shell to answer questions, and point out the various\npeculiarities and advantages of his machine, all of which I noticed were\nreceived with a good deal of reserve; and there was a shrug of the\nshoulders here, a raising of the eyebrows there, while one coarse-minded\nfellow said brutally:\n\n\"Plaything, gentlemen, plaything. ", " Such a machine cannot possibly\nanswer. ", " The whole principle is wrong, and it must break own.\"", "\n\nI was so annoyed at this bitter judgment, delivered by one who had not\neven a superficial knowledge of its properties, that I said quickly, and\nfoolishly, I grant:\n\n\"That is what brainless people said of the steam-engine.\"", "\n\n\"O!\" ", "he said sharply, \"is it, boy? ", " Well, you must know: you are so old\nand wise. ", " Well, come, gentlemen, I have no time to waste. ", " When is your\nplaything to be set going, Mr Ruddle?\"", "\n\n\"Now,\" said Hallett quietly, as he silenced me with a look, just as,\nlike the foolish enthusiastic boy I was, some hot passionate retort was\nabout to escape my lips.", "\n\nMr Girtley nodded, and he gave a glance round the machine. ", " Then he\nlooked up at the shaft that was revolving above our heads, and took hold\nof the great leather band that was to connect it with our machine, and I\nnoticed that everyone but Hallett and myself drew back.", "\n\nI was so angry and excited that if I had known that the whole machine\nwas about to fly to pieces, I don't think I should have stirred. ", " Then,\nbiting my lips, as I heard a derisive laugh from the Solon who had\nannoyed me, I saw Mr Girtley give the band that peculiar twitch born of\nlong custom, when an undulation ran up the stout leather, it fitted\nitself, as it were, over both wheels; there was a rapid whirring noise,\nand the next instant the great heavy mass of machinery seemed as it were\nto breathe as it throbbed and panted, and its great cylinders revolved.", "\n\nThere was the glistening of the polished iron and brass, the twinkling\nof the well-oiled portions, the huge roll of paper began to turn, and I\nsaw its virgin whiteness stamped directly after with thousands of lines\nof language. ", " My doubts of success died away, and a hearty cheer broke\nforth from the assembled party; and then, as I felt a fervent wish that\nMiss Carr had been present to see our triumph, there was a horrible\ngrinding, sickening crash; broken wheels flew here and there; bar and\ncrank were bent in horrible distortion; there was an instantaneous\nstoppage of everything but the great fly-wheel, which, as if in\nderision, went spinning on, and there lay poor Hallett stunned and\nbleeding upon the floor.", "\n\n\"Foul play--foul play!\" ", "roared Mr Girtley, in a voice of thunder, in\nthe midst of the ominous silence. ", " \"I was too late to stop the machine.", "\nSome scoundrel had placed a great pin underneath, and I saw it fall.", "\nHere, look! ", " Here!\" ", "he roared, as he stamped with rage; and he pointed\nto a round bent bar of iron, such as is used to screw down a paper\npress. ", " \"There it is. ", " It was placed on that ledge, so that it might\nfall with the jar. ", " Mr Ruddle, this is some of your men's work, and,\nblast them! ", "they deserve to be hanged.\"", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER FIFTY SIX.", "\n\nJOHN LISTER'S TRIUMPH.", "\n\nAs Mr Girtley roared those words a sudden thought flashed through my\nmind, and I ran to the window, threw it open, and, as I did so, there\nbeneath me, reaching down to the low roof of a building below, was a\nladder, showing plainly enough the road by which the enemy had crept in.", "\n\nFrom where I stood I looked out upon the backs of a score of buildings;\nprinting-offices, warehouses, and the like, and at the window of one of\nthese buildings I saw a couple of men, one of whom I felt certain was\nsome one I had seen before, but where, I could not tell.", "\n\nI was back and beside poor Hallett directly, giving both Mr Girtley and\nTom a look which sent them to the window, to see that there was no doubt\nhow the misfortune had occurred; but I was too much taken up with\nHallett's condition to say more then.", "\n\n\"Is he much hurt?\" ", "cried first one and then another.", "\n\n\"Looks like a judgment on him,\" said the heavy, broad-faced man with\nwhom I had had my short, verbal encounter.", "\n\n\"Why?\" ", "said Tom Girtley sharply.", "\n\n\"Inventing gimcrack things like that,\" said the fellow in a tone of\ncontempt, \"to try and take the bread out of honest men's mouths.\"", "\n\n\"Good heavens! ", "man, leave the room!\" ", "cried Mr Girtley in a rage. ", " \"Go\nand take off your clothes; they've been made by machinery! ", " Go and grub\nup roots with your dirty fingers! ", "don't dig them with a spade--it's a\nmachine! ", " Go and exist, and grovel like a toad or a slug, or any other\nnoisome creature; you are not fit for the society of men!\"", "\n\nThe brute was about to reply, but there was such a shout of laughter at\nMr Girtley's denunciation and its truthfulness, that he hurried out of\nthe place, just as Hallett sat up and stared round.", "\n\n\"No,\" he said, \"not much hurt; I'm better now. ", " A piece of iron struck\nme on the head. ", " It is a mere nothing. ", " Stunned me, I suppose.\"", "\n\nHe rose as he spoke, and there was a silence no one cared to break, as\nhe looked at the wreck of his machine.", "\n\n\"Another failure, Mr Rowle,\" he said sadly; and he took the old man's\nhand, as if he were the one who needed all the sympathy. ", " \"I am very,\nvery sorry--for your sake. ", " I cannot say more now.\"", "\n\n\"One word, Mr Hallett,\" said the great engineer. ", " \"Do you know that\nthis is all through malice?\"", "\n\n\"Malice? ", " No.\"", "\n\n\"Some scoundrel has been here and thrust in this bar of iron.", "\nGentlemen,\" he said, looking round, \"this is an unfortunate affair; but\nI speak to you as leading members of the printing business, and I tell\nyou that Mr Hallett's invention here means success, and a revolution in\nthe trade,--This is a case of wanton destruction, the act of some\ncontemptible scoundrel. ", " You have seen the ruin here of something built\nup by immense labour, but I pledge you my word--my reputation--that\nbefore six months are past another and a better machine shall be running\nbefore you--perfect.\"", "\n\nThere was a faint cheer, and quite a little crowd gathered round the\nwreck while Mr Girtley turned to speak to Hallett.", "\n\n\"Thank you,\" said the latter, smiling; \"you will excuse me now; I feel\nrather faint and giddy, and I will get off home.\"", "\n\n\"I'll go with you, Hallett,\" I cried.", "\n\n\"No, no: I shall be all right,\" he said, with a sad smile. ", " \"I'll take a\ncab at the corner on the strength of my success. ", " Come to me after you\nleave.\"", "\n\n\"I would rather go with you,\" I said.", "\n\n\"No, no, I want you to represent me here,\" he whispered. ", " \"Stay, Antony;\nit will seem less as if I deserted the ruin like a rat, and I am not man\nenough to command myself now.\"", "\n\n\"But you are not fit to go alone,\" I said earnestly.", "\n\n\"Yes, I am,\" he replied; \"the sick feeling has gone off. ", " It was nothing\nto mind. ", " I am not much hurt.\"", "\n\nI should have pressed him, but he was so much in earnest that I drew\nback, and after a formal leave-taking he left the room, and descended\nthe stairs, while a burst of angry remarks followed his departure.", "\n\n\"Ruddle,\" said one grey-haired old gentleman, \"I think, for your\ncredit's sake, you ought to have in a detective to try and trace out the\noffender.\"", "\n\n\"I mean to,\" said Mr Ruddle firmly, and he glanced at Grimstone, who\nseemed to shrink away, and looked thin and old.", "\n\n\"For my part,\" said another, \"I believe fully in the invention and I\ncongratulate the man of genius who--halloa! ", "what's wrong?\"", "\n\nA burst of yells and hooting arose from the street below, and with one\nconsent we hurried to the windows, to see poor Hallett standing at bay\nin a corner, hemmed in by about a hundred men and boys, evidently the\noff-scourings of the district, who, amidst a storm of cries of \"Who\nrobbed the poor man of his bread?\"--\"Who tries to stifle work?\" ", "and a\nbabel of similar utterances, were pelting the poor fellow with filth,\nwaste-paper full of printing-ink, mud, and indescribable refuse,\nevidently prepared for the occasion.", "\n\nHeading the party, and the most demonstrative of all, was a fat ruffian,\nin inky apron and shirt-sleeves, whom I recognised as what should have\nbeen the manhood of my old enemy, Jem Smith, while in the same glance I\nsaw, standing aloof upon a doorstep, a spectator of the degrading scene,\nno less a person than John Lister, fashionably dressed, and in strange\ncontrast to the pallid, mud-bespattered man who stood there panting and\ntoo weak to repel assault.", "\n\nWhat I have said here was seen in a moment, as I cried out, \"Tom\nGirtley, quick!\" ", "rushed to the door, and down the stairs.", "\n\nIt took me very little time to reach the street, but it was long enough\nto bring my blood to fever-heat, as, closely followed by Tom, I rushed\npast John Lister, and fought my way through the yelling mob of ruffianly\nmen and boys.", "\n\nBefore I could reach Hallett, though, I caught sight of a carriage\nfarther up the street, and just then the noise and yelling ceased as if\nby magic, while my efforts to reach Hallett's side became less arduous.", "\n\nI, too, stopped short as I reached the inner edge of the ring which\nsurrounded my friend, for there, richly dressed, and in strange\nopposition to the scene, was Miriam Carr, her veil thrown back, her\nhandsome face white, and her large eyes flashing as she threw herself\nbefore Hallett.", "\n\n\"Cowards! ", "wretches!\" ", " I heard her cry; and then, \"Oh, help I help!\"", "\n\nFor as, regardless of his state, she caught at Hallett, he reeled and\nseemed about to fall!", "\n\nThen I was at his side.", "\n\n\"Don't touch me!\" ", "he gasped, recovering himself and recoiling from the\nvision that seemed to have come between him and his persecutors. ", " \"Miss\nCarr, for heaven's sake!--away from here!\"", "\n\nFor answer she caught his hand in hers, and drew his befouled arm\nthrough her own.", "\n\n\"Come,\" she said, as her eyes flashed with anger; \"lean on me. ", " They\nwill not dare to treat a woman ill.\"", "\n\n\"Antony,\" cried Hallett hoarsely. ", " \"Miss Carr--take her away!\"", "\n\n\"Lean on me,\" she cried proudly. ", " \"Antony, beat a way for us through\nthese curs.\"", "\n\nI took Hallett's other arm, and as we stepped forward, Jem Smith uttered\na loud \"Yah!\" ", "but it seemed as if it was broken before it left his lips,\nand he went staggering back from a tremendous blow right in the teeth,\ndelivered by Tom Girtley.", "\n\nThen there was an interlude, for some one else forced his way to the\nfront.", "\n\n\"Miss Carr! ", "great heavens! ", "what is all this?\" ", "he cried. ", " \"Give me your\nhand. ", " This is no place for you. ", " What does this outrage mean? ", " Quick!", "\nlet me help you. ", " This is horrible.\"", "\n\n\"Stand back, sir!\"", "\n\n\"You are excited,\" he cried. ", " \"You don't know me. ", " I see now; there is\nyour carriage. ", " Stand away, you ruffians. ", " How thankful I am that I was\nnear! ", " Take this man away. ", " Is he drunk?\"", "\n\nAs he spoke, John Lister, with a look of supreme disgust, pushed poor\nfainting Hallett back, and tried to draw Miss Carr out of the crowd.", "\n\n\"Coward! ", " Villain! ", " This is your work!\" ", "she cried in a low, strange\nvoice; and as he tried to draw her away, she sharply thrust him from\nher.", "\n\nThe crowd uttered a cry of excitement as they witnessed the act; and,\nstung almost to madness with rage and mortification, Lister turned upon\nme.", "\n\nBut I again found a good man at my back, for, boiling with rage, Tom\nGirtley struck at him fiercely and kept him off, while in the midst of\nthe noise, pushing, and hustling of the crowd, a confusion that seemed\nto me now as unreal as some dream, we got Hallett along towards the\ncarriage, he, poor fellow, seeming ready to sink at every step, while\nthe true-hearted woman at his side clung to him and passed one arm round\nhim to help him.", "\n\nThe coachman now saw that his mistress seemed to be in need of help, and\nhe shortened the distance by forcing his horses onward through the\ngathering crowd.", "\n\nBut the danger was past, for those who now thronged out from the\nbuildings on either side were workpeople attracted by the noise, and\nthey rapidly outnumbered John Lister's gang of scoundrels, got together\nby his lieutenant, Jem Smith, for the mortification of the man he hated,\nwhile his triumph had been that the woman they loved had come to his\nrival's help, glorified him, as it were, by her presence, and rained\ndown scorn and contempt upon his own wretched head.", "\n\nAs I said before, it seems now like some terrible dream, in which I\nfound myself in Miss Carr's carriage, with her sister looking ghastly\nwith fear beside me, and Hallett in the back seat, nearly unconscious,\nbeside Miss Carr.", "\n\n\"Tell the coachman to stop at the nearest doctor's, Antony,\" she said;\nand I lowered the glass and told Tom Girtley, who had mounted to the\ndriver's side.", "\n\n\"No, no,\" said Hallett, faintly, for her words seemed to bring him to.", "\n\"For pity's sake. ", " To my own home. ", " Why have you done this?\"", "\n\nShe did not speak, but I saw her take his hand, and her eyes fix\nthemselves, as it were, upon his, while a great sob laboured from her\nbreast.", "\n\n\"Mr Grace,\" faltered Miss Carr's sister, \"this is very dreadful;\" and I\nsaw her frightened eyes wander from the mud-besmeared object opposite\nher to her sister's injured attire, and the sullied linings of the\ncarriage.", "\n\n\"Antony,\" said Miss Carr then, \"do what is for the best.\"", "\n\nFor answer, I lowered the window again and uttered to Tom Girtley the\none word, \"Home.\"", "\n\nFortunately, Revitts was on night duty, and ready to come as the\ncarriage stopped at the door, where we had to lift the poor fellow out,\nand carry him to his bed, perfectly insensible now from the effects of\nthe blow.", "\n\nI was rather surprised to find the carriage gone when I descended, but\nmy suspense was of short duration, for it soon came back with a\nneighbouring doctor, whom Miss Carr had fetched.", "\n\nMary was at hand to show him up, while I ran down to the carriage-door,\nwhere Miss Carr grasped my hand for a moment, her face now looking\nflushed and strange.", "\n\n\"Come to me to-night, Antony,\" she said in a low voice--\"come and tell\nme all.\"", "\n\nShe sank back in the carriage then, as if to hide herself from view,\nwhile in obedience to her mute signal, I bade the coachman drive her and\nher sister home.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER FIFTY SEVEN.", "\n\nI FIND I HAVE A TEMPER.", "\n\nI went to Miss Carr's nearly every evening now, to report progress; for\nher instructions to me, after a consultation between Mr Jabez, Mr\nRuddle, Mr Girtley, and myself, were that neither expense nor time was\nto be spared in perfecting the machine.", "\n\nWe had gone carefully into the reasons for the breakdown, and were\ncompelled reluctantly to own that sooner or later the mechanism would\nhave failed; for besides the part I named, we found several weak points\nin the construction--faults that only a superhuman intelligence could\nhave guarded against. ", " The malignant act had only hastened the\ncatastrophe.", "\n\nIt was a cruel trick, and though we could not bring it home, we had not\na doubt that the dastardly act was committed by Jem Smith, who was the\ninstrument of John Lister. ", " A little examination showed how easily the\nback premises could be entered by anyone coming along behind from\nLister's, and there was some talk of prosecution, but Hallett was ill,\nand it was abandoned.", "\n\nFor the blow he had received from a piece of the machinery had produced\nserious injury to the head, and day after day I had very bad news to\nconvey to Miss Carr. ", " The poor fellow seemed to have broken down\nutterly, and kept his bed. ", " He used to try to appear cheerful; but it\nwas evident that he took the matter bitterly to heart, and at times gave\nup all hope of ever perfecting the machine.", "\n\nIt was pitiful to see his remorseful looks when Mr Jabez came to see\nhim of an evening; Mr Peter, who always accompanied his brother,\nstopping in my room to smoke a long pipe I kept on purpose for him,\nwhether I was at home or no, and from time to time he had consultations\nwith Tom Girtley, who kept putting off a communication that he said he\nhad to make till he had his task done.", "\n\nI used to notice that he and Mr Peter had a great deal to say to each\nother, but I was too much taken up with my troubles about Hallett and\nthe machine to pay much heed; for sometimes the idea forced itself upon\nme that my poor friend would never live to realise his hopes.", "\n\nTime glided on, and I used to sit with him in an evening, and tell him\nhow we had progressed during the day; but it made no impression\nwhatever; he used only to lie and dream, never referring once to Miss\nCarr's behaviour on that wretched day; in fact, I used to fancy\nsometimes that he was in such a state from his injury that he had not\nthoroughly realised what did occur.", "\n\nIt was indeed a dreary time; for poor Mrs Hallett, when, led by a sense\nof duty, I used to go and sit with her, always had a reproachful look\nfor me, and, no matter what I said, she always seemed to make the worst\nof matters.", "\n\nBut for Linny and Tom Girtley, the place would have been gloomy indeed,\nbut the latter was always bright and cheerful, and Linny entirely\nchanged. ", " There was no open love-making, but a quiet feeling of respect\nseemed to have sprung up between them, and I hardly knew what was going\non, only when it was brought to my attention by Mr Jabez, or Revitts,\nor Mary.", "\n\n\"I should have thought as you wouldn't have liked that there friend of\nyourn cutting you out in the way he do, Ant'ny,\" said Revitts, one day;\n\"I don't want to make mischief, but this here is my--our--house,\" he\nadded by way of correction, \"and I don't think as a young man as is a\nfriend of yourn ought to come down my stairs with his arm round a\ncertain young lady's waist.\"", "\n\n\"Go along, do, with your stuff and nonsense, William,\" exclaimed Mary\nsharply. ", " \"What do you know about such things?\"", "\n\n\"Lots,\" said Bill, grinning with delight, and then becoming\npreternaturally serious; \"I felt it to be my dooty to tell Ant'ny, and I\nhave.\"", "\n\n\"You don't know nothing about it,\" said Mary, tittering; \"he don't know\nwhat we know, do he, Master Antony?\"", "\n\n\"I don't know what you mean, Mary,\" I replied.", "\n\n\"Oh do, of course not, Master Antony; but I shouldn't like a certain\nyoung lady down at Rowford to hear you say so.\"", "\n\n\"Phew!\" ", "whistled Revitts, and feeling very boyish and conscious, I made\nmy retreat, for I was bound for Westmouth Street, and had stopped to\nhave ten minutes' chat downstairs with my old friends on the way.", "\n\nI found Miss Carr looking very thin and anxious, and she listened\neagerly to my account of howl was progressing at the works.", "\n\n\"Mr Girtley tells me that you are doing wonders, Antony,\" she said, in\na curious, hesitating way, for we both seemed to be fencing, and as if\nwe disliked to talk of the subject nearest to our hearts.", "\n\nShe was the first to cast off the foolish reserve though, and to ask\nafter Hallett's health.", "\n\n\"The doctors don't seem to help him a bit,\" I said sadly. ", " \"Poor fellow!", "\nhe thinks so much about the failure of his hopes, and it is\nheart-breaking to see him. ", " He toiled for it so long. ", " Oh, Miss Carr, if\nI only knew for certain that it was John Lister who caused the\nbreakdown, I should almost feel as if I could kill him.\"", "\n\n\"Kill him with your contempt, Antony,\" she said sternly; and then, as we\nwent on talking about Hallett's illness, she became very much agitated,\nand I saw that she was in tears, which she hastily repressed as her\nsister entered the room.", "\n\nThe next evening when I went, I found her alone, for her sister had gone\nto stay a few days with some friends. ", " My news was worse than ever, and\nthere was no fencing the question that night, as she turned very pale\nwhen I gave my report.", "\n\n\"But the invention, Antony,\" she exclaimed excitedly; \"tell me how it is\ngoing on.\"", "\n\n\"We are working at it as fast as possible,\" I replied; \"it takes a long\ntime, but that is unavoidable.\"", "\n\n\"If you love Stephen Hallett,\" she said suddenly, and she looked full in\nmy face, \"get his invention finished and perfect. ", " Let it succeed, and\nyou will have done more for him than any doctor. ", " Work, Antony, work. ", " I\nask you for--for--Pray, pray strive on.\"", "\n\n\"I will--I am striving,\" I said, \"with all my might. ", " It was a cruel\nblow for him though, just as success was in his grasp.\"", "\n\n\"Mr Lister is here, ma'am,\" said the servant, entering the room.", "\n\n\"I have forbidden Mr Lister my house,\" said Miss Carr sternly.", "\n\n\"Yes, ma'am, but he forced his way in, and--\"\n\nBefore the man could finish his sentence, John Lister was in the room,\nlooking flushed and excited, and he almost thrust the servant out and\nclosed the door.", "\n\nAs he caught sight of me his face turned white with rage, but he\ncontrolled himself, and turned to where Miss Carr was standing, looking\nvery beautiful in her anger.", "\n\nI had started up, and stepped between them, but she motioned me back to\nmy seat, while he joined his hands in a piteous way, and said in a low\nvoice:\n\n\"I could not help it. ", " I was obliged to come. ", " Pray, pray, Miriam, hear\nme now.\"", "\n\n\"Mr Lister!\" ", "she said, with a look of contempt that should have driven\nhim away--\"Mr Lister! ", "and once more here?\"", "\n\n\"Miriam,\" he exclaimed, \"you drive me to distraction. ", " Do you think that\nsuch a love as mine is to be crushed?\"", "\n\n\"Love!\" ", "she said, looking: at him contemptuously.", "\n\n\"Yes; love,\" he cried. ", " \"I'll prove to you my love by saying that now--\neven now, knowing what I do, I will forgive the past, and will try to\nsave you from disgrace.\"", "\n\n\"Mr Lister, you force me to listen to you,\" she replied, \"for I will\nnot degrade you by ringing for the servants and having you removed.", "\nPray say what you mean. ", " Hush, Antony, let him speak. ", " Perhaps after he\nhas said all he wishes, he may leave me in peace.\"", "\n\n\"Leave you in peace--you will not degrade me!\" ", "he cried, stung to\nmadness and despair by her looks and words. ", " \"Look here, Miriam Carr,\nyou compel me to speak as I do before this wretched boy.\"", "\n\n\"Hush, Antony, be silent,\" she cried, as I started up, stung in my turn\nby his contemptuous tone.", "\n\n\"Yes: sit down, spaniel, lap-dog--miserable cur!\" ", "he cried; and I felt\nmy teeth grit together with such a sensation of rage a as I had never\nknown before. ", " \"And now, as for you--you blind, foolish woman,\" he\ncontinued, as I awakened to the fact that he had been drinking heavily,\n\"since fair means will not succeed, foul means shall.\"", "\n\n\"Say what you wish to say, Mr Lister,\" she replied coldly, \"for I warn\nyou that this is the last time you shall speak to me. ", " If you force\nyourself into my presence again, my servants shall hand you over to the\npolice.\"", "\n\n\"What!\" ", "he cried, with a forced laugh, \"me?--hand me over to the police?", "\nYou--you think I have been drinking, but you are wrong.\"", "\n\nNo one had hinted at such a thing, but he felt it, and went on.", "\n\n\"I came to tell you to-night, that I will ignore the past, that I will\noverlook your disgraceful intimacy with this low, contemptible\ncompositor, the blackguardly friend of this boy--the man who has\nobtained a hold upon you, and who, with his companions, is draining your\npurse--I say I will overlook all this, and, ignoring the past, take you\nfor my wife, if you will promise to give up this wretched crew.\"", "\n\nThere was no answer, but I sat there feeling as if I must fling myself\nat him, young and slight as I was, in her defence, but she stood there\nlike a statue, fixing him with her eyes, while he went on raving. ", " His\nface was flushed, and there was a hot, fiery look in his eyes, while his\nlips were white and parched.", "\n\n\"You shall not go on like this,\" he continued. ", " \"You are my betrothed\nwife, and I will not stand by and see your name dragged in the mire by\nthese wretched adventurers. ", " Even now your name has become a by-word and\na shame, the talk in every pot-house where low-class printers meet, and\nit is to save you from this that I would still take you to be my wife.\"", "\n\nStill she did not speak, and a look from her restrained me, when I would\nhave done something to protect her from his insults, every one of which\nseemed to sting me to the heart.", "\n\n\"I know I am to blame,\" he said passionately, \"for letting you take and\nwarm that young viper into life; but I could not tell. ", " It shall end,\nthough, now. ", " I have written to your brother-in-law, and he will help to\ndrag you from amongst this swindling crew.\"", "\n\n\"Have you said all you wish to say, Mr Lister?\" ", "she replied coldly.", "\n\n\"No,\" he cried, stung into a fresh burst by her words; \"no, I have not.", "\nNo, I tell you,\" he cried, taking a step forward, as if believing in his\ndrunken fit that she was shrinking from him, and being conquered by his\nimportunities; \"No, I tell you--no: and I never shall give up till you\nconsent to be my wife. ", " Do you take me for a drivelling boy, to be put\noff like this, Miriam?\" ", "he cried, catching at her hand, but she drew it\nback. ", " \"Do you wish to save your name from disgrace?\"", "\n\nShe did not answer, while he approached closer.", "\n\n\"You don't speak,\" he said hoarsely. ", " \"Do you know what they say about\nyou and this fellow Hallett?\"", "\n\nStill she made no reply.", "\n\n\"They say,\" he hissed, and thrusting out his face, he whispered\nsomething to her, when, in an instant, I saw her countenance change, and\nher white hand struck him full across the lips.", "\n\nUttering an oath, he caught her tightly by the arms, but I could bear no\nmore. ", " With my whole strength called up I leaped at him, and seized him\nby the throat, believing in my power of turning him forcibly from the\nroom.", "\n\nThe events of the next few moments seem now as if seen through a mist,\nfor in the brief struggle that ensued I was easily mastered by the\npowerful man whom I had engaged.", "\n\nI have some indistinct memory of our swaying here and there, and then of\nhaving a heavy fall. ", " My next recollection is of feeling sick and\ndrowsy, and seeing Miss Carr and one of the servants bending over me and\nbathing my face.", "\n\nFor some few minutes I could not understand what it all meant but by\ndegrees the feeling of sickness passed away, and I looked hastily round\nthe room.", "\n\nMiss Carr, who was deadly pale, told the maid to fetch some brandy, and\nas soon as we were alone, she knelt by me, and held one of my hands to\nher lips.", "\n\n\"Are you much hurt, Antony?\" ", "she said tenderly. ", " \"I did not send for the\ndoctor. ", " That wretched man has made sufficient scandal as it is.\"", "\n\n\"Hurt? ", " No--not much,\" I said rather faintly. ", " \"Where is he?\"", "\n\n\"Gone,\" she said; and then she uttered a sigh of relief, as I sat up and\nplaced one hand to my head, feeling confused, and as if I had gone back\nsome years, and that this was not Miss Carr but Mary, and that this was\nMr Blakeford's again.", "\n\nThe confusion soon passed off, though, and after I had drunk the spirit\nthat was brought me, I felt less giddy and strange.", "\n\nMiss Carr sat watching me, looking very pale, but I could realise now\nthat she was terribly agitated.", "\n\nBefore an hour had passed I felt ready to talk to her, and beg her to\ntake some steps for her protection.", "\n\n\"If I had only been a strong man,\" I exclaimed passionately. ", " \"Oh, Miss\nCarr, pray, pray do something,\" I cried again; \"this is horrible. ", " I\ncannot bear to see you insulted by that wretch.\"", "\n\n\"I have decided to do something, Antony,\" she said in a low voice; and a\nfaint colour came into her pale cheeks. ", " \"He will not be able to force\nhis way to me again.\"", "\n\n\"I don't know,\" I said. ", " \"He is a madman. ", " I am sure he had been\ndrinking to-night.\"", "\n\n\"No one but a madman would have behaved as he did, Antony,\" she said.", "\n\"But be at rest about me. ", " I have, after a bitter struggle with myself,\ndecided what to do.\"", "\n\n\"But you will not go away?\" ", " I said.", "\n\nShe shook her head.", "\n\n\"No; my path lies here,\" she said quietly. ", " \"Antony, I want your help\nto-morrow.\"", "\n\n\"Yes: what shall I do?\" ", " I asked.", "\n\n\"Will you ask Miss Hallett to come here to me--will you bring her?\"", "\n\n\"Bring Linny Hallett here?\" ", " I exclaimed in surprise.", "\n\n\"Yes: bring her here,\" she said softly; and there was a peculiar tone in\nher voice as she spoke. ", " \"And now about yourself. ", " Do you feel well\nenough to go home? ", " Shall one of the servants see you safely back?\"", "\n\n\"Oh no,\" I said; \"I am better now. ", " I shall take a cab. ", " But I do not\nfeel comfortable to leave you alone.\"", "\n\n\"You need not fear,\" she said quietly. ", " \"The house will be closed as\nsoon as you leave. ", " To-morrow I shall take steps for my protection.\"", "\n\nI left her soon after, thinking about her request, and as far as I could\nmake out she intended to keep Linny with her, feeling that Lister would\nnot dare to face her again, when the woman he had sought to injure had\nbeen made her companion.", "\n\nStill I did not feel satisfied, and the only consoling thing was to be\nfound in Lister's own words, that he had sent for Miss Carr's relative;\nand, in the hope that he might soon arrive, I reached home and went up\nat once to see Hallett, who looked very ill, but smiled sadly, as I sat\ndown by his side.", "\n\n\"Better,\" he said; \"I think I'm better, but I don't know, Antony:\nsometimes I feel as if it would be happier if I could be altogether at\nrest.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, Hallett!\" ", " I cried.", "\n\n\"Yes, you are right,\" he said. ", " \"What would become of them? ", " I must get\nbetter, Antony, better, but sometimes--sometimes--\"\n\n\"Don't speak to him any more,\" whispered Mary; \"he is so weak that his\npoor head wanders.\"", "\n\n\"But, Mary, the doctor; does he say there is any danger?\"", "\n\n\"No, no, my dear. ", " He is to sleep all he can. ", " There, go down now. ", " I'm\ngoing to sit up to-night.\"", "\n\nI went down, leaving Mary to her weary vigil; for my head ached\nterribly, and I was very giddy.", "\n\nLinny was in the sitting-room, and she uttered an exclamation.", "\n\n\"Why, how bad you look, Antony!\" ", "she cried.", "\n\n\"Do I?\" ", " I said with a laugh; \"I had a bit of a fall, and it has shaken\nme. ", " But, Linny dear, I have a message for you.\"", "\n\n\"For me, Antony?\" ", "she said, turning white.", "\n\n\"Yes; Miss Carr bade me ask you to come with me to her house to-morrow.\"", "\n\n\"I go to her house!\" ", "faltered Linny.", "\n\n\"Yes, dear, you will--will you not? ", " I am sure it is important.\"", "\n\n\"But I could not leave poor Steve.\"", "\n\n\"It need not take long,\" I said; \"you will go and see what she wants?\"", "\n\nLinny looked at me in silence for a few moments, and there was something\nvery dreamy in her face.", "\n\n\"If you think it right that I should go, Antony,\" she said at last, \"I\nwill. ", " Shall I speak to Stephen first?\"", "\n\n\"No,\" I said. ", " \"Hear first what she has to say.\"", "\n\nShe promised, and I went down to my own room, glad to lay my aching head\nupon the pillow; where I soon fell into a troubled sleep, dreaming of my\nencounter with John Lister, and feeling again the heavy blow as we fell,\nand my head struck the broad, flat fender with a sickening crash, that\nseemed to be repeated again and again.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER FIFTY EIGHT.", "\n\nTHIS CRISIS.", "\n\nBy my advice, then, Linny said nothing to Hallett about where she was\ngoing, and as I had stayed at home from the works on purpose, we started\nin pretty good time for Westmouth Street, my companion's flushed cheeks\nmaking her look extremely bright and pretty. ", " She was terribly nervous\nthough, and when we neared the door I feared that she would not muster\nup courage enough to enter.", "\n\n\"I feel as if I dare not meet her, Antony,\" she faltered.", "\n\n\"What nonsense!\" ", " I said, smiling. ", " \"Why, she is gentleness and\ntenderness itself. ", " Come, be a woman.\"", "\n\n\"It is not that,\" she whispered. ", " \"There is so much more behind. ", " Take\nme back, Antony. ", " Why does she want to see me?\"", "\n\n\"I don't know,\" I replied; \"but you may be sure that it is for some good\npurpose.\"", "\n\n\"Do--do you think she will be angry with me--about--about, you know whom\nI mean? ", " Do you think it is to reproach me?\"", "\n\n\"I am sure it is not, Linny. ", " Come, come, make an effort. ", " I don't know,\nbut I feel sure it is to try and help poor Hallett.\"", "\n\n\"Do you think so?\" ", "she faltered, \"or is this only to persuade me to go\non? ", " Oh, Antony, you cannot think how my heart beats with dread. ", " I am\nafraid of this Miss Carr, and feel as if I ought to hate her.\"", "\n\n\"Come along, you foolish girl,\" I said; and, yielding to me, I led her\nup to the door, when we were admitted, and at once ushered into the\ndrawing-room.", "\n\nI did not at first see Miss Carr, but the door had hardly closed before\nI heard the rustle of her dress, and the next moment Linny was folded in\nher arms, and returning the embrace.", "\n\nI stood for a moment listening to Linny's passionate sobs, and then\nstole softly away, going down into the dining-room to stand gazing out\nof the window, but seeing nothing of the passers-by, only in imagination\nthe scene upstairs, and wondering why Miss Carr had sent for Linny.", "\n\nI was kept in doubt for quite an hour, and then the servant came and\nasked me to step upstairs, where, to my surprise, I found Miss Carr\ndressed for going out.", "\n\nShe held out her hand to me as I entered, and pressed mine.", "\n\n\"Don't speak to me, Antony,\" she whispered, in a broken voice. ", " \"I am\ngoing home with Linny Hallett.\"", "\n\n\"You--going home--with--\"\n\nThe rest died on my lips as I saw her draw down her veil to hide her\nconvulsed face, and then, without a word, she rang the bell, the door\nwas opened for us, and, feeling like one in a dream, I walked in silence\nby their side to the house in Great Ormond Street, where, as I placed my\nlatchkey in the door, it was snatched open, and Mary, with her face red\nwith weeping, stood there.", "\n\n\"Oh, Miss Linny! ", " Oh, Master Antony!\" ", "she sobbed, \"I'm so glad you've\ncome. ", " The doctor sent me out of the room, and I've been waiting for\nyou.\"", "\n\n\"Is my brother worse?\" ", "sobbed Linny hysterically.", "\n\n\"Yes, yes, my dear, I'm--I'm afraid so;\" and as she spoke, a hand\nclutched mine, and I heard Miss Carr moan:\n\n\"God help me! ", " Am I too late?\"", "\n\nLinny was already half up the first flight, when Miss Carr whispered to\nme in agonised tones:\n\n\"Take me to him, Antony, quick. ", " This is no time for pride and shame.\"", "\n\nWith my heart beating painfully, I led her upstairs, and, as we reached\nthe first floor, we met the doctor coming down.", "\n\nI felt Miss Carr's hand pressing mine convulsively, and I spoke, my\nvoice sounding hoarse and strange.", "\n\n\"Is he worse, doctor?\"", "\n\n\"I'm afraid he cannot last many hours longer,\" he said. ", " \"I have done\nall I can, but I have a patient a few streets off whom I must see, and I\nwill return in a short time. ", " He must not be left.\"", "\n\n\"Shall I go in and try to prepare him for your coming?\" ", " I whispered to\nMiss Carr, as we stood outside his door.", "\n\n\"No, no!\" ", "she cried. ", " \"Take me to him at once, or I cannot bear it.", "\nDon't speak to me, Antony. ", " Don't let anybody speak to me; but you must\nnot leave me for a moment.\"", "\n\nLinny was at the door, standing with the handle in her hand, but she\ndrew back as we approached, and then ran sobbing into the next room,\nwhere Mrs Hallett was sitting helpless and alone.", "\n\nI obeyed Miss Carr, leading her quickly inside, and closing the door,\nwhere she stood for a moment with one hand pressing her breast; then she\nhastily tore off bonnet and veil, gazing at the pale face and great\ndreamy eyes fixed wistfully upon the window.", "\n\nThe noise of our entry, slight as it was, seemed to rouse him, for he\nturned his gaze heavily from the light towards where we stood, and I saw\nthat he held in his thin wasted hand a little grey kid glove, the glove\nwe had found in Epping Forest that happy day when we met the sisters in\nour wait.", "\n\nBut that was forgotten in the change I saw come over the poor fellow's\nface. ", " It seemed to light up; the dull dreamy eyes dilated; a look of\ndread, of wonder, or joy seemed to come into them, and then he seemed to\nmake an effort, and stared wildly round the room, but only to gaze at\nMiss Carr again as she stood with her hands half raised in a beseeching\nway, till, with a wild cry, his head seemed to fall back and he lay\nwithout motion.", "\n\nI heard steps outside, but I darted to the door, and stopped Linny and\nMary from entering, hardly knowing what I did, as Miss Carr took a step\nor two forward, and threw herself upon her knees by the bed, dinging to\nhis hands, placing one arm beneath the helpless head, and sobbing and\nmoaning passionately.", "\n\n\"I have killed him--I have killed him! ", "and I came that he might live.", "\nStephen, my love, my hero, speak to me--speak to me! ", " God of heaven,\nspare him to me, or let me die?\"", "\n\nI was one moment about to summon help, the next prepared to defend the\ndoor against all comers, and again the next ready to stop my ears and\nflee from the room. ", " But she had bidden me stay, and not leave her, and\nI felt it a painful duty to be her companion at such a time. ", " So there I\nstayed, throwing myself in a chair by the door, my head bent down,\nseeming to see all, to identify every act, but with my face buried in my\nhands, though hearing every impassioned word.", "\n\n\"No,\" I heard him say softly; \"no: such words as those would have\nbrought me from the grave. ", " But why--why did you come?\"", "\n\n\"I could bear it no longer,\" she moaned. ", " \"I have fought against it till\nmy life has been one long agony. ", " I have felt that my place was here--at\nyour side--that my words, my prayers would make you live; and yet I have\nstayed away, letting my pride--my fear of the world--dictate, when my\nheart told me that you loved me and were almost dying for my sake.\"", "\n\n\"Loved you!\" ", "he whispered faintly; \"loved you--Miriam, I dare not say\nhow much!\"", "\n\nHis voice was the merest whisper, and in my dread I started up, and\napproached them, fearing the worst; but there was such a smile of peace\nand restfulness upon his lips as Miss Carr bent over him, that I dared\nnot interrupt them, the feeling being upon me that if he was to die it\nwould be better so.", "\n\nThere was a long silence then, one which he broke at last.", "\n\n\"Why did you come?\" ", "he said.", "\n\nThe words seemed to electrify her, and she raised her head to gaze on\nhis face.", "\n\n\"Why did I come?\" ", "she whispered; \"because they told me you were dying,\nand I could bear it no longer. ", " I came to tell you of my love, of the\nlove I have fought against so long, but only to make it grow. ", " To tell\nyou, my poor brave hero, that the world is nothing to us, and that we\nmust be estranged no more. ", " Stephen, I love you with all my soul, and\nyou must live--live to call me wife--live to protect me, for I want your\nhelp and your brave right hand to be my defence. ", " This is unwomanly--\nshameless, if you will--but do you think I have not known your love for\nme, and the true brave fight that you have made? ", " Has not my heart\nshared your every hope, and sorrowed with you when you have failed?", "\nAnd, poor weak fool that I have been, have I not stood aloof, saying\nthat you should come to me, and yet worshipped you--reverenced you the\nmore for your honour and your pride? ", " But that is all past now. ", " It is\nnot too late. ", " Live for me, Stephen, my own brave martyr, and let the\npast be one long sad dream: for I love you, I love you, God only knows\nhow well!\" ", " She hid her burning, agitated face in his breast, and his\ntwo thin hands tremblingly and slowly rose to clasp her head; and there\nthe white fingers lay motionless in the rich, dark hair.", "\n\nThere was again a pause, which he was the first to break, and his voice\nwas still but a whisper, as he muttered something that I did not hear,\nthough I gathered it from her smothered reply.", "\n\n\"Oh, no, no: let there be an end to that!\" ", "she sobbed. ", " \"Money?", "\nFortune? ", " Why should that keep us apart, when it might help you in your\ngallant fight? ", " Let me be your help and stay. ", " Stephen--Stephen!\" ", "she\nwailed piteously, \"have I not asked you--I, a woman--to make me your\nwife?\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" he said softly, and I heard him sigh; \"but it cannot be--it\ncannot be.\"", "\n\n\"What?\" ", "she cried passionately, as she half-started from him, but clung\nto him still; \"now that I have conquered my wretched, miserable pride,\nwill you raise up another barrier between us?\"", "\n\n\"Oh, hush, hush!\" ", "he whispered; \"you are opening to me the gates of a\nworldly heaven, but I dare not enter in.\"", "\n\n\"Then I have done nothing,\" she wailed, as she seemed to crouch there\nnow in shame and confusion by his bed. ", " \"Stephen, you humble me in the\ndust; my shameless declaration--my appeal--do I not ask you to take me--\npray you to make me your wife? ", " Oh, what am I saying?\" ", "she cried\npassionately; \"it is too late--too late!\"", "\n\n\"No,\" he panted; and his words seemed to come each with a greater\neffort, \"not--too late--your words--have--given--me life. ", " Miriam--\ncome--hold me in your arms, and I shall stay. ", " A little while ago I felt\nthat all was past, but now, strength seems to come--we must wait--I\nshall conquer yet--give me strength to fight--to strive--wait for me,\ndarling--I'll win you yet, and--God of heaven! ", "hear her prayer--and let\nme--ah--\"\n\n\"Quick, Miss Carr, he has fainted,\" I whispered, as his head sank back.", "\n\"Let me give him this.\"", "\n\nHis face was so ghastly that I thought he had passed away; but, without\nwaiting to pour it out in a glass, I hastily trickled some of the strong\nstimulant medicine he was taking between his lips, and as Miss Carr,\nwith agonised face, knelt beside him, holding his hand, there was a\nquiver in his eyelids, and a faint pressure of the hand that held his.", "\n\nThe signs were slight, but they told us that he had but fainted, and\nwhen, at last, he re-opened his eyes, they rested upon Miss Carr with\nsuch a look of rest and joy, that it was impossible to extinguish the\nhope that he might yet recover.", "\n\nHe was too weak to speak, for the interview had been so powerful a shock\nto his system, that it was quite possible for the change we saw in his\nface to be but the precursor of one greater, so that it was with a sense\nof relief that I heard the doctor's step once more upon the stairs, and\nMary's knock at the door.", "\n\nI offered Miss Carr my hand to take her into the next room, and as if\nwaking out of a dream, she hastily rose and smoothed back her hair, but\nonly to bend down over the sufferer, and whisper a few words, to which\nhe replied with a yearning look that seemed to bring a sensation of\nchoking to my throat.", "\n\nThe doctor passed us on his way in, and I led Miss Carr into the front\nroom, where Linny was sobbing on the couch, and Mrs Hallett was sitting\nback, very white and thin, in her chair.", "\n\nAs we entered Linny started up, and in response to Miss Carr's extended\nhands, threw her arms round her neck, and kissed her passionately.", "\n\n\"Dear sister!\" ", " I heard Miss Carr murmur; and then she turned from\nLinny, who left her and glanced at me.", "\n\n\"Mrs Hallett,\" I said simply, \"this is Miss Carr.\"", "\n\nI hardly knew what I said, for Miriam was so changed. ", " There was a look\nof tenderness in her eyes, and a sweet smile just dawning upon her lip\nas she advanced towards the invalid's chair, and bent down to kiss her;\nbut with a passionate look of jealousy and dislike, Hallett's mother\nshrank from her.", "\n\n\"Don't touch me!\" ", "she cried. ", " \"I knew that you were here, but I could\nnot leave my chair to curse you. ", " Murderess, you have killed him! ", " You\nare the woman who has blasted my poor boy's life!\"", "\n\nA piteous look of horror came into Miss Carr's face, and she sank upon\nher knees by the great cushioned chair.", "\n\n\"Oh, no, no!\" ", "she said piteously. ", " \"Do not accuse me. ", " You do not--you\ncannot know.\"", "\n\n\"Know!\" ", "cried Mrs Hallett, whiter than ever with the feeling of dislike\nand passion that animated her; \"do I not know how you have robbed me of\nmy poor dying boy's love; how you have come between us, and filled his\nhead with foolish notions to invent--to make money--for you?\"", "\n\n\"Oh, Mrs Hallett, for shame!--for shame!\" ", " I exclaimed indignantly.", "\n\n\"Silence, boy!\" ", "she cried, looking at me vindictively. ", " \"Do you think I\ndo not know all because I sit helpless here? ", " You, too, have helped to\nencourage him in his madness, when he might have been a professional man\nby now. ", " I know all, little as you think it, even how you, and this\nwoman, too, fought against me. ", " That child might have been the wife of a\ngood man now, only that he was this wretched creature's lover.\"", "\n\n\"Mother,\" cried Linny passionately, \"are you mad? ", " How dare you say such\nthings!\"", "\n\n\"That's well,\" she cried. ", " \"You turn against me now. ", " My boy is dying:\nyou have killed him amongst you, and the same grave will hold us both.\"", "\n\n\"Mrs Hallett,\" said Miss Carr, in her low, sweet voice; and the flush\nof pride that had come for a few moments into her face faded out,\nleaving nothing but resignation there, as she crouched there upon her\nknees by the invalid's chair, \"you do not know me, or you would not\nspeak to me like this. ", " Don't turn from me,\" she said, taking One of the\npoor weak woman's trembling hands.", "\n\n\"Out of my sight, wretch!\" ", "she cried. ", " \"Your handsome face fascinated\nhim; your pride has killed him! ", "and you have come to triumph in your\nwork.\"", "\n\n\"No, no, no,\" sobbed Miss Carr in a broken voice, \"do not condemn me\nunheard; I have come to tell him how I love him. ", " Mother, dear mother,\"\nshe cried, \"be pitiful to me, and join your prayers to mine that he may\nlive.\"", "\n\nPoor weak suffering Mrs Hallett's face changed; her lips quivered, her\nmenacing hands trembled, and with a low moaning wail she bent down,\nclasping Miriam to her breast, sobbing aloud as she rocked herself to\nand fro, while Miriam clung to her, caressing the thin worn face, and\ndrawing herself closer and closer in a tight embrace.", "\n\nHow long this lasted I cannot tell, but it was interrupted by the\nentrance of the doctor, who came in very softly.", "\n\n\"He is in a very critical state,\" he said in answer to the inquiring\neyes of all. ", " \"Hush, my good woman, you must try and be firm,\" he said\nparenthetically to Mary, who was trying hard to smother her sobs in her\napron. ", " \"A nurse ought to have no feelings--I mean no sympathies. ", " As I\nsaid,\" he continued, \"our patient is in a very critical state, but he\nhas now sunk into a very restful sleep. ", " There is an access of strength\nin the pulse that, however, may only be due to excitement, but your\nvisit, ma'am,\" he continued to Miss Carr, \"seems to have wrought a\nchange--mind,\" he added hastily, \"I don't say for the better, but there\nis a decided change. ", " I will come in again in a couple of hours or so;\nin the meantime, let some one sit by his bed ready to give him the\nstimulant the instant he wakes, but sleep may now mean life.\"", "\n\nThe doctor went softly away, and as he closed the door, Miss Carr knelt\ndown once more by Mrs Hallett's chair, holding up her face, and the\npoor invalid hung back for a moment, and then kissed her passionately.", "\n\n\"God forgive me!\" ", "she wailed. ", " \"I did not indeed know you, but you have\nrobbed me of my poor boy's love.\"", "\n\n\"No, no,\" whispered Miss Carr softly. ", " \"No, no, dear mother, we will\nlove you more and more.\"", "\n\nMiriam Carr's place was by the sick man's pillow all that afternoon and\nevening, and right through the weary night. ", " I had been to Westmouth\nStreet to say that she might not return, and at her wish had brought\nback from Harley Street one of the most eminent men in the profession,\nwho held a consultation with Hallett's doctor.", "\n\nThe great man endorsed all that had been done, and sent joy into every\nbreast as he said that the crisis was past, but that on no account was\nthe patient to be roused.", "\n\nAnd all that night he slept, and on and on till about eight o'clock the\nnext morning, Miss Carr never once leaving his side, or ceasing to watch\nwith sleepless eyes for the slightest change.", "\n\nI had gone softly into the room the next morning, just as he uttered a\nlow sigh and opened his eyes.", "\n\n\"Ah, Antony,\" he said in a low whisper, \"I have had such a happy, happy\ndream! ", " I dreamed that--Oh, God, I thank Thee--it was true!\"", "\n\nFor just then there was a slight movement by his pillow, and the next\nmoment his poor weary head was resting upon Miriam's breast.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER FIFTY NINE.", "\n\nMY INHERITANCE.", "\n\n\"Oh, Master Antony, ain't she a' angel!\" ", "exclaimed Mary.", "\n\nThis was one day during Stephen Hallett's convalescence, for from the\nhour of Miriam Carr's visit, he had steadily begun to mend. ", " He showed\nno disposition, however, to take advantage of his position, and I was\nnot a spectator of his further interviews with Miss Carr. ", " She looked\nbrighter and happier than I had seen her look for a long time, and by\ndegrees I learned that with his returning strength Hallett had\ndetermined upon achieving success before he would ask her to be his\nwife.", "\n\nHe asked her, so she told me, if he had not her to thank for the\nassistance he had received, and she had confessed to the little\ndeception, begging him to let her help him in the future; but this he\nhad refused.", "\n\n\"No,\" he said; \"let me be worthy of you, Miriam. ", " I shall be happier if\nI try,\" and she gave way, after exacting a promise from him that if he\nreally needed her assistance he would speak.", "\n\nHallett seemed rapidly to regain his strength now, and appeared to be\nliving a new life as he devoted himself heart and soul to the perfection\nof his invention.", "\n\nI believe that I honestly worked as hard, but, in spite of all our\nefforts, nine months passed away, and still the work was not complete.", "\n\nIt was a pleasant time, though, and I could not help noticing the change\nthat had come over Miriam Carr.", "\n\nHer sister's husband had given up his appointment, and was now in town,\nresiding with his young wife in Westmouth Street, where, about once a\nfortnight, there was a meeting, when Hallett would take Linny, and Tom\nGirtley, Mr Ruddle, and several of our friends would assemble.", "\n\nI look back upon it as a very happy time. ", " The old sordid feeling of my\nwretched early life seemed to have dropped away, now that I was winning\nmy way in the world; and Hallett had told me that I was to share in his\nsuccess, even as I had shared his labours.", "\n\nThere was no love-making in the ordinary sense of the word, but when\nMiriam Carr and Hallett met, there would be one long earnest look, a\npressure of the hand; and then--they waited. ", " It was his wish, and she\nreverenced his noble pride.", "\n\nOne evening we were very few at Westmouth Street; only Linny, Tom\nGirtley, Mr Jabez, Hallett, and myself, when I found that there was a\nsurprise for me.", "\n\nTea was over, and I was just about to propose some music, when Tom\nGirtley took a black bag from under one of the settees, and opening it,\ndrew out a packet of papers.", "\n\nWhat was going to happen? ", " I asked myself. ", " Was it a marriage\nsettlement, or some deed of gift, or an arrangement by which Hallett was\nto be forced to take what was needful to complete his work?", "\n\nNeither. ", " For at the first words uttered by Tom Girtley, I realised that\nit was something to do with the half-forgotten papers brought up by Mr\nPeter Rowle.", "\n\n\"Miss Carr wished me to enter into the business matters here, Grace,\" he\nsaid; \"and I should have talked to you more about it, only we thought it\nbetter to elucidate everything first, and to make perfectly sure.\"", "\n\n\"But--\" I began.", "\n\n\"Wait a moment,\" he said, in regular legal form. ", " \"This has been a very\nintricate affair, and I was obliged to tread very cautiously, so as not\nto alarm the enemy. ", " Before I had been at work a fortnight, I found that\nI needed the help of more experienced brains, so I consulted my\nprincipals.\"", "\n\n\"And ran up a long bill?\" ", " I said, laughing.", "\n\n\"Yes, a very long one,\" he said, \"which Miss Carr, your friend and\npatroness, has paid.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, Miss Carr!\" ", " I exclaimed.", "\n\n\"Listen, Antony,\" she said, looking at me with a proud and loving look.", "\n\n\"Being sure, then, of our pay,\" said Tom Girtley, laughing, \"we went to\nwork with the greatest of zeal, making another long bill, and for\nresult--after completely disentangling everything--after finding out,\nwithout his knowing it, that the enemy was well worth powder and shot--\nin short, after making the ground perfectly safe under our feet, I have\nthe pleasure of announcing to you, my dear fellow, that not only is\nthere a sum of five hundred pounds a year belonging to you in your\nlawful right--\"\n\n\"Five hundred!\" ", " I ejaculated.", "\n\n\"But the same amount, with interest and compound interest, due to you\nfor the past eight or nine years, and which that scoundrel Blakeford\nwill be obliged to refund.\"", "\n\n\"Oh!\" ", " I exclaimed, as I realised my position.", "\n\n\"The rascal plundered your poor father of goodness knows how much, but\nof that we can get no trace. ", " This five hundred pounds a-year, though,\nand the accumulation, is as certainly yours as if you had inherited it\nat once, and no judge in England can gainsay it. ", " Let me be the first\nto--\"\n\n\"No!\" ", "exclaimed Miss Carr, rising; \"let me, Antony, my dear boy, be the\nfirst to congratulate you, not so much because of the amount, as that it\nwill give you a feeling of independence, and take away that sense of\nobligation to pay your father's debts.\"", "\n\nShe took my hands in hers, and kissed me, and then, feeling giddy with\nsurprise, I turned away for a moment, but only to falter out something\nin a disconnected way.", "\n\n\"Peter's delighted,\" cried Mr Jabez; and he took a tremendous pinch of\nsnuff, \"I shall be turning out somebody's long-lost child myself before\nlong, only we are twins, and I shall have to share it.\"", "\n\n\"I am very, very glad, Antony,\" said Hallett, shaking hands.", "\n\n\"And now, if you like, Grace,\" continued Tom Girtley, \"we will set to\nwork to-morrow to make that scoundrel Blakeford disgorge; and before a\nfortnight is passed, if he doesn't mind, he will be cooling his heels in\nprison, for I have undeniable proofs of his illegal practices. ", " At the\nvery least he will be struck off the Rolls. ", " It is utter professional\nruin.\"", "\n\nI did not speak, for the scene seemed to change to that wretched office\nonce more, and I saw the black, forbidding, threatening face gazing down\ninto mine. ", " I heard the harsh, bitter voice reviling my poor dead\nfather, and a shudder ran through me. ", " The next moment, though, I was\ndwelling on the soft sweet face of Hetty, and as I recalled the child's\nmany gentle, loving acts, there was a strange choking sensation at my\nbreast, and I walked into the little drawing-room to be alone.", "\n\n\"Antony, dear,\" said a soft, sweet voice, \"you seem quite overcome.\"", "\n\n\"I shall be better directly,\" I said. ", " \"But, dear Miss Carr, this must\nbe stopped. ", " You all meant so kindly by me, but if proceedings have\nbegun they must not go on.\"", "\n\n\"They have commenced, Antony, by my wishes,\" she said in a low voice, as\nshe took my hand. ", " \"Antony, my dear boy, you have always seemed to me\nlike a younger brother whom it was my duty to protect, and I have felt\nquite a bitter hatred against this man for the wrongs he did you.\"", "\n\n\"Not wrongs,\" I said. ", " \"It was through him I came to know you and\nHallett.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, but he has wronged you cruelly.\"", "\n\n\"Miss Carr,\" I said--\"let me call you sister.\"", "\n\n\"Always,\" she whispered, as she laid her hand upon my shoulder. ", " \"This\nwould be ruin and disgrace to Mr Blakeford?\"", "\n\n\"Which he richly deserves,\" she said warmly.", "\n\n\"And it would be ruin and disgrace--\"\n\n\"Yes,\" she said, for I had stopped--\"ruin and disgrace--\"\n\n\"To his poor child?\"", "\n\n\"Hetty?\"", "\n\n\"Yes: to the tender-hearted little girl whose bright face is the only\nsunny spot in that time of sorrow. ", " I don't know,\" I said passionately,\n\"I may be wrong. ", " I may see her now, and the fancy be driven away, but I\nfeel as if I love little Hetty Blakeford with all my heart.\"", "\n\nThere was silence in the little drawing-room, where all was in shadow,\nwhile in the larger well-lighted room the others talked in a low voice,\nand as I glanced there once, and saw Linny Hallett gazing up in Tom\nGirtley's face, I wondered whether Hetty Blakeford would ever look as\ntenderly in mine.", "\n\nIt was a passing fancy, and I was brought back to the present by feeling\nMiss Carr's warm lips brush my cheek.", "\n\n\"We will wait and see, Antony,\" she said gravely. ", " \"Miss Blakeford's\nfeelings must be spared.\"", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER SIXTY.", "\n\nAT LAST.", "\n\nThe work of two years was complete, and I stood by Hallett as he watched\nthe trial of the machine where it was set up at our great factory; and\nthough we tried hard to find weak points, we were compelled to declare\nthat it was as near perfection as human hands could make it.", "\n\nHallett was very pale and quiet; he displayed no excitement, no joy; and\nI felt rather disappointed at his apathy.", "\n\n\"Well,\" said Mr Jabez, aside to me, \"if I didn't know that the poor\nfellow was ill, I should have said that he didn't care _that_! ", "whether\nthe thing succeeded or not.\"", "\n\n_That_! ", "was the snap of the fingers which followed the taking of a pinch\nof snuff.", "\n\nBut he was ill. ", " Poor fellow! ", " He never seemed to have recovered from\nthe shock his system had received during his late illness; and, though\nhe had rallied and seemed strong and well, there had been times when he\nwould turn ghastly white, and startle me by his looks.", "\n\nI mentioned it more than once to Miss Carr, who begged him to see a\nphysician; but he said it was nothing, and with a smile he used to tell\nher that the perfection of the machine and a change would completely\nrestore him to health.", "\n\nThis we both believed;--and I can honestly say that I strove with all my\nmight to inspire the workmen with the spirit in which I toiled.", "\n\nAnd now the new machine was finished. ", " All that remained was to have it\nremoved to Mr Ruddle's place for a public inspection of its merits.", "\n\nThere had been something so depressing in the fate of the lost machine\nthat I strenuously advised that the trial should be made where the\npresent one now stood, but Hallett was averse to it.", "\n\n\"No, Antony,\" he said quietly; \"I am neither vindictive nor spiteful,\nand doubtless that man feels that he has good cause for hating me. ", " Men\nof his stamp always blame others for their own failings. ", " I am, I say,\nneither vindictive nor spiteful, but, feeling as I do, that he was the\ncause of our last breakdown, I am determined that the scene of our last\nfailure shall also be the scene of our triumph.\"", "\n\nThis silenced opposition, and the workpeople were soon at work, taking\ndown and re-setting up Hallett's masterpiece at the old place.", "\n\nFor my part, I was regularly worn out. ", " I had worked very hard, and felt\nas if I was so deeply interested in the success that I must make it this\ntime a foregone conclusion. ", " Hallett's health worried me a great, deal\ntoo, and in addition to this, I was in more trouble than I can very well\nexpress about my affair with Mr Blakeford.", "\n\nMy objections to the proceedings had come too late. ", " As Tom Girtley\nsaid, it was quite within our province to withdraw, and leave him in\npossession of his ill-gotten gains, but the attack upon his character as\na solicitor was one which he was bound to disprove--in other words, he\ncould not afford to let it drop.", "\n\n\"And what is he doing?\" ", " I asked.", "\n\n\"Riding the high horse,\" said Tom. ", " \"Tony, my boy, I think you are\nwrong.\"", "\n\n\"If Linny's father were alive, and he had injured you, Tom, would you\nseize the first opportunity to ruin him?\"", "\n\n\"Am I to answer that question as solicitor to client, or between\nfriends?\"", "\n\n\"As you like, only let's have the truth.\"", "\n\nTom Girtley rubbed one of his ears, and a dry comical look came into his\ncountenance.", "\n\n\"Well, Tony, old fellow--\" he began.", "\n\n\"Oh, come,\" I cried, \"that form of address is not legal, so it is\nbetween friends.\"", "\n\n\"Just as you like,\" he said, laughing. ", " \"Well, Tony, old fellow, under\nthe circumstances, I should put the screw on, especially if I knew him\nto be a scoundrel. ", " First and foremost, I should have his consent to our\nmarriage; secondly, I should inspect his money affairs, and if they were\nin a satisfactory state, I should make the sneak disgorge.\"", "\n\n\"But you would not ruin him, and blast his character, for his child's\nsake?\"", "\n\n\"No, of course not.\"", "\n\n\"Then, suppose the young lady did not care for you?\"", "\n\n\"Then I should fire at the old man hotter and stronger, so us to ease my\nwounded feelings.\"", "\n\n\"No, you wouldn't, Tom,\" I said; \"so don't humbug.\"", "\n\n\"You're a rum fellow, Tony,\" he retorted, \"and 'pon my word it's\nprecious disappointing. ", " Here's old Peter Rowle been hoarding this up\nfor his `dear boy,' as the smoky old cockolorum calls you, and old Jabez\nin a high state of delight too. ", " Then Miss Carr has spent no end over\nit, and thought she had secured you your rights, and now you kick us all\nover.\"", "\n\n\"I can't help it, Tom,\" I said. ", " \"I feel as if I should be a brute if I\nwent on.\"", "\n\n\"I say, Tony,\" he said, after a pause, \"how long is it since you have\nseen the young lady?\"", "\n\n\"Nine years.\"", "\n\n\"What do you say to a run down to Rowford?\"", "\n\n\"Run down?\" ", " I said eagerly. ", " \"No, I could not. ", " I am too busy over the\npreparations for the trial.\"", "\n\n\"Nonsense, man. ", " You told me only yesterday that you had done all your\npart, and that you meant to take a rest. ", " I should like a run in the\ncountry.\"", "\n\n\"At Miss Carr's expense,\" I said spitefully, \"and charge it in her bill\nof costs as out of pocket.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, that settles it,\" he cried, jumping up and stamping about the room,\nroaring with laughter. ", " \"You must go for a run. ", " Why, my dear boy, your\nliver's out of order, or you, Antony Grace, the amiable, would never\nhave made a speech like that. ", " Look here, Tony, you have overdone it,\nand nothing will do you good but a week's walking-tour.\"", "\n\n\"Nonsense! ", " Impossible!\" ", " I cried.", "\n\n\"Then you'll break down like the governor did once. ", " Ever since, he says\nthat a man must oil his wheels and slacken his bands. ", " Now you've got to\noil your wheels and slacken your bands for a week. ", " When shall we\nstart?\"", "\n\n\"I tell you it's impossible,\" I said testily.", "\n\n\"I tell you that, so far from its being impossible, if you don't give in\nwith a good grace--that isn't meant for a pun--I'll go and frighten Miss\nCarr, and see the governor, and tell him how bad you are.\"", "\n\n\"Rubbish, Tom,\" I cried. ", " \"Why, you couldn't go and leave Linny Hallett\nfor a week,\" I added.", "\n\n\"Sneering, too,\" he said, with a mock assumption of concern. ", " \"My dear\nTony, this is getting serious. ", " You are worse, far worse, than I thought\nfor.\"", "\n\n\"Don't talk stuff,\" I cried petulantly.", "\n\nThe result of it all was, that as he was pulling the string in the\ndirection that pleased me, I began to yield, and a proposition he made\ncarried the day.", "\n\n\"Look here, Tony,\" he cried, as if in a fit of inspiration. ", " \"A\nwalking-tour is the thing! ", "you told me all about your tramp up when you\nran away from Blakeford's. ", " Let's go and tramp it all down again, over\nthe very road.\"", "\n\nHis words seemed to strike an electric chord, and I grasped eagerly at\nthe plan. ", " The result was, that after arranging with Hallett to keep an\neye on the preparations, and after winning from him a declaration that\nhe would not think I was forsaking him at a critical time, and also\nafter receiving endorsement and persuasion from Miss Carr, I found\nmyself one bright summer morning at Paddington, lightly equipped for the\nstart, and together Tom Girtley and I strode along by the side of the\ndirty canal.", "\n\nHow familiar it all seemed again, as we walked on! ", " There was the\npublic-house where I had obtained the pot of beer for Jack's father,\nwhen I had to part, from them at the end of my journey up; and there,\ntoo, directly after, was just such a boy in charge of a couple of bony\nhorses, one of which had a shallow tin bucket hanging from the\ncollar-hames, as they tugged at a long rope which kept splashing the\nwater, and drew on Londonward one of the narrow red and yellow-painted\ncanal-boats, covered in with just such a tarpaulin as that under which\nJack and I had slept.", "\n\nResting on the tiller was just such another heavy, red-faced, dreamy\nman, staring straight before him as he sucked at a short black pipe,\nwhile forming herself into a living kit-cat picture was the woman who\nappeared to be his wife, her lower portions being down the square hatch\nthat led into the cabin where the fire burned, whose smoke escaped\nthrough a little funnel.", "\n\nI seemed to have dropped back into the boy again, and half wondered that\nI was not tired and footsore, and longing for a ride on one of the bony\nhorses.", "\n\nAnd so it was all through our journey down.", "\n\nEvery lock seemed familiar, and at more than one lock-house there were\nthe same green apples and cakes and glasses of sticky sweets, side by\nside with two or three string-tied bottles of ginger-beer.", "\n\nTwo or three times over I found myself getting low-spirited as I dwelt\nupon my journey up, and thought of what a poor, miserable little fellow\nI was; but Tom was always in the highest of spirits, and they proved at\nlast to be infectious.", "\n\nWe had pretty well reached the spot at last where I had first struck the\nriver, when we stopped to see a canal-boat pass through the lock, the\none where I had stared with wonder to see the great boat sink down some\neight or nine feet to a lower level.", "\n\nThe boat, which was a very showily painted one, evidently quite new, was\ndeeply laden, and in one place a part of a glistening black tarpaulin\ntrailed in the water. ", " As the boat's progress was checked, and the\nlock-keeper came out, the short, thick-set man who had been at the\ntiller shouted something, and a round-faced girl of about twenty, with a\nbright-coloured cotton handkerchief pinned over her shoulders, came up\nthe hatch, and took the man's place, while he douched forward to alter\nthe tarpaulin where it trailed.", "\n\nHe was quite a young man, and I noticed that his hair was fair, short,\nand crisp about his full neck, as he bent down, pipe in mouth, while a\nsomething in the way in which he shouted to the boy in charge of the\nhorses settled my doubts.", "\n\n\"Jack!\" ", " I shouted.", "\n\nHe rose up very slowly, took the pipe out of his mouth, and spat in the\nwater; then, gradually turning himself in my direction, he stared hard\nat me and said:\n\n\"Hello!\"", "\n\n\"Don't you know me again, Jack?\"", "\n\nHe stared hard at me for some moments, took his pipe out of his mouth\nagain, spat once more in the water, said surlily, \"No!\" ", "and bent down\nslowly to his work.", "\n\n\"Don't you remember my going up to London with you nine years ago this\nsummer?\"", "\n\nHe assumed the perpendicular at once, stared, scowled, took his pipe out\nof his mouth with his left hand, and then, as a great smile gradually\ndawned all over his brown face, he gave one leg a smart slap with a\ngreat palm, and seemed to shake himself from his shoulders to his heels,\nwhich I found was his way of having a hearty laugh.", "\n\n\"Why, so it is!\" ", "he cried, in a sort of good-humoured growl. ", " \"Missus,\nlash that there tiller and come ashore. ", " Here's that there young chap.\"", "\n\nTo Tom's great amusement, Jack came ashore at the lock, and was followed\nby his round-faced partner, for whom he showed his affection by giving\nher a tremendous slap on the shoulder, to which she responded by driving\nher elbow into his side, and saying, \"Adone, Jack. ", " Don't be a fool!\"", "\nand ending by staring at us hard.", "\n\n\"I didn't know yer agen,\" growled Jack. ", " \"Lor' ain't you growed!\"", "\n\n\"Why, so have you, Jack,\" I exclaimed, shaking hands with him; and then\nwith the lady, for he joined our hands together, taking up hers and\nplacing it in mine, as if he were performing a marriage ceremony.", "\n\n\"Well, I s'pose I have,\" he said in his slow, cumbersome way. ", " \"This\nhere's my missus. ", " We was only married larst week. ", " This here's our\nboat. ", " She was born aboard one on 'em.\"", "\n\n\"I'm glad to see you again, Jack,\" I said, as the recollection of our\njourney up recurred to me, strengthened by our meeting.", "\n\n\"So am I,\" he growled. ", " \"Lor'! ", " I do wish my old man was here, too: he\noften talked about you.\"", "\n\n\"About me, Jack?\"", "\n\n\"Ah! '", "member that pot o' beer you stood for him when you was going\naway--uppards--you know?\"", "\n\n\"Yes; I remember.\"", "\n\n\"So do he. ", " He says it was the sweetest drop he ever had in his life;\nand he never goes by that 'ere house without drinking your health.\"", "\n\n\"Jack often talks about you,\" said \"my missus.\"", "\n\n\"I should think I do!\" ", "growled Jack. ", " \"I say, missus, what's in the\npot?\"", "\n\n\"Biled rabbit, inguns, and bit o' bacon,\" was the prompt reply.", "\n\n\"Stop an' have a bit o' dinner with us, then. ", " I've got plenty o' beer.\"", "\n\nI was about to say no, as I glanced at Tom; but his eyes were full of\nglee, and he kept nodding his head, so I said _yes_.", "\n\nThe result was that the barge was taken through the lock, and\nhalf-a-mile lower down drawn close in beneath some shady trees, where we\npartook of Jack's hospitality--his merry-hearted, girlish wife, when she\nwas not staring at us, striving hard to make the dinner prepared for two\nenough for four.", "\n\nI dare say it was very plebeian taste, but Tom and I declared honestly\nthat we thoroughly enjoyed the dinner partaken of under the trees upon\nthe grass; and I said I never knew how good Dutch cheese and new crusty\ncountry loaf, washed down by beer from a stone bottle, were before.", "\n\nWe parted soon after, Jack and I exchanging rings; for when I gave him a\nplain gold gipsy ring for his handkerchief, he insisted upon my taking\nthe home-made silver one he wore; while his wife was made happy with a\ngaily coloured silk handkerchief which I used to wear at night.", "\n\nThe last I saw of them was Jack standing up waving his red cap over his\nhead, and \"my missus\" the gaily coloured handkerchief. ", " After that they\npassed on down stream, and Tom and I went our way.", "\n\nI could not have been a very good walker in my early days, for my\ncompanion and I soon got over the ground between the river and Rowford,\neven though I stopped again and again--to show where I had had my fight;\nwhere I had hidden from Blakeford when the pony-chaise went by; and, as\nif it had never been moved, there by the road was a heap of stones where\nI had slept and had my bundle stolen.", "\n\nIt was one bright summer's evening that we entered Rowford, which seemed\nto have shrunk and its houses to have grown dumpy since the days when I\nused to go out to post letters for Mr Blakeford.", "\n\n\"There's his house, Tom,\" I said; and I felt my pulses accelerate their\nbeat, as I saw the gates, and the wall over which I had climbed, and\nfound myself wondering whether the same dog was in there still.", "\n\nWe were too tired with our long walk to take much notice, and made\nstraight for the inn, where, after a hearty meal, we were glad to go\nearly to bed.", "\n\nTom was sleeping soundly when I woke the next morning, and finding it\nwas not yet seven, I dressed and went out for a walk, to have a good\nlook round the old place, and truth to tell, to walk by Mr Blakeford's\nhouse, thinking I might perhaps see Hetty.", "\n\nWe had made no plans. ", " I was to come down to Rowford, and the next day\nbut one I was due in London, for our walk had taken some time--though a\nfew hours by rail would suffice to take us back.", "\n\nIt was one of those delicious fresh mornings when, body and mind at\nrest, all nature seems beautiful, and one feels it a joy only to exist.", "\n\nI was going along the main street on the opposite side of the way, when\nI saw a tall slight figure in deep mourning come out of Mr Blakeford's\ngateway, and go on towards the end of the town.", "\n\nI followed with my heart beating strangely. ", " I had not seen her face,\nbut I seemed to feel that it was Hetty, and following her slowly right\nout of the town, and along the main road for a time till she struck up a\nside lane, I kept on wondering what she would be like, and whether she\nwould know me; and if she did--what then?", "\n\nPerhaps after all it was not Hetty. ", " It might be some friend; and as I\nthought this, a strange pang of disappointment shot through me, and I\nseemed to have some faint dawning realisation of what Stephen Hallett's\nfeelings must have been at many a bitter time.", "\n\nIs this love? ", " I asked myself as I walked on, drinking in the\ndeliciously sweet morning scents, and listening to the songs of the\nbirds and the hum of the insects in the bright June sunshine.", "\n\nI could not answer the question: all I knew was that I was in an agony\nto see that face, to be out of my state of misery and doubt; but though\na dozen times over I was on the point of walking on fast and then\nturning back so as to meet her, I had not the courage.", "\n\nFor quite half-an-hour this went on, she being about a hundred yards in\nadvance. ", " We were now in rather a secluded lane, and I was beginning to\nfear that she intended to cut across the fields, and return by the lower\nroad, when, all at once, she faced round and began to retrace her steps.", "\n\nI saw her hesitate a moment as she became aware that she had been\nfollowed, but she came straight on, and as she drew near my doubts were\nset at rest. ", " It was unmistakably Hetty, but grown sweeter looking and\nmore beautiful, and my heart began to throb wildly as the distance\nbetween us grew short.", "\n\nShe did not know me--that was evident; and yet there was a look of doubt\nand hesitation in her face, while after a moment's wonder as to how I\nshould address her, I saw her countenance change, and troubled no more\nabout etiquette, but, carried away by my feelings, I exclaimed: \"Hetty!", "\ndear Hetty!\" ", "and clasped her hands in mine.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER SIXTY ONE.", "\n\nMY MEETING WITH MY ENEMY.", "\n\nThese things are a mystery. ", " No doubt we two, parting as we did, boy and\ngirl, ought to have met formally as strangers, perhaps have been\nre-introduced, and I ought to have made my approaches _en regle_, but\nall I knew then was that the bright, affectionate little girl who had\nbeen so kind to me had grown into a beautiful woman, whom I felt that I\ndearly loved; and as for Hetty, as she looked up in my face in a quiet,\ntrusting way, she calmly told me that she had always felt that I should\ncome back some day, and that though she hardly recognised me at first,\nshe was not a bit surprised.", "\n\nTerribly prosaic and unromantic all this, no doubt; but all young people\nare not driven mad by persecution, and do not tie their affections up in\nknots and tangles which can never perhaps be untied. ", " All I know is that\nI remember thinking that when Adam awoke and found Eve by his side in\nParadise, he could not have felt half so happy as I did then; and that,\nwalking slowly back with Hetty's little hand resting upon my arm, and\nheld in its place by one twice as large, I thought Paradise might have\nbeen a very pleasant kind of place, but that this present-day world\nwould do for me.", "\n\nWe said very little, much as we wanted to say, but walked on, treading\nas it were upon air, till, as if in a moment, we were back at the town,\nwhen she said with a quiver in her voice:\n\n\"I must leave you now. ", " Papa will be waiting for me to pour out his\ncoffee. ", " He will not touch it unless I do.\"", "\n\n\"You are in mourning for Mrs Blakeford,\" I said, and my eyes fell upon\nthe little shabby silver brooch I had given her all those years ago.", "\n\n\"Yes, and papa has not been the same since she died. ", " He has very bad\nhealth now, and is sadly changed. ", " He is in some great trouble, too, but\nI don't know what.\"", "\n\nI did; and I walked on thoughtfully by her side till we reached the\ngate, where we stopped, and she laid her hand in mine.", "\n\nBut the next moment my mind was made up, and, drawing her arm through\nmine, and trying with a look to infuse some of my assurance, I walked\nwith her into the house, and into the apparently strangely dwarfed\nsitting-room.", "\n\n\"Who's that?\" ", "cried a peevish voice. ", " \"I want my coffee, Hetty. ", " It's\nvery late. ", " Has the post come in? ", " Who's that, I say, who's that?\"", "\n\nI stared in astonishment at the little withered yellow man with grizzly\nhair and sunken eyes, and asked myself--Is this the Mr Blakeford who\nused to make me shudder and shrink with dread?", "\n\nI could not believe it, as I stood there five feet ten in my stockings,\nand broad-shouldered, while he, always below the middle height, had\nterribly shrunk away.", "\n\n\"Who is it, I say, Hetty? ", " Who have you brought home?\" ", "he cried again in\na querulous voice.", "\n\n\"It is I, Mr Blakeford,\" I said--\"Antony Grace; and I have come to see\nif we cannot make friends.\"", "\n\nHe sank back in his chair, his jaw dropped, and his eyes dilated with\ndread; but as I approached with extended hand, he recovered somewhat,\nand held out his own as he struggled to his feet.", "\n\n\"How--how do you do?\" ", "he faltered; \"I've been ill--very ill. ", " My wife\ndied. ", " Hetty, my dear, quick, Mr Grace will have breakfast with us.", "\nNo, no, don't ring; fetch a cup yourself, my dear--fetch it yourself.\"", "\n\nHetty looked at him wonderingly, but she obeyed; and as the door closed\nupon her, Blakeford exclaimed, in quick trembling tones:\n\n\"She doesn't know--she knows nothing. ", " Don't tell her. ", " For God's sake\ndon't tell her. ", " Don't say you have.\"", "\n\n\"I have told her nothing, Mr Blakeford,\" I replied.", "\n\n\"Don't tell her, then. ", " Bless her, I could not bear for her to know. ", " I\nwon't fight, Mr Grace, I won't fight. ", " I'm a broken man. ", " I'll make\nrestitution, I will indeed; but for God's sake don't tell my child.\"", "\n\n\"Then he is not all bad,\" I thought, \"for he does love her, and would be\nashamed if she knew that he had been such a consummate villain.\"", "\n\nAnd as I thought that, I recalled her brave defence of him years ago,\nand then wondered at the change as she entered the room.", "\n\nI breakfasted with them, the old man--for, though not old in years, he\nwas as much broken as one long past seventy--watching me eagerly, his\nhands trembling each time terribly as he raised his cup, while Hetty's\nevery action, her tender solicitude for her father's wants, and the way\nin which she must have ignored every ill word that she had heard to his\ninjury, filled me with delight.", "\n\nHe must have read my every word and look, for I have no doubt I was\ntransparent enough, and then he must have read those of Hetty, simple,\nunconscious and sweet, for it did not seem to occur to her that any of\nthe ordinary coquetries of the sex were needed; and at last, when I\nroused myself to the fact that Tom Girtley must be waiting breakfast, it\nwas nearly eleven, and I rose to go.", "\n\n\"You are not going, Mr Grace,\" said Hetty's father anxiously. ", " \"Don't\ngo yet.\"", "\n\n\"I must, sir,\" I said, \"but I will soon be back.\"", "\n\n\"Soon be back?\" ", "he said nervously.", "\n\n\"Yes, sir. ", " And that business of ours. ", " That settlement.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, yes,\" he said, with lips quivering, \"it shall all be done. ", " But\ndon't talk about it now, not before Hetty here.\"", "\n\n\"I think Hetty, Mr Blakeford, will help the settlement most easily for\nus both, will you not, dear?\" ", " I said, and I drew her to my side.", "\n\"There, Mr Blakeford,\" I said, holding out my hand once more, \"are we\nto be good friends?\"", "\n\nHe tried to answer me, but no words came, and he sank back, quivering\nwith nervous trepidation in his chair.", "\n\nHe was better, though, in a few minutes, and when I left him he clung to\nmy hand, his last words being:\n\n\"I will make all right, I will give you no trouble now.\"", "\n\nTom Girtley laughed at me when I rejoined him and told him where I had\nbeen.", "\n\n\"This is a pretty way of doing business!\" ", "he exclaimed. ", " \"You play fast\nand loose with your solicitor, and end by coming down and compromising\nthe case with the defendant. ", " Really, Mr Grace, this is most\nreprehensible, and I shall wash my hands of the whole affair.\"", "\n\n\"Glad of it,\" said I, laughing. ", " \"A solicitor should always have clean\nhands.\"", "\n\nWe chatted on merrily as we walked, for we had started to go as far as\nmy old home, where, as I pointed out to him the scene of many a happy\nhour, a feeling of sadness more painful than I had experienced for years\nseemed to oppress me, and it was not until I had once more left the old\nhome far behind that I was able to shake it off.", "\n\nWhen we returned to the hotel it was to find Mr Blakeford waiting for\nus, and to the utter surprise of both, we were soon put in possession of\nall that was necessary to give me that which was my own by right, but\nwhich he saw plainly enough that his child would share.", "\n\n\"I don't like to turn prophet, Tony,\" said my companion, \"but I should\nsay that our friend Blakeford is putting his affairs in order on account\nof a full belief that a summons is about to issue that he is soon to\nmeet. ", " Well, I congratulate you,\" he said, \"and I don't wonder now why\nit was that I did not find we were rivals.\"", "\n\nThis was after we had spent one evening at Blakeford's; and in the\nmorning, after a tender leave-taking, we were on our way back to London.", "\n\nMy presence was needed, for the test of the machine would take place\nnext day, and I found Hallett had been taken so ill that all prospect of\nhis attending the public trial had been swept away.", "\n\n\"It does not matter,\" he said to me quietly, when I was sitting with\nhim, propped up in an easy-chair, beside Mrs Hallett. ", " \"It is better as\nit is, Antony, my dear boy. ", " I shall not be there for the miserable\nscamps to pelt when the poor old idol breaks down again.\"", "\n\n\"Breaks down!\" ", " I cried exultingly; \"I was there last night till after\ntwelve, and there will be no tampering this time, for a policeman is on\nthe watch, and Mr Jabez and Mr Peter were going to take turn and turn\nin the room all night, the one with a box full of snuff, and the other\nwith a couple of ounces of tobacco, and the longest clay pipe I could\nget.\"", "\n\n\"`There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip,'\" he said, looking at me with\na piteous smile upon his wasted face. ", " \"Antony, lad, inventors do not\noften reap much from the crops they sow, but there is the unselfish\npleasure of helping others. ", " If I do not prosper from my work others\nmay. ", " God bless you, lad! ", " I believe I have a trusty friend in you, and\none who will be true to my poor mother here and Linny.\"", "\n\n\"Why, my dear Hallett,\" I exclaimed, \"what a doleful tone to take on\nthis, the day of success. ", " Come, come, come, you want a dose of good\nnews. ", " I'm off now, and the fastest cab shall luring me back the moment\nthe verdict is pronounced.\"", "\n\n\"`There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip,'\" he said again softly; and\nthere was a strange and meaning smile upon his face.", "\n\n\"Out upon you, raven!\" ", " I cried merrily. ", " \"In two hours I'll be here\nwith such news as shall bring the colour back in those white cheeks; and\nto-morrow you shall come down into the country with me. ", " I shall ask for\nanother fortnight, and you shall wander with me in the green fields, and\nwe'll idle and rest, for when the work is done there should surely be\nsome play.\"", "\n\nHe smiled and nodded.", "\n\n\"Yes,\" he said, \"some rest.\"", "\n\nI hurried away at the last, leaving Linny with him, and a more easy\ncheerful look upon his countenance, and soon after I was at Mr\nRuddle's, to find all ready, our friends collected, and the invited\npeople coming fast.", "\n\n\"`_Festina lente_' is a good motto, Grace,\" said old Mr Girtley, taking\nme by the button. ", " \"A little more patience, and we should have had this\nright last time, though or course we could not guard against the\naccident. ", " Ah, Tom,\" he continued, \"how's parchment? ", " I'd rather have\nseen you the schemer of this machine, my boy, than the winner of the\nmost tangled legal case.\"", "\n\n\"Rather hard that, Tony, when I have just won you five hundred a year\nand a wife, eh?\" ", "said Tom, laughing; and then my attention was taken up\nin a dozen ways. ", " There were the brothers Rowle to talk to; Mr\nGrimstone to shake my hand; Mr Ruddle to chat with about the success of\nthe machine, and about Lister, concerning whom he made a significant\nmotion, turning his hand into a drinking-vessel, and shaking his head.", "\n\nThen there was a hitch. ", " Everything was declared in readiness, when it\nwas found that the shaft that ran through the building was ceasing to\nrevolve.", "\n\nIt came like a black cloud over the proceedings, but it was only the\nstoker's neglect. ", " Half an hour after, the steam was well up once more,\nand, with the room crowded, Mr Girtley, just as on the last occasion,\ngave the long leathern band a twitch; shaft was connected with shaft; a\ntouch from a long lever tightened the driving-wheel and its fellow\nportion; there was a whirring, clanking noise, the spinning of wheels,\nthe revolving of cylinders; ink-rollers ran round; the great reel of\npaper began to give its fair surface to the kiss of the type; the speed\nwas increased, faster--faster--faster, and those who had shrunk back at\nfirst, as if expecting an accident, grew excited and drew in, while the\nponderous machine, working as easily as a watch, turned off perfected\nnewspaper sheets at a rate that seemed astounding.", "\n\nThere was no hesitation now; there were no doubting looks, but a hearty\ncheer arose, one that was taken up again on the staircase, and ran from\nroom to room, till the girls, busy folding down below, joined their\nshrill voices merrily in the cry.", "\n\n\"Success, Tony!\" ", "cried Tom, catching my hand.", "\n\n\"And Hallett not here!\" ", " I cried.", "\n\nThe next minute I seized one of the printed newspapers that came from\nthe machine, doubled it hastily, and dashed downstairs.", "\n\nThere was a hansom cab waiting, and as I gave my breathless order,\n\"Great Ormond Street,\" the horse started, and panting with excitement, I\nthought I had never gone so slowly before.", "\n\n\"I shall be within three hours, though,\" I said to myself, as I glanced\nat my watch. ", " \"That want of steam spoiled me for keeping my word.\"", "\n\n\"Faster!\" ", " I shouted, as I thrust up the trap; \"another half-crown if\nyou are quick!\"", "\n\nThe horse sprang forward, and I carefully redoubled my precious paper,\nholding the apron of the cab-door open, my latchkey in my hand, and\nbeing ready to spring out as the vehicle stopped at the door--not quite\nthough, for the doctor's brougham was in the way.", "\n\nNo need for the latchkey, for the door was open, and, dashing along the\nhall, I sprang up the stairs, flight after flight, from landing to\nlanding, and rushed breathlessly into the room, waving the paper over my\nhead.", "\n\n\"Victory, victory!\" ", " I shouted. ", " \"Hur--\"\n\nThe paper dropped from my hands, as my eyes lighted upon the group\ngathered round a mattress laid upon the floor, on which was stretched my\npoor friend, supported by Miriam Carr, upon whose arm his head was\nlying.", "\n\nDoctor, Linny, Mary, Revitts, all were there, watching him in silence,\nwhile the poor stricken mother was bending forward like some sculptured\nfigure to represent despair.", "\n\n\"Hallett! ", " Stephen?\" ", " I cried, \"my news.\"", "\n\nMy words seemed to choke me as I fell upon my knees at his side; but I\nsaw that he recognised me, and tried to raise his hand, which fell back\nupon the mattress.", "\n\nThen, making a supreme effort, he slightly turned his head to gaze upon\nthe face bending over him, till a pair of quivering lips were pressed\nupon his brow.", "\n\nThere was a smile upon his countenance, and he spoke, but so low that\nthe whisper did not reach our ears, and then the smile seemed to grow\nfixed and hard, and a silence that was awful in its intensity fell upon\nthat group.", "\n\nI did not catch those words, but she told me afterwards what they were.", "\n\n\"At last! ", " Now let me sleep.\"", "\n\nFallen when victory was won.", "\n\n\n\nCHAPTER SIXTY TWO.", "\n\nMISS CARR HAS ANOTHER OFFER.", "\n\n\"Antony,\" said Miss Carr to me one day, \"you are very young yet to think\nof marriage.\"", "\n\n\"But it is not to be yet for quite a year.\"", "\n\n\"I am glad of it,\" she said, laying her hand on mine; and as I took it\nand held it, looking up with a feeling akin to awe in her dark,\nfar-off-looking eyes, I could not help thinking how thin it was, and how\ndifferent to the soft, white hand that used to take mine years ago.", "\n\n\"We both think it will be wiser,\" I said, talking to her as if she were\nan elder sister, though of late there had grown up in me a feeling that\nshe looked upon me as if I were her son.", "\n\n\"Marriage must be a happy state, Antony, when both love, and have trust\nthe one in the other.\"", "\n\nI looked at her, feeling in pain, for I dared not speak, knowing that\nshe must be thinking of poor Hallett; and as I looked I could not help\nnoticing how the silver hairs were beginning to make their presence\nknown, and how much she had changed.", "\n\n\"You think it strange that I should talk like this, do you not?\"", "\n\nI could not answer.", "\n\n\"Yes, I see you do,\" she said, smiling. ", " \"Antony, I have had another\noffer of marriage.\"", "\n\n\"_You_ have!\" ", " I exclaimed. ", " \"From whom? ", " Who has asked you?\"", "\n\nI felt almost indignant at the idea; and my indignation became hot rage\nas she went on.", "\n\n\"John Lister has asked me again to be his wife.\"", "\n\n\"The scoundrel! ", "the villain!\" ", " I exclaimed.", "\n\n\"Hush, Antony,\" she said quietly, as she laid her thin white fingers\nupon my lips. ", " \"He says that he has bitterly repented the past; that he\nis a changed man, and he begs me not to blight the whole of his life.\"", "\n\n\"You? ", " Blight his life!\" ", " I exclaimed hotly. ", " \"He has blighted yours.\"", "\n\nShe did not speak for a few moments, and then she startled me by her\nwords.", "\n\n\"He is coming here to-day to ask for my answer from my lips. ", " He begged\nthat I would not write, but that I would see him, and let him learn his\nfate from me.\"", "\n\n\"But you surely will not see him?\" ", " I exclaimed.", "\n\n\"I have told him that I will. ", " He will be here, Antony, almost\ndirectly.\"", "\n\nI was for the moment stunned, and could do nothing but gaze helplessly\nin Miss Carr's face, for the question kept asking itself, \"Will she\naccept him?\" ", "and it seemed to me like an insult to the dead.", "\n\nShe returned my gaze with a quiet look, full of mournfulness, and as the\nminutes flew on, I felt a kind of irritation growing upon me, and that I\nshould be bitterly hurt if she should be weak enough to accept John\nLister.", "\n\n\"She will consider it a duty, perhaps,\" I thought; \"and that she does it\nto save him, now that he has repented and become a better man.\"", "\n\nMy ponderings were brought to an end by the servant bringing in a card,\nand I rose to go, but she laid her hand upon my arm.", "\n\n\"Going, Antony?\" ", "she said.", "\n\n\"Yes,\" I replied angrily, and I pointed to the card.", "\n\n\"Sit down, Antony,\" she said, smiling; \"I wish you to be present.\"", "\n\n\"No, no, I would rather not,\" I exclaimed.", "\n\n\"I beg that you will stay, Antony,\" she said, in a tone of appeal that I\ncould not have disobeyed, and I petulantly threw myself back in a chair,\nas the door opened, and John Lister was announced.", "\n\nHe came forward eagerly, with extended hands, as Miss Carr rose, but\nchanged colour and bowed stiffly as he saw me.", "\n\nRecovering himself, however, he took Miss Carr's extended hand, raised\nit to his lips, and then drew back as if waiting for me to go.", "\n\n\"I felt,\" he said, to put an end to our awkward silence, \"that you would\ngrant me this private interview, Miriam.\"", "\n\nHe emphasised the word \"private,\" and I once more half rose, for my\nposition was most painful, and the hot anger and indignation in my\nbreast more than I could bear.", "\n\n\"Sit still, Antony,\" said Miss Carr quietly; \"Mr Lister has nothing to\nsay to me that you do not already know.\"", "\n\n\"But you will grant me a private interview, Miriam,\" said Lister\nappealingly.", "\n\n\"Mr Lister,\" said Miss Carr, after pointing to a chair, which her\nvisitor refused to take, remaining standing, as if resenting my\npresence, \"you wrote and begged me to see you, to let you speak instead\nof writing. ", " I have granted that which you wished.\"", "\n\n\"Yes,\" he said bitterly, \"but I did not ask for an interview in presence\nof a third party, and that third person _Mr_ Antony Grace.\"", "\n\nThere was something so petty in his emphasis of the title of courtesy\n_Mr_, that I once more rose.", "\n\n\"Miss Carr,\" I said, \"I am sure it will be more pleasant for all. ", " Let\nme beg of you to excuse me now,\" and as I spoke I moved towards the\ndoor.", "\n\n\"I wish you to stay,\" she said quietly; and as I resumed my seat and\nangrily took up a book, \"Mr Lister, Antony Grace is my very dear friend\nand adviser. ", " Will you kindly say what you wish in his presence?\"", "\n\n\"In his presence?\" ", "exclaimed Lister, with the colour coming into his\ncheeks.", "\n\n\"In his presence,\" replied Miss Carr.", "\n\n\"Am I to understand, Miriam,\" he said imploringly, \"that you intend to\ngo by Mr Grace's advice?\"", "\n\n\"No, Mr Lister; I shall answer you from the promptings of my own\nheart.\"", "\n\n\"Then for heaven's sake, Miriam,\" he cried passionately, \"be reasonable\nwith me. ", " Think of the years of torture, misery, probation, and\natonement through which I have passed. ", " Come into the next room, I\nimplore you, if Mr Grace has not the good feeling and gentlemanly tact\nto go.\"", "\n\nHe began his speech well, but it seemed as if, for the life of him, he\ncould not refrain from being petty, and he finished by being\ncontemptible in his spite against one whom he evidently looked upon as\nbeing the cause of his disappointment.", "\n\n\"I wish for Antony Grace to stay,\" said Miss Carr quietly; \"Mr Lister,\nyou have resumed your addresses to me, and have asked me by letter to\nforgive you, and let you plead your cause; and more, you tell me that\nyou bitterly repent the past.\"", "\n\n\"Miriam,\" he cried, \"why do you humiliate me before this man?\"", "\n\n\"John Lister,\" she continued, \"I am but repeating your words, and it is\nno humiliation for one who repents of the wrong and cruelty of his ways\nto make open confession, either by his own lips or by the lips of\nothers. ", " You do repent the ill you did to me, and to him who is--dead?\"", "\n\n\"Oh yes, yes!\" ", "he cried passionately; \"believe me, dear Miriam, that I\ndo. ", " But I cannot plead my cause now before a third party.\"", "\n\n\"The third _party_, as you term him, John Lister, has been and is to me\nas a dear brother; but I grant that it would be cruel to expect you to\nspeak as we are. ", " I will, then, be your counsellor.\"", "\n\n\"No,\" he exclaimed, holding out his hands imploringly, \"you are my\njudge.\"", "\n\n\"Heaven is your judge,\" she said solemnly; and as she spoke I saw a\nchange come over John Lister's face. ", " It was a mingling of awe,\ndisappointment, and anger, for he read his sentence in her\ntones--\"Heaven is your judge,\" she repeated, \"but I will not keep you in\nsuspense.\"", "\n\nHe joined his hands as he turned his back to me, but I could not help\nseeing his imploring act in the glass.", "\n\n\"John Lister, I have pleaded your cause ever since I received your first\nletter three months ago. ", " You have asked my forgiveness for the past.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, yes,\" he whispered, gazing at her as if hanging on her lips for\nhis life.", "\n\n\"And I forgive you--sincerely forgive you--as I pray Heaven to forgive\nthe trespasses I have committed.\"", "\n\n\"God bless you!\" ", "he whispered; \"Miriam, you are an angel of goodness.\"", "\n\n\"You ask me now to resume our old relations; to receive you as of old--\nin other words, John Lister, to become your wife.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, yes,\" he whispered hoarsely, as he bent before her, and in his\neagerness now, he seemed to forget my presence, for he bent down upon\none knee and took and kissed the hem of her dress. ", " \"Miriam, I have been\na coward and a villain to you, but I repent--indeed I repent. ", " For years\nI have been seeking to make atonement. ", " Have mercy on me and save me,\nfor it is in your power to make me a better man.\"", "\n\nShe stood there, gazing sadly down upon him; and if ever woman wore a\nsaint-like expression on this earth, it was Miriam Carr as she stood\nbefore me then. ", " She, too, seemed to ignore my presence, and her voice\nwas very sweet and low as she replied:\n\n\"Take my forgiveness, John Lister, and with it my prayers shall be\njoined to yours that yours may be a better and a happier life.\"", "\n\n\"And you will grant my prayer, Miriam? ", " You will be my wife?\" ", "he\nwhispered, as I sat back there with an intense feeling of misery, almost\njealousy, coming over me. ", " I felt a terrible sense of dread, too, for I\ncould not believe in the sincerity of John Lister's repentance, and in\nimagination I saw the woman whom I loved and reverenced torn down from\nthe pedestal whereon she stood in my heart, to become ordinary, weak,\nand poor.", "\n\n\"You ask me to forget the past and to be your wife, John Lister,\" she\nsaid, and the tones of her sweet low voice thrilled me as she spoke, \"I\nhave heard you patiently, and I tell you now that had you been true to\nme, I would have been your patient, loving, faithful wife unto the end.", "\nI would have crushed down the strange yearnings that sought to grow\nwithin my heart, for I told myself that you loved me dearly, and that I\nwould love you in return.\"", "\n\n\"Yes, yes,\" he whispered, cowering lower before her; \"you were all that\nis good and true, and I was base; but, Miriam, I have repented so\nbitterly of my sin.\"", "\n\n\"When I found that you did not love me, John Lister, but that it was\nonly a passing fancy fed by the thought of my wealth--\"\n\n\"Oh, no, no, no! ", " I was not mercenary,\" he cried.", "\n\n\"Is your repentance no more sincere than that?\" ", "she said sadly; \"I know\nbut too well, John Lister, that you loved my fortune better than you\nloved me.\"", "\n\n\"Oh, Miriam!\" ", "he exclaimed appealingly.", "\n\n\"Hear my answer!\" ", "she said, speaking as if she had not caught his last\nwords.", "\n\n\"Yes,\" he cried, striving to catch her hand, but without success. ", " \"It\nis life or death to me. ", " I cannot live without your love.\"", "\n\n\"John Lister,\" she said, and every tone of her sweet pure voice seemed\nto ring through the stillness of that room as I realised more and more\nthe treasure he had cast away. ", " \"You are a young man yet, and you may\nlive to learn what the love of a woman really is. ", " Once given, it is\nbeyond recall. ", " The tender plant I would have given, you crushed beneath\nyour heel. ", " That love, as it sprang up again, I gave to Stephen Hallett,\nwho holds it still.\"", "\n\nHe started from her with a look of awe upon his face, as she crossed her\nhands upon her breast and stood looking upward: \"For he is not dead, but\nsleeping; and I--I am waiting for the time when I may join him, where\nthe weary are at rest.\"", "\n\nShe ceased speaking, and John Lister slowly rose from his knee, white\nwith disappointment and rage, for he had anticipated an easy conquest.", "\n\nHe looked at her, as she was standing with her eyes closed, and a rapt\nexpression of patient sorrow upon her beautiful face. ", " Then, turning to\nme with a furiously vindictive look upon his face, he clenched his\nfists.", "\n\n\"This is your doing,\" he hissed; \"but my day will come, Antony Grace,\nand then we'll see.\"", "\n\nHe rushed from the room, choking with impotent fury, and nearly running\nagainst Hetty, who was coming in.", "\n\nI was frightened, for there was a strange look in Miriam Carr's face,\nand I caught her hands in mine.", "\n\n\"Send for help, Hetty,\" I cried excitedly; \"she is ill.\"", "\n\n\"No, no,\" Miss Carr answered, unclosing her eyes; \"I often feel like\nthat. ", " Hetty, dear, help me to my room; I shall be better there.\"", "\n\nI hastened to hold the door open as Miriam Carr went towards it, leaning\non Hetty's arm, and as they reached me Miss Carr turned, placed her arms\nround my neck, and kissed me tenderly as a mother might her son. ", " Then,\nas I stood there gazing through a veil of tears at which I felt no\nshame, the words that I had heard her utter seemed to weigh me down with\na burden of sorrow that seemed greater than I could bear. ", " I felt as if\na dark cloud was coming down upon my life, and that dark cloud came, for\nbefore a year had passed away, Hetty and I--by her father's dying wish,\nyoung wife and young husband--stood together looking down upon the newly\nplanted flowers close beside poor Hallett's grave.", "\n\nIt was soft and green, but the flowers and turf looked fresh, as the\nsimple white cross looked new with its deeply cut letters, clear, but\ndim to our eyes as we read the two words--\n\n\"Miriam Carr.\"", "\n\nThe End.", "\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEnd of Project Gutenberg's The Story of Antony Grace, by George Manville Fenn\n\n*** " ]
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[ "Beltone/hearing aids / out of date product w/in a year\n\nBeltone Representative Joe Boles said $3, 288.00 hearing aids he said I needed and which I purchased are now not able to be programmed for any better frequency and they aren't even a year old...I just received a call from the owner of the company a Mike Tessmer telling me that in fact they can be programmed...the technician at Beltone /Leslie I had an appointment with on March 9th told me I was at the limit of frequency...when I got upset about the whole thing he said he could 'amp' it up a bit, which he put them on his computer then 'tested' my hearing w/ words he already had tested me with...I got a few more right...I feel that there is something really wrong here" ]
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[ "At $4.95 per trade, with no inactivity charge and a $50 full outgoing transfer fee, Ally Invest’s fee structure is about as low as you'll find. ", "Even though a rash of brokers dropped their commissions in 2017 to be competitive with Ally Invest’s $4.95 flat rate, Ally keeps its edge with a zero account minimum and enticing discount for active investors — equity trades drop to $3.95 for users with 30-plus trades each quarter or a balance of $100,000.", "\nHave you ever asked yourself, \"What is stock?\" ", "or wondered why shares of stock exist? ", "This introduction to the world of investing in stocks will provide answers to those questions and show you just how simple Wall Street really is. ", "It may turn out to be one of the most important articles you've ever read if you don't understand what stocks represent. ", "Find out the answer to \"What is Stock?\" ", "and how it comes to exist ...\nCourtyard of the Amsterdam Stock Exchange (Beurs van Hendrick de Keyser) by Emanuel de Witte, 1653. ", "The Amsterdam Stock Exchange is said to have been the first stock exchange to introduce continuous trade in the early 17th century. ", "The process of buying and selling the VOC's shares, on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, became the basis of the world's first official (formal) stock market.[29][30]\n\nWe evaluated brokerage firms and investment companies on the services that matter most to different types of investors. ", "For example, for active traders, we note online brokers offering volume discounts on trade commissions and robust mobile trading platforms. ", "For people venturing into investing for the first time, we call out the best online brokers for educational support (such as stock-picking tutorials) and on-call chat or phone support.", "\n\nThe most common order types: market, limit, and stop (see my guide, Best Order Types for Stock Trading). ", "Market orders buy or sell immediately at the current best market price. ", "Limit orders only buy or sell these shares at, “$xx price or better”. ", "Lastly, stop loss orders are combined with a market or limit to trigger once $xx price hits. ", "For new investors just getting started, I always suggest just sticking with market orders. ", "What Is Derived Market Data?", "\nIn the 17th and 18th centuries, the Dutch pioneered several financial innovations that helped lay the foundations of the modern financial system.[33][34][35][36] While the Italian city-states produced the first transferable government bonds, they did not develop the other ingredient necessary to produce a fully fledged capital market: the stock market.[37] In the early 1600s the Dutch East India Company (VOC) became the first company in history to issue bonds and shares of stock to the general public.[38] As Edward Stringham (2015) notes, \"companies with transferable shares date back to classical Rome, but these were usually not enduring endeavors and no considerable secondary market existed (Neal, 1997, p. 61).\"[39] The Dutch East India Company (founded in the year of 1602) was also the first joint-stock company to get a fixed capital stock and as a result, continuous trade in company stock occurred on the Amsterdam Exchange. ", "Soon thereafter, a lively trade in various derivatives, among which options and repos, emerged on the Amsterdam market. ", "Dutch traders also pioneered short selling – a practice which was banned by the Dutch authorities as early as 1610.[40] Amsterdam-based businessman Joseph de la Vega's Confusion de Confusiones (1688)[41] was the earliest known book about stock trading and first book on the inner workings of the stock market (including the stock exchange).", "\nIf you’re an active, high-volume trader who dabbles in all kinds of assets, Interactive Brokers is a great option, since you can trade just about anything without losing $5 to $7 on every transaction. ", "The platform interface isn’t nearly as user-friendly as Robinhood’s, nor as intuitive as TD Ameritrade’s; however, if you’re the kind of investor who’d benefit the most from Interactive Brokers (i.e., an experienced one), you’ll know your way around a candlestick chart already.", "\nPrior to investing in a managed portfolio, E*TRADE Capital Management will obtain important information about your financial situation and risk tolerances and provide you with a detailed investment proposal, investment advisory agreement, and wrap fee programs brochure. ", "These documents contain important information that should be read carefully before enrolling in a managed account program. ", "Please read the E*TRADE Wrap Fee Programs Brochure for more information on the advisory fee, rebalancing methodologies, portfolio management, affiliations, and services offered.", "\nRegulation of margin requirements (by the Federal Reserve) was implemented after the Crash of 1929. ", "Before that, speculators typically only needed to put up as little as 10 percent (or even less) of the total investment represented by the stocks purchased. ", "Other rules may include the prohibition of free-riding: putting in an order to buy stocks without paying initially (there is normally a three-day grace period for delivery of the stock), but then selling them (before the three-days are up) and using part of the proceeds to make the original payment (assuming that the value of the stocks has not declined in the interim).", "\nThe main difference between ETFs and mutual funds is in how they trade. ", "ETFs trade like stocks, which means you can buy and sell them throughout the day and they fluctuate in price depending on supply and demand. ", "Contrarily, mutual funds are priced each day after the market closes, so everyone pays the same price. ", "Also, mutual funds typically require a higher minimum investment than ETFs. ", "Is YOUTUBE a Stock?", "\nThis leaves the $1,000-investor with the option of a discount broker. ", "Discount brokers have considerably lower fees, but don't expect much in the way of hand-holding. ", "Fees are low because you are in charge of all investment decisions – you can't call up and ask for investment advice. ", "With $1,000, you are right on the cusp in terms of the minimum deposit. ", "There will be some discount brokers that will take you and others that won't. ", "You'll have to shop around.", "\nSome exchanges are physical locations where transactions are carried out on a trading floor, by a method known as open outcry. ", "This method is used in some stock exchanges and commodity exchanges, and involves traders shouting bid and offer prices. ", "The other type of stock exchange has a network of computers where trades are made electronically. ", "An example of such an exchange is the NASDAQ. ", "Stock Investing Disclosure\nIn terms of the beginning investor, the mutual fund fees are actually an advantage relative to the commissions on stocks. ", "The reason for this is that the fees are the same regardless of the amount you invest. ", "So, as long as you have the minimum requirement to open an account, you can invest as little as $50 or $100 per month in a mutual fund. ", "The term for this is called dollar cost averaging (DCA), and it can be a great way to start investing. ", "Stock Market Performance\nNews sites such as CNBC and MarketWatch serve as a great resource for beginners. ", "For in depth coverage, look no further than the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg. ", "By casually checking in on the stock market each day and reading headline stories, you will expose yourself to economic trends, third-party analysis, and general investing lingo. ", "Pulling stock quotes on Yahoo Finance to view a stock chart, view news headlines, and check fundamental data can also serve as another quality source of exposure. ", "Is Zerodha a Reliable Stock Broker?", "\nAnother phenomenon—also from psychology—that works against an objective assessment is group thinking. ", "As social animals, it is not easy to stick to an opinion that differs markedly from that of a majority of the group. ", "An example with which one may be familiar is the reluctance to enter a restaurant that is empty; people generally prefer to have their opinion validated by those of others in the group.", "\nNow, imagine that you decide to buy the stocks of those five companies with your $1,000. ", "To do this you will incur $50 in trading costs, which is equivalent to 5% of your $1,000. ", "If you were to fully invest the $1,000, your account would be reduced to $950 after trading costs. ", "This represents a 5% loss, before your investments even have a chance to earn a cent! ", "Can I Make Money Trading Penny Stocks?", "\nPrice-Earnings ratios as a predictor of twenty-year returns based upon the plot by Robert Shiller (Figure 10.1,[62] source). ", "The horizontal axis shows the real price-earnings ratio of the S&P Composite Stock Price Index as computed in Irrational Exuberance (inflation adjusted price divided by the prior ten-year mean of inflation-adjusted earnings). ", "The vertical axis shows the geometric average real annual return on investing in the S&P Composite Stock Price Index, reinvesting dividends, and selling twenty years later. ", "Data from different twenty-year periods is color-coded as shown in the key. ", "See also ten-year returns. ", "Shiller states that this plot \"confirms that long-term investors—investors who commit their money to an investment for ten full years—did do well when prices were low relative to earnings at the beginning of the ten years. ", "Long-term investors would be well advised, individually, to lower their exposure to the stock market when it is high, as it has been recently, and get into the market when it is low.", "\"[62] Learning about great investors from the past provides perspective, inspiration, and appreciation for the game which is the stock market. ", "Greats include Warren Buffett (below), Jesse Livermore, George Soros, Benjamin Graham, Peter Lynch, John Templeton and Paul Tudor Jones, among others. ", "One of my favorite book series is the Market Wizards by Jack Schwager.", "\nPrior to investing in a managed portfolio, E*TRADE Capital Management will obtain important information about your financial situation and risk tolerances and provide you with a detailed investment proposal, investment advisory agreement, and wrap fee programs brochure. ", "These documents contain important information that should be read carefully before enrolling in a managed account program. ", "Please read the E*TRADE Wrap Fee Programs Brochure for more information on the advisory fee, rebalancing methodologies, portfolio management, affiliations, and services offered.", "\nTD Ameritrade offers two best-in-class platforms, designed for two different types of investors. ", "Both platforms are free to use for any investor with a TD Ameritrade account. ", "The web-based Trade Architect, though often in the shadow of thinkorswim, is streamlined and easy to use. ", "It will appeal to beginning investors or anyone who prefers a simplified educational interface. ", "Its tab-based navigation lets users flip between trading tools and account overview, plus charts, stock screeners, heat maps, and more." ]
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[ "1. ", "Field of the Invention\nThe present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal having an input key capable of emitting light from a periphery (edges) thereof.", "\n2. ", "Description of Related Art\nA mobile device (mobile terminal, portable device, portable terminal) can be easily carried and have one or more of functions such as supporting voice and video telephony calls, inputting and/or outputting information, storing data and the like.", "\nAs it becomes multifunctional, the mobile terminal can be allowed to capture still images or moving images, play music or video files, play games, receive broadcast and the like, so as to be implemented as an integrated multimedia player.", "\nVarious new attempts have been made for the multimedia devices by hardware or software in order to implement such complicated functions.", "\nAs the mobile terminal is regarded as a personal belonging for expressing personality, various demands on design forms are made. ", "The design forms include structural changes and improvements for making an appearance of the mobile terminal more attractive.", "\nA peripheral area of a key may be configured to emit light to improve quality of the appearance of the mobile terminal and user convenience. ", "Such light emitting area may be designed in various shapes to correspond to different shapes of keys." ]
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[ "Bottom Line:\nOsmoregulated periplasmic glucans (OPGs) are oligosaccharides found in the periplasm of many Gram-negative bacteria.", "In E. coli, OPG are substituted by phosphoglycerol and phosphoethanolamine derived from membrane phospholipids and by succinyl residues.", "Both genes show structural and functional similarities without sequence similarity.", "\n\nABSTRACTOsmoregulated periplasmic glucans (OPGs) are oligosaccharides found in the periplasm of many Gram-negative bacteria. ", "Glucose is the sole constitutive sugar and this backbone may be substituted by various kinds of molecules depending on the species. ", "In E. coli, OPG are substituted by phosphoglycerol and phosphoethanolamine derived from membrane phospholipids and by succinyl residues. ", "In this study, we describe the isolation of the opgE gene encoding the phosphoethanolamine transferase by a screen previously used for the isolation of the opgB gene encoding the phosphoglycerol transferase. ", "Both genes show structural and functional similarities without sequence similarity.", "\n\nMentions:\nOsmoregulated periplasmic glucans (OPGs), formerly membrane derived oligosaccharides are oligosaccharides accumulated in the envelope of many Gram-negative bacteria in media of low osmolarity. ", "They belong to the common virulence factors found in phyto- and zoo pathogen of many Gram-negative bacterial species. ", "In addition, OPGs control motility and secretion of exopolysaccharides in several species [7–9]. ", "Glucose is the sole constitutive sugar and this glucosidic backbone may be substituted by various substituents depending on the species [10]. ", "In Escherichia coli, OPG backbone is synthesized by the opgGH products (Figure 1) [11]. ", "Total loss of OPGs reduced motility and increased exopolysaccharides synthesis and they are phenotypes associated with inactivation of opgG or opgH genes. ", "OpgH is a transmembrane glucosyl-transferase catalyzing, with acyl carrier protein (ACP) as a cofactor and UDP-glucose as a substrate, the synthesis of a backbone constituted of linear β-1,2-linked glucose units. ", "OpgG is a periplasmic glucosyl transferase branching glucose units on this linear backbone by β-1,6-linkages [10]. ", "This backbone is highly substituted by phosphoglycerol residues, and to a less extent by phosphoethanolamine residues, derived from membrane phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine, respectively, and by succinyl residues (Figure 1) [10]. ", "Two phosphoglycerol transferases catalyze the substitution by phosphoglycerol and are encoded by the same opgB gene [12]. ", "The phosphoglycerol transferase I is anchored to the inner membrane but a large periplasmic catalytic domain transfers phosphoglycerol residues from phosphatidylglycerols to OPG molecules. ", "The phosphoglycerol transferase II is a periplasmic soluble enzyme resulting from the liberation of the periplasmic catalytic domain of the former one and catalyzes the transfer of phosphoglycerol residues from one OPG molecule to another. ", "Both phosphoglycerol transferases can transfer phosphoglycerol to artificial β-glucoside acceptors such as arbutin leading to enhanced turnover of phosphatidylglycerol. ", "This was the basis of the selection of the mdoB mutants. ", "In a dgk strain grown in media of low osmolarity containing arbutin, accumulation of diacylglycerol occurred in membrane to a toxic level and cell growth slowed abruptly. ", "In a double mutant dgk opgB, diacylglycerol accumulation decreased and growth resumed [13]. ", "The succinyl-transferase is encoded by the opgC gene and is an intrinsic transmembrane protein catalyzing the transfer of succinyl residues probably from succinyl-CoA to OPG molecules. ", "In an opgB strain, anionic character of OPGs is only provided by succinyl residues since phosphoethanolamine is a neutral substituent. ", "This was the basis of the isolation of the opgC mutant which was isolated by screening an opgB strain using the severe difference of migration within a thin layer chromatography between neutral and anionic OPGs [11].", "\n\nMentions:\nOsmoregulated periplasmic glucans (OPGs), formerly membrane derived oligosaccharides are oligosaccharides accumulated in the envelope of many Gram-negative bacteria in media of low osmolarity. ", "They belong to the common virulence factors found in phyto- and zoo pathogen of many Gram-negative bacterial species. ", "In addition, OPGs control motility and secretion of exopolysaccharides in several species [7–9]. ", "Glucose is the sole constitutive sugar and this glucosidic backbone may be substituted by various substituents depending on the species [10]. ", "In Escherichia coli, OPG backbone is synthesized by the opgGH products (Figure 1) [11]. ", "Total loss of OPGs reduced motility and increased exopolysaccharides synthesis and they are phenotypes associated with inactivation of opgG or opgH genes. ", "OpgH is a transmembrane glucosyl-transferase catalyzing, with acyl carrier protein (ACP) as a cofactor and UDP-glucose as a substrate, the synthesis of a backbone constituted of linear β-1,2-linked glucose units. ", "OpgG is a periplasmic glucosyl transferase branching glucose units on this linear backbone by β-1,6-linkages [10]. ", "This backbone is highly substituted by phosphoglycerol residues, and to a less extent by phosphoethanolamine residues, derived from membrane phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine, respectively, and by succinyl residues (Figure 1) [10]. ", "Two phosphoglycerol transferases catalyze the substitution by phosphoglycerol and are encoded by the same opgB gene [12]. ", "The phosphoglycerol transferase I is anchored to the inner membrane but a large periplasmic catalytic domain transfers phosphoglycerol residues from phosphatidylglycerols to OPG molecules. ", "The phosphoglycerol transferase II is a periplasmic soluble enzyme resulting from the liberation of the periplasmic catalytic domain of the former one and catalyzes the transfer of phosphoglycerol residues from one OPG molecule to another. ", "Both phosphoglycerol transferases can transfer phosphoglycerol to artificial β-glucoside acceptors such as arbutin leading to enhanced turnover of phosphatidylglycerol. ", "This was the basis of the selection of the mdoB mutants. ", "In a dgk strain grown in media of low osmolarity containing arbutin, accumulation of diacylglycerol occurred in membrane to a toxic level and cell growth slowed abruptly. ", "In a double mutant dgk opgB, diacylglycerol accumulation decreased and growth resumed [13]. ", "The succinyl-transferase is encoded by the opgC gene and is an intrinsic transmembrane protein catalyzing the transfer of succinyl residues probably from succinyl-CoA to OPG molecules. ", "In an opgB strain, anionic character of OPGs is only provided by succinyl residues since phosphoethanolamine is a neutral substituent. ", "This was the basis of the isolation of the opgC mutant which was isolated by screening an opgB strain using the severe difference of migration within a thin layer chromatography between neutral and anionic OPGs [11].", "\n\nBottom Line:\nOsmoregulated periplasmic glucans (OPGs) are oligosaccharides found in the periplasm of many Gram-negative bacteria.", "In E. coli, OPG are substituted by phosphoglycerol and phosphoethanolamine derived from membrane phospholipids and by succinyl residues.", "Both genes show structural and functional similarities without sequence similarity.", "\n\nABSTRACTOsmoregulated periplasmic glucans (OPGs) are oligosaccharides found in the periplasm of many Gram-negative bacteria. ", "Glucose is the sole constitutive sugar and this backbone may be substituted by various kinds of molecules depending on the species. ", "In E. coli, OPG are substituted by phosphoglycerol and phosphoethanolamine derived from membrane phospholipids and by succinyl residues. ", "In this study, we describe the isolation of the opgE gene encoding the phosphoethanolamine transferase by a screen previously used for the isolation of the opgB gene encoding the phosphoglycerol transferase. ", "Both genes show structural and functional similarities without sequence similarity." ]
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[ "TASCAM CD-01U CD PLAYER\n\nFinally it returns to P a long time ago I press play on the remote control. ", "I find the Home screen flashing unnerving as it clearly indicates that a bite is wrong and I've by no means seen it with another Blu-ray or DVD playerbut as the discs are playing back acceptable and the 1. ", "I'll appreciate better after further use. ", "Additionally, it's possible that my unit is defective re: Furthermore, sometimes there seems to be air juttering in the 1. ", "It has happened with all types of discs: I've come en route for rely on 1.", "\n\nFrequently bought together\n\nThis and the 1. ", "I've not heard back from them but, so I don't know how all this will resolve. ", "The sound has been fine, although from the moment it wasgoed first turned on to the present, the screen has flashed with white static or pink periodically. ", "I adjusted the ceremony settings to see if so as to made any difference, but it didn't, even with the ceremony hard-set to P instead of Auto. ", "The new machine has the same screen flashing problems as before, but the 1.", "\n\nTascam BD-01U overview\n\nAbsolutely the incorrect information the at the outset customer service representative gave wasgoed most-egregious, but it's evident so as to throughout my contact with them they've not read my e-mails carefully, nor have they bot remotely energetic to resolve this issue, and to the customer's satisfaction. ", "I adjusted the ceremony settings to see if so as to made any difference, but it didn't, even with the ceremony hard-set to P instead of Auto. ", "Eventually it returns en route for P once I press act on the remote control. ", "This and the 1. ", "Tascam has not responded to my action e-mail, letting them know the situation with the replacement automobiel. ", "I find the Home screen flashing unnerving as it evidently indicates that something is bloemkrans and I've never seen it with another Blu-ray or DVD playerbut as the discs are playing back fine and the 1.", "\n\n7 40789 RUB\n\nI'll know better after further abuse. ", "The transport controls appear arrange the front panel as able-bodied as on the small aloof control, which is good. ", "Sometimes the flashing is only arrange the lower half of the screen, and sometimes the complete screen goes rapidly blank, en route for a screen of static, after that then back to the verzorgingstehuis screen. ", "It has taken them several days to respond en route for every e-mail I've sent after that their replies have invariably bot curt, bordering on rude, after that not terribly helpful.", "\n\nUpdate Location\n\nIt's especially discouraging that I wasgoed misled by a Tascam buyer service representative, after I'd made the extra effort to cleanse the admittedly-unclear information regarding region compatibility on p. This hardly ever happens during playback of a disc, but it does appear even when the player returns to the home screen afterwards watching a DVD or Blu-ray for 45 minutes or add. ", "Also, it's possible that my unit is defective re: I just hope the thing keeps functioning I'll know better afterwards further use.", "\n\nNew Products\n\nAble-bodied, the disc tray moves easily and quietly and solidly, which I like. ", "Regrettably, I've had problems with the BDU after that with Tascam's customer service from the moment I hooked-up the machine actually, before, if I consider the misinformation I arrive from Tascam that led me to purchase the device. ", "I've come to rely on 1. ", "I'll know better after add use. ", "Sometimes the flashing is only on the lower half of the screen, and sometimes the entire screen goes briskly blank, to a screen of static, and then back en route for the home screen. ", "It's above all discouraging that I was misled by a Tascam customer opslaan representative, after I'd made the extra effort to clarify the admittedly-unclear information regarding region compatibility on p.\n\nI'll know better after further abuse. ", "It has taken them several days to respond to all e-mail I've sent and their replies have invariably been abrupt, bordering on rude, and not terribly helpful. ", "Eventually it returns to P once I bear down on play on the remote control. ", "After three weeks of patient e-mailing, Tascam finally agreed en route for exchange my machine, and built-in a postage-paid return label with the replacement BDU, but would not give a partial-refund, although all the trouble I knowledgeable. ", "Sometimes the flashing is barely on the lower half of the screen, and sometimes the entire screen goes rapidly blank, to a screen of constant, and then back to the home screen. ", "It's especially discouraging that I was misled as a result of a Tascam customer service agent, after I'd made the extramuraal effort to clarify the admittedly-unclear information regarding region compatibility arrange p. Because it's working well-enough, and the picture and activate are excellent when discs are playing, I've increased my evaluation from 2 to 3 stars. ", "The sound has been acceptable, but from the moment it was first turned on en route for the present, the screen has flashed with white static before pink periodically. ", "The screen alternating generally only occurs at the Home screen, does not appear quite as bad as with the first machine, and has not occurred during the special features on Blu-ray discs after that DVDs, as it had with the first unit." ]
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[ "Q:\n\njgGrid and event ResetFilterToolbar\n\nI use last version free-jqGrig by Oleg. ", "\nI know that in versions, free-jqGrid, many other events are added in difference from jqGrid.", "\nhttp://www.trirand.com/jqgridwiki/doku.php?id=wiki:events#list_of_events\nHas re-read many similar answers, but events don't work for me.", "\njqGrid 'clearToolbar' without grid reload\nHere something similar, but in an example an event when pressing the custom button.", "\nIt is necessary for me that when pressing on to ClearToolbar to add the custom check on event \"jqGridToolbarBeforeClear\" or \"jqGridToolbarAfterClear\".", "\n\nA:\n\nThe main reason of your problem is the usage of wrong event. ", "The event jqGridToolbarBeforeClear will be triggered inside of the method clearToolbar, but you want to prevent processing of reloading of the grid inside of triggerToolbar. ", "Thus you should use jqGridToolbarBeforeSearch event instead.", "\nThe mostly correct implementation of event handler jqGridToolbarBeforeSearch looks like the following:\n$(\"#grid\").on(\"jqGridToolbarBeforeSearch\", function (e) {\n var filters = $(this).jqGrid(\"getGridParam\", \"postData\").filters;\n if (typeof filters === \"string\") {\n filters = $.parseJSON(filters);\n }\n if (filters) {\n /* add here you custom tests */\n return \"stop\";\n }\n\n return e.result; // forward the result of the last event handler\n});\n\nThe main advantage of the usage events comparing to callback is the following: one can define multiple event handlers, but only one callback. ", "If one event returns \"stop\" to prevent processing then the next event could overwrite the value with another value. ", "To allow to stop processing in case of any event handler return \"stop\" one should use event.result in every event handler.", "\n\n" ]
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[ "Q:\n\nIs There a Way to Search by the Opposite of a Category in Magento?", "\n\nI am wondering if there is a way a magento developer would be able to create or find something that would search by the opposite of a category. ", " \nFor example, given 100 total products and a category x which holds 70 products, is there a way to know what the remaining thirty products are? ", " Besides, of course, crossing off category x's products one by one on a list of the total number of products.", "\n\nA:\n\nYou should be able to query the DB. ", "Filtering on the category_id that you want. ", "I don't think there will be a better way.", "\nSee: catalog_category_product and note that there are columns: category_id and product_id.", "\nYou should be able to use the category_product resourceModel to set this up. ", "Set the filter to be !", "= to the category_id you don't want.", "\nIf you have trouble with the actual code, open a new question.", "\n\n" ]
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[ "Music\n\nLEVITT PAVILION DENVER – FREE CONCERT SERIES Katie Herzig + Support TBA RSVP Now! ", "All Ages | General Admission LawnDoors at 6:00 PM | Show at 7:00 PMThis event is Rain or Shine. ", "For more information about the artist, please visit: http://www.katieherzig.com Katie Herzig To put Katie Herzig in any sort of box is for...\n\nLEVITT PAVILION DENVER – FREE CONCERT SERIES Ripe + The Other Black RSVP Now! ", "All Ages | General Admission LawnDoors at 6:00 PM | Show at 7:00 PMThis event is Rain or Shine. ", "For more information about the artist, please visit: http://ripetheband.com Ripe Ripe is seven musical soulmates who refuse to believe in a single...\n\nROUNDTRIP BTS BUS PARTY (CLICK “TICKETS” TO VIEW AND SELECT PICK-UP OPTIONS ) THE MOTET / BOOMBOX+ The New Mastersounds Round-trip bus ride to and from the show, plus you get to hang out with some pretty amazing human beings who like the same music as you do. ", "TIMES: CLICK “REGISTER” TO VIEW AND SELECT...\n\nLEVITT PAVILION DENVER – FREE CONCERT SERIES Rooney + Support TBA RSVP Now! ", "All Ages | General Admission LawnDoors at 6:00 PM | Show at 7:00 PMThis event is Rain or Shine. ", "For more information about the artist, please visit: http://www.rooneymusic.com Rooney Our five piece rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1999 and after..." ]
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[ "The 2017 World Hydropower Congress closed on Thursday 11 May with strong commitments from multiple stakeholders towards delivering better hydro. ", "Here are some of the most notable moments from the final day." ]
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[ "Distribution of the secretory leucocyte proteinase inhibitor in human articular cartilage.", "\nThe secretory leucocyte protease inhibitor, SLPI, is a low molecular weight inhibitor of proteases such as elastase and cathepsin G, which are released from leucocytes during phagocytosis. ", "The purpose of this study was to show whether or not SLPI is produced in articular chondrocytes. ", "In articular disorders, the protease-antiprotease balance is disturbed. ", "For this reason it would be interesting to establish the source of SLPI. ", "The presence of SLPI was demonstrated using immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization, hence we conclude that SLPI is produced in the chondrocytes of human articular cartilage." ]
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[ "Product is not available, but you can see related products:\n\nAbout product «Serving trolley Forcar CA 1180W»\n\nFor the serving of the table in a restaurant ,service personnel atvarious Food service establishments they have toworkwith significant number dishes, and also dishware, necessary for serving,.", "\n\nFor optimizing this process of serving You can with the help of special equipment. ", "This Serving trolley CA 1180W made by FORCAR is perfect specially for, simplify forservice staff the process ofserving guests. ", "Another purpose of Serving trolley –transportation ofdinnerware towashing shops. ", "As in other types of serving trolleys, inCA 1180W есть wheeled feet, which simplify the moving." ]
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[ "Arrow (liqueur)\n\nArrow is the brandname of a product line of alcoholic beverages, the most popular of which are flavored liqueurs (ranked 3rd best-selling in America.) ", " Created in the early 20th century, the product line includes flavored schnapps, sweet and sour \"Smakers\" and brandies, and traditional cordials, liqueurs, and creams. ", "The owner of the brand since 1999 is Luxco, a wine and spirit company based in St. Louis, Missouri.", "\n\nReferences\n\nCategory:Liqueurs\nCategory:American liqueurs" ]
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[ " 32, -0.1, 1/3, -0.4?", "\n-0.1\nWhich is the closest to -2? ", " (a) -13 (b) -2.321 (c) -1 (d) -3/4 (e) 0.2\nb\nWhat is the closest to -7/2 in 89, -7/2, -0.512, 2/7?", "\n-7/2\nWhich is the closest to -0.2? ", " (a) -543/2 (b) -1/9 (c) -1/4 (d) 0.91\nc\nWhich is the closest to -4124? ", " (a) -3 (b) -4 (c) 0.2 (d) 155/3\nb\nWhich is the closest to 0? ", " (a) 1 (b) -1.3 (c) -0.3 (d) -3 (e) -371 (f) 0.4\nc\nWhich is the closest to -21? ", " (a) -323 (b) 2/5 (c) -20/9 (d) -0.6\nc\nWhich is the closest to -26? ", " (a) -19 (b) 5 (c) -902 (d) -4\na\nWhat is the closest to -2644/39 in -10, 5, -1/3, 0.2?", "\n-10\nWhat is the nearest to 1/2 in 2/11, 537, -5, 4/3, 64?", "\n2/11\nWhat is the nearest to 196 in -1, 1, 0.1, -15/4?", "\n1\nWhat is the closest to 4/79 in -2, -32.68, -4, 1, 0?", "\n0\nWhat is the nearest to 18139565 in -1/2, 4, -4?", "\n4\nWhich is the nearest to 1? ", " (a) 3/97 (b) 2 (c) -3 (d) -7.3\na\nWhich is the nearest to -28? ", " (a) -9 (b) 1/7 (c) 0.3 (d) 0.5 (e) 12748\na\nWhat is the nearest to 0.9 in 2.53, 152, -3?", "\n2.53\nWhich is the closest to -4.5? ", " (a) 0.05 (b) -2/29 (c) -9 (d) -2/53 (e) -4\ne\nWhat is the nearest to -7 in -6/7, 1.3, -18904, 1?", "\n-6/7\nWhat is the nearest to 11.5 in -0.01, -2/3, -5, -3, -9?", "\n-0.01\nWhat is the nearest to 1.2 in -2/691, -424, -1/3, -5?", "\n-2/691\nWhich is the closest to -0.1? ", " (a) -3/8 (b) 5 (c) -10 (d) 7 (e) 148/3\na\nWhich is the nearest to 1/3? ", " (a) 109588 (b) 2/7 (c) 5/13 (d) 0.2\nb\nWhich is the closest to 42? ", " (a) 3 (b) 0.105 (c) 223\na\nWhich is the nearest to -0.1? ", " (a) 0.5 (b) 0.8 (c) -0.1 (d) -3 (e) -2/5 (f) 131/2\nc\nWhich is the closest to -1/3? ", " (a) -161.6 (b) 0.4 (c) -0.04 (d) 653\nc\nWhat is the closest to -4 in -3/2, 3.009, 2/13, 0.5, -3, -0.06?", "\n-3\nWhat is the nearest to 106/7 in -1/2, -1/5, 2/17, -1171?", "\n2/17\nWhich is the closest to 1? ", " (a) 4 (b) -1/5 (c) -43/3 (d) 11 (e) 2 (f) -2/15\ne\nWhich is the closest to -0.1? ", " (a) 8 (b) 0.02 (c) -1/7 (d) 0.5 (e) 5 (f) 127578\nc\nWhat is the nearest to -1 in 5, 0.2, -3, -110373?", "\n0.2\nWhat is the nearest to 0 in -3.1, 6, -5/2, -17, -0.5?", "\n-0.5\nWhat is the nearest to -602 in 2/49, -2/25, -1/4, 0.2?", "\n-1/4\nWhat is the nearest to 2 in -1, -4, -278495?", "\n-1\nWhat is the nearest to -0.01 in -2, -0.4, 442, -197, 2/3, -4/15?", "\n-4/15\nWhich is the closest to 0.2? ", " (a) 126 (b) 5 (c) -1 (d) 63 (e) 1/3 (f) 4/7\ne\nWhat is the nearest to -9.69165 in 2/7, 5, -3/4?", "\n-3/4\nWhat is the closest to 2.1 in 41, -0.3, -33, -2/7?", "\n-2/7\nWhich is the nearest to -1.564? ", " (a) -10 (b) -48 (c) -0.07\nc\nWhich is the closest to -3/2? ", " (a) -2/3 (b) 4.6 (c) 4/5\na\nWhat is the nearest to 1 in -4/7, 136, -0.1, -426, -1.9, -5?", "\n-0.1\nWhat is the closest to 2/5 in 0.3, -4900952, 1/6, 0.4, 4/3?", "\n0.4\nWhich is the closest to 0.6? ", " (a) 1057 (b) 0.1 (c) 7.6 (d) -2/7\nb\nWhat is the closest to 6.1 in -0.65, -25, -56?", "\n-0.65\nWhat is the nearest to 11 in 1, -4, 2/25, -2/5, -6, -2?", "\n1\nWhat is the closest to -0.37 in 12/13, 2/5, -2/9, 1?", "\n-2/9\nWhich is the nearest to 131? ", " (a) 20/17 (b) -0.19 (c) -17 (d) 1\na\nWhich is the nearest to -13? ", " (a) 0.4 (b) -22 (c) -1 (d) 3.64 (e) -0.4\nb\nWhat is the closest to -7 in 139, 0.03, 1/2, -2/7, 2.199, -0.4?", "\n-0.4\nWhich is the closest to 0.1? ", " (a) 5 (b) 70.1 (c) -2/9 (d) -19.52\nc\nWhich is the closest to 5? ", " (a) -10498 (b) -3 (c) -2/3 (d) 22\nc\nWhich is the closest to 1/2? ", " (a) -5 (b) -1/4 (c) -24 (d) 2/11 (e) -177.08\nd\nWhich is the nearest to 1/8? ", " (a) 4836 (b) 1 (c) 16 (d) -1 (e) -0.3\ne\nWhat is the nearest to -2/5 in -92, 22, 1/2, -2, 3.2?", "\n1/2\nWhich is the nearest to -833398? ", " (a) -2/23 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3\na\nWhich is the closest to -3? ", " (a) 3 (b) 150706 (c) 0.4\nc\nWhich is the closest to 4/63? ", " (a) 2/25 (b) 2 (c) -19 (d) 1\na\nWhat is the closest to 7/6 in 0.126, -2/5, 0.2?", "\n0.2\nWhich is the closest to -0.017? ", " (a) -3 (b) -0.35 (c) 0.41 (d) 0.2\nd\nWhat is the closest to -3/1660 in 2/5, -4/177, -2/13?", "\n-4/177\nWhat is the nearest to 12005 in -4, 111, 1/5?", "\n111\nWhat is the closest to 12 in 2, 4/9, -1/5, -2, 11?", "\n11\nWhat is the closest to 32533166 in 5, -0.3, 2?", "\n5\nWhich is the nearest to 0.02? ", " (a) 1/830 (b) 4 (c) -11 (d) -1/9 (e) 16\na\nWhich is the nearest to -0.36? ", " (a) 5 (b) 0.6 (c) 2016337\nb\nWhat is the nearest to 1.1 in -32, -421, -3, 41, 1, -1?", "\n1\nWhat is the closest to -0.1 in -620, -0.09, -5, 2/13, 46?", "\n-0.09\nWhich is the closest to -2/661? ", " (a) -25 (b) -2/19 (c) 2/9\nb\nWhich is the closest to -1/78641? ", " (a) 0.2 (b) 2.1 (c) 5 (d) -3 (e) -3/8 (f) 2/3\na\nWhich is the nearest to -0.3? ", " (a) 67043 (b) -0.4 (c) 1\nb\nWhat is the closest to 2 in -2/23, 2/13, -1/18, 0.074?", "\n2/13\nWhich is the nearest to 129? ", " (a) 0.6 (b) -4 (c) 0.03 (d) -1 (e) 1\ne\nWhat is the nearest to 70 in 0.204, -5/4, -3.48, 1?", "\n1\nWhat is the closest to 7277 in 5, 697, -1/2?", "\n697\nWhat is the closest to -1/7 in -44, -3/4, 30?", "\n-3/4\nWhich is the nearest to -0.1? ", " (a) 0 (b) 16 (c) 29579/12\na\nWhat is the closest to 1 in 0, -6/35, -2/5, 6228?", "\n0\nWhich is the nearest to 1? ", " (a) -2/13 (b) -11746 (c) 0.5 (d) -0.01 (e) -2 (f) -2/5\nc\nWhat is the nearest to -1 in -4/1411, -5, -7?", "\n-4/1411\nWhat is the closest to -165 in 1/5, 2/97, 1/2, 9/5, 6, 3?", "\n2/97\nWhich is the closest to -6? ", " (a) -18 (b) -2 (c) -3 (d) 232\nc\nWhich is the nearest to -0.2? ", " (a) -284/5 (b) 0 (c) -528\nb\nWhat is the nearest to -3 in 0.1, -5, 0.2, 0.8, 9, -9264?", "\n-5\nWhich is the closest to 18? ", " (a) -182 (b) -0.9 (c) 247 (d) 0\nd\nWhat is the closest to 0 in -0.4, -79, 17542?", "\n-0.4\nWhat is the nearest to 327 in 0, 0.5, -3, 5, -1?", "\n5\nWhich is the closest to 2/13? ", " (a) -1/4 (b) -2/131 (c) -1116\nb\nWhich is the closest to -3? ", " (a) -1/6 (b) 3 (c) 2/7 (d) 1/343 (e) -3\ne\nWhat is the nearest to -120 in -5, -0.4, 3, 1.832, -3/5?", "\n-5\nWhat is the nearest to 0 in -1/2076, 3, 2/5?", "\n-1/2076\nWhat is the nearest to -2 in -31/6, -1.5, -247?", "\n-1.5\nWhat is the closest to 0.4 in -0.08, -8/27, -227, 0.47?", "\n0.47\nWhich is the nearest to -10310? ", " (a) -1/3 (b) 10 (c) 2 (d) -3 (e) -5\ne\nWhich is the closest to 7? ", " (a) -1/3 (b) 17 (c) -0.275 (d) -2\nc\nWhat is the nearest to -1 in -1/6, -3/5, 3/4, -2663962, 0.4?", "\n-3/5\nWhat is the nearest to 2.1598 in 0.1, -2/3, -0.04, -0.5?", "\n0.1\nWhat is the closest to 1.84 in 0.5, -2, -3, 108?", "\n0.5\nWhich is the nearest to 6157? ", " (a) -11 (b) 0.4 (c) -0.1\nb\nWhat is the closest to 0.3 in 2, 0, 2/7, -8, -737/5?", "\n2/7\nWhat is the closest to 4 in 32, -715/2, -0.5, 0.18?", "\n0.18\nWhat is the closest to -1 in -5, -3/22, -1/2, -464, -10, -3?", "\n-1/2\nWhat is the nearest to -1/2 in 16.8, -0.4, -10/3, 2/61, 13/2?", "\n-0.4\nWhich is the nearest to -2? ", " (a) 10 (b) -0.5 (c) 0 (d) 3 (e) -2/283 (f) 109\nb\nWhich is the closest to -9? ", " (a) -0.2 (b) -3.5184 (c) -3 (d) 3\nb\nWhich is the closest to -2? ", " (a) -8/3 (b) 2 (c) -44.4 (d) 1107\na\nWhich is the nearest to 0.3? ", " (a) -288 (b) -3 (c) 1 (d) -1/5 (e) -137 (f) 3\nd\nWhat is the closest to 0.47 in 0.2, -1/2, 1/8, -2/19, 2, 82.8?", "\n0.2\nWhich is the nearest to 30? ", " (a) -10/6641 (b) 2 (c) 6 (d) -0.4\nc\nWhich is the closest to 1? ", " (a) -1/5 (b) 0.03753 (c) -4/83 (d) 2\nb\nWhat is the closest to 0.09 in 93, -2, -2/9, 1, 0.07, -3/16?", "\n0.07\nWhat is the closest to -13 in 5, -0.4, -2/7, -2.3?", "\n-2.3\nWhat is the nearest to 0.1 in 121661, -1/4, 505?", "\n-1/4\nWhat is the nearest to -0.1 in 2/5, -4, -68200, -67?", "\n2/5\nWhich is the nearest to -24/169? ", " (a) 2 (b) -1/10 (c) 4/75 (d) -16 (e) 3\nb\nWhich is the nearest to 8/9? ", " (a) -2/3 (b) 9 (c) -5750\na\nWhat is the nearest to -739 in 7, -2/9, -4/5, 0.1, 494?", "\n-4/5\nWhat is the nearest to -15.779 in 2, 1257, 2/3, 1/2?", "\n1/2\nWhich is the nearest to -0.1? ", " (a) -60 (b) -86/757 (c) -19\nb\nWhich is the nearest to -0.029? ", " (a) -13 (b) -0.098 (c) 0.14 (d) -4/3\nb\nWhat is the nearest to -2/9 in 11, 5, -0.2, -3, -11769?", "\n-0.2\nWhich is the closest to -15508/5? ", " (a) 0.4 (b) 0.5 (c) -3 (d) 7/2 (e) 4\nc\nWhat is the nearest to -89 in -444, 2, 35?", "\n2\nWhich is the closest to -0.1? ", " (a) 2 (b) 3/11548 (c) -10 (d) 0.2\nb\nWhich is the nearest to 2/3? ", " (a) -2/17 (b) -17 (c) -19212 (d) 3/2 (e) 2/9\ne\nWhich is the nearest to 1? ", " (a) 626.08 (b) 2 (c) -4 (d) 0.4 (e) -10 (f) -2\nd\nWhich is the closest to 218? ", " (a) -2/11 (b) 0.07 (c) 62 (d) 1/24 (e) 4 (f) -1/3\nc\nWhat is the closest to -0.06 in 636671, -2/11, 2/13?", "\n-2/11\nWhat is the nearest to -1 in -18, -90, -65/2?", "\n-18\nWhich is the nearest to 1? ", " (a) 54.3 " ]
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[ "Plasma Mobile offers a Free (as in freedom and beer), user-friendly, privacy-enabling, customizable platform for mobile devices. ", "Plasma Mobile is Free software, and is now developed via an open process. ", "Plasma Mobile is currently under development with a prototype available providing basic functions to run on a smartphone.", "\n\nPlasma Mobile offers...\n\nFreedom. ", "Plasma Mobile is Free and Open Source software. ", "It can be acquired free of charge, with the power and licensed rights to change it in any way, to redistribute it and to understand how it works.", "\n\nPlasma Mobile is Free and Open Source software. ", "It can be acquired free of charge, with the power and licensed rights to change it in any way, to redistribute it and to understand how it works. ", "User-friendliness. ", "Plasma Mobile is designed via an open process, making sure that the requirements and wishes of users are heard and implemented in the best possible way. ", "Ergonomy and integration across devices on top of a high quality software stack provides a stable, rich and reliable system that helps users get things done efficiently and effectively.", "\n\nPlasma Mobile is designed via an open process, making sure that the requirements and wishes of users are heard and implemented in the best possible way. ", "Ergonomy and integration across devices on top of a high quality software stack provides a stable, rich and reliable system that helps users get things done efficiently and effectively. ", "Privacy. ", "Plasma Mobile integrates with services trusted by the user. ", "Instead of depending on claims from hardware or operating system vendors, trust is based on software that has been audited in an open development process, Free and Open Source software that can be combined with services from trusted sources, including those of one's own.", "\n\nPlasma Mobile integrates with services trusted by the user. ", "Instead of depending on claims from hardware or operating system vendors, trust is based on software that has been audited in an open development process, Free and Open Source software that can be combined with services from trusted sources, including those of one's own. ", "Customization and personalization. ", "Plasma Mobile has been built with modularity from the ground up. ", "From the wallpaper and the Look and Feel to lower-level system components, almost every aspect of the system can be customized.", "\n\nEnabling the community\n\nThe goal for Plasma Mobile is to give the user full use of the device. ", "It is designed as an inclusive system, intended to support all kinds of apps. ", "Native apps are developed using Qt; it will also support apps written in GTK, Android apps, Ubuntu apps, and many others, if the license allows and the app can be made to work at a technical level.", "\n\nPlasma Mobile's development process welcomes contributions at all levels. ", "If you want to get your hands dirty with a cool app, if you want to provide a system functionality such as a mobile hotspot, if you want to improve power management at the kernel level, if you want to help with the design, Plasma Mobile welcomes your contributions.", "\n\nIf you want to take part in the creation of Plasma Mobile, get in touch with us!", "\n\nA system you can trust\n\nMost offerings on mobile devices lack openness and trust. ", "In a world of walled gardens, Plasma Mobile is intended to be a platform that respects and protects user privacy. ", "It provides a fully open base that others can help develop and use for themselves, or in their products.", "\n\nAs a Free software community, it is our mission to give users the option of retaining full control over their data. ", "The choice for a mobile operating system should not be a choice between missing functions or forsaken privacy of user data and personal information. ", "Plasma Mobile offers the ability to choose the services that are allowed to integrate deeply into the system. ", "It will not share any data unless that is explicitly requested.", "\n\nPrototype available now\n\nPlasma Mobile is available as a developer prototype running on an LG Nexus 5 smartphone. ", "It can make and receive phone calls. ", "It provides a workspace to manage the system, and a task switcher to control and navigate apps on the device. ", "There are also x86 builds, suitable for an ExoPC, for example, which can be useful for testing. ", "Several apps have been included—both native and 3rd party—in the device images to allow the system to be tested and improved.", "\n\nFind out how you can have a look of your own!", "\n\nWhere can I find...\n\nMore info, such as installation instructions, are available in the Plasma Mobile wiki, on the Plasma Mobile website and on sebas' weblog. ", "The code for various Plasma Mobile components can be found on git.kde.org.", "\n\nAsk questions in the Plasma Mobile forum, or send an email to the plasma-devel mailing list, or (for private inquiries) to Sebastian Kügler ([email protected])." ]
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[ "(Updated March 15, 2020) | Leading toothpaste manufacturer Colgate has launched more vegan products. ", "Called Colgate Zero, the new range is free from artificial flavors, sweeteners, and colors.", "\n\nColgate Zero includes toothpaste for adults and children, plus alcohol-free mouthwash.", "\n\nLast January, Colgate launched its first vegan range. ", "Called Smile For Good, the toothpaste is available in two varieties: Whitening and Protection and packaged in recyclable boxes.", "\n\n“Colgate [has] just launched two vegan toothpastes so you can keep your teeth sparkling with a clear conscience,” says Vegan Trademark on its Instagram account. ", "According to the organization they contain “just a handful of simple ingredients and both the tube and cardboard packaging are recyclable.”", "\n\nThe Vegan Society certified both products through its International Vegan Trademark. ", "In response to one concerned social media-user, the organization wrote, “we register individual products to encourage brands with non-vegan products to change.”", "\n\nAccording to Colgate, Smile for Good “will be available across the EU and you’ll be able to find them in supermarkets and other personal care retailers.”", "\n\nVegan-Friendly Dental Care\n\nNot all toothpaste is vegan; some products contain animal-derived glycerin and others are tested on animals. ", "However, there are plenty of vegan options available.", "\n\nIn 2018, Desert Essence launched vegan toothpaste in a variety of flavors, including Himalayan Salt and Aloe. ", "The products contain baking soda and sea salt. ", "They also contain zinc citrate, which helps to reduce the build-up of plaque.", "\n\nMoon—a vegan oral care brand—also offers an array of dental products, including charcoal activated toothpaste. ", "Last year, it teamed up with Kendall Jenner—the second-youngest member of the Kardashian family—to launch a vegan tooth whitening pen. ", "The brand’s mission is to align the toothcare industry with the beauty industry.", "\n\n“Taking care of your teeth shouldn’t just be something you have to do,” the brand notes on its website. “", "It should be something you want to do. ", "We’re elevating the everyday oral care routine into an oral beauty experience.”", "\n\nJason Natural, Dr. Bronner’s, and Tom’s of Maine are some of the other brands on the market offering vegan toothpaste." ]
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[ "Introduction {#s1}\n============\n\nThe phenotype of an individual is often considered to be a product of the individual\\'s genotype and the environment in which it lives. ", "However, significant phenotypic differences may exist between genetically identical individuals living in a homogeneous environment [@pgen.1002443-Elowitz1]--[@pgen.1002443-Raj1]. ", "In the absence of genotypic differences or environmental cues, these differences often arise from random molecular processes during protein expression and development. ", "In these cases, such variation is termed phenotypic noise. ", "Although differences between individuals that are due to phenotypic noise are not encoded genetically, the level of phenotypic noise in a given gene may be subject to genetic control. ", "One fundamental question is whether natural selection acts to control or promote phenotypic noise, and how organisms achieve this control.", "\n\nIt is well established that selection acts strongly on mean expression level [@pgen.1002443-Rifkin1]--[@pgen.1002443-Denver1]. ", "Additionally, there is good evidence that selection can also act on the variation of gene expression, that is, on the level of phenotypic noise. ", "Many studies with bacteria and other microorganisms have identified genes with exceptionally high levels of phenotypic noise, and several studies have provided possible adaptive explanations. ", "Both theoretical [@pgen.1002443-Kussell1]--[@pgen.1002443-Veening1] and empirical studies [@pgen.1002443-Bishop1]--[@pgen.1002443-Blake2] have shown that increased noise and bistable gene expression can allow organisms to persist in fluctuating environments, and that selection may thus in some cases increase phenotypic noise. ", "Other studies have shown that it can promote the formation of specialized subpopulations that engage in division of labor [@pgen.1002443-Ackermann1], [@pgen.1002443-Branda1].", "\n\nHowever, there have been fewer studies on general patterns of gene expression noise, for example, across functional groups of genes. ", "The best-established connection, and the only connection established for both eukaryotes and bacteria, is between mean expression level and variation in expression: strongly expressed genes have high levels of variation across cells [@pgen.1002443-Taniguchi1], [@pgen.1002443-Newman1]. ", "However, mean expression level does not fully determine variation: analyses in yeast have shown that when mean expression level is accounted for, gene expression noise exhibits certain strong patterns: for example, there is a positive association between gene expression noise and gene expression plasticity (i.e., variation in gene expression across environments) [@pgen.1002443-Newman1]; genes with TATA boxes exhibit high noise [@pgen.1002443-Newman1]; and those genes most critical for cell functioning exhibit lower levels of variation than other genes that are expressed at the same level [@pgen.1002443-Newman1]--[@pgen.1002443-Lehner2]. ", "This latter correlation is consistent with selection acting to decouple variation in expression from mean expression in order to decrease noise in important genes. ", "However, this association is confounded by other correlations, such as the strong relationship between noise and expression plasticity.", "\n\nThere is no data addressing the question of whether functionally important genes exhibit lower levels of noise in bacteria: only one analysis of variation in gene expression has been performed in bacteria [@pgen.1002443-Taniguchi1], which established that genes expressed at higher levels exhibit more extrinsic noise. ", "This raises the question of whether these two properties can be decoupled, for example to lower noise in functionally important genes, even though these genes may be expressed at high levels.", "\n\nThus, although there is good evidence in yeast that genes important for cell functioning have lower levels of gene expression noise, the interpretation of this result as evidence of selection acting to decrease noise has been complicated by the association between expression plasticity and noise. ", "Additionally, there have been no analyses of whether the decoupling of mean expression level and variation in expression exhibits such general patterns in bacteria. ", "Here, we investigate this possibility, and whether such decoupling exhibits patterns on a general, genome-wide level.", "\n\nIn contrast to previous studies, which have examined protein expression noise, we carried out a comprehensive analysis of the noise conferred by the promoter regions alone in *E. coli*. ", "Our goals were three-fold. ", "First, we wanted to test whether the DNA sequence of the promoter region has a substantial and consistent effect on noise. ", "Second, we asked whether differences in noise exhibit discernible patterns, for example across functional categories of genes. ", "Finally, we assessed whether these patterns are consistent with selection acting to preventing or promoting phenotypic noise, or whether other explanations account equally well for the patterns we observe.", "\n\nResults {#s2}\n=======\n\nExperimental system {#s2a}\n-------------------\n\nWe used an *E. coli* promoter library [@pgen.1002443-Zaslaver1] consisting of 1832 strains, in which each strain carries a low-copy number plasmid (3--5 copies per cell [@pgen.1002443-LobnerOlesen1], [@pgen.1002443-Peterson1]) with an *E. coli* promoter region inserted upstream of a gene for a fast-folding green fluorescent protein (*gfp*). ", "This library comprises about 75% of all *E. coli* promoters. ", "The term 'promoter region' refers to the intergenic region between two open reading frames, together with 50--150 nucleotides of both the upstream and downstream open reading frame [@pgen.1002443-Zaslaver1]. ", "The mRNA that is produced consists of a transcriptional fusion between a short region of the 5′ end of the native mRNA, 31 bp that are identical for all promoters, and the open reading frame for GFP. ", "A strong ribosome binding site (RBS) is located immediately upstream of *gfp*. ", "As the 31 bp preceding the gfp start codon are identical for all constructs, effects from differences in the translation initiation rate should be minimal [@pgen.1002443-Salis1], [@pgen.1002443-Kudla1]. ", "Additionally, as approximately 90% or more of the mRNA sequence is identical for each construct, in most cases, differences in mRNA half-lives between constructs are likely to be small. ", "The GFP variant is quite stable, so decreases in protein concentration occur primarily through cell growth and division. ", "For the above reasons, differences in the mean concentration of cellular GFP for different promoters are most likely due to differences in transcription (see [Text S1](#pgen.1002443.s009){ref-type=\"supplementary-material\"}). ", "However, in many instances the promoter region may affect mRNA half-life or translation dynamics, since it contains a fraction of the native open reading frame.", "\n\nThis experimental system removes several mechanisms that are likely to affect protein expression noise in the native context. ", "Among these is the chromosomal context of the gene; the mRNA sequence content, affecting both mRNA half-life and translation; and the amino acid sequence, affecting protein degradation. ", "In fact, the only variable among the constructs is the sequence of the promoter region. ", "By definition, then, the effects on noise that we measure here are due to the promoter sequence alone. ", "This experimental approach thus allows us to investigate whether and how the promoter sequence alone affects noise. ", "Although this promoter-mediated noise contributes only partially to the total noise exhibited by a protein, it may play an important role, which we investigate here; later we use data on protein noise to explore other factors that contribute to affecting protein expression noise.", "\n\nThe nucleotide sequence of the promoter region is a consistent determinant of phenotypic variation {#s2b}\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nTo quantitatively measure variation in gene expression from each promoter, we grew a clonal population of each strain, and used flow cytometry to measure the GFP concentration in approximately 100\\'000 individual cells from each population. ", "For each strain, we extracted a small gated subset of cells ([Figure S1](#pgen.1002443.s001){ref-type=\"supplementary-material\"}; see [Methods](#s4){ref-type=\"sec\"}). ", "This gating has the effect of minimizing extrinsic variation due to physiological differences among cells, such as cell cycle timing, slow growth, or other physiological stresses (see [Text S1](#pgen.1002443.s009){ref-type=\"supplementary-material\"}). ", "For each of 1832 strains containing a promoter region from *E. coli*, we measured the mean and variance in fluorescence. ", "1522 of these yielded measurements significantly above background (GFP vector lacking a promoter; see [Methods](#s4){ref-type=\"sec\"}). ", "We use the data from these 1522 promoters for the remainder of our analyses.", "\n\nThe mean and variance of fluorescence are highly repeatable measurements; when they were assessed for independent cultures, repeated measurements were extremely accurate (r^2^ = 0.998 and 0.91, for mean and standard deviation, respectively). ", "This repeatability existed even when the cultures were grown in different laboratories, measured on different flow cytometry machines, and when different methods were used to filter events (r^2^ = 0.92 and 0.51 for mean and standard deviation, respectively; see [Methods](#s4){ref-type=\"sec\"} and [Figure S2](#pgen.1002443.s002){ref-type=\"supplementary-material\"}). ", "Mean fluorescence levels varied over almost 3 orders of magnitude, qualitatively similar to the variation in mRNA levels observed in other studies [@pgen.1002443-Taniguchi1]. ", "Comparing our data on mean fluorescence level with published quantitative data, we also find that our data set correlates well with measured transcript levels, and is thus likely to capture an important aspect of mRNA transcription (see [Text S1](#pgen.1002443.s009){ref-type=\"supplementary-material\"}).", "\n\nWe find a strong dependence of variation in expression on mean expression level for any particular promoter ([Figure 1](#pgen-1002443-g001){ref-type=\"fig\"}), as has been observed previously [@pgen.1002443-Taniguchi1], [@pgen.1002443-Newman1], [@pgen.1002443-BarEven1]. ", "Because the primary effect of selection on gene expression occurs as stabilizing selection on mean expression level [@pgen.1002443-Rifkin1]--[@pgen.1002443-Bedford1], and mean and variation are closely coupled, we use a metric that decouples variation in expression from mean expression level. ", "Modifying the method outlined by Newman et al. [", "@pgen.1002443-Newman1] we measured noise as the vertical deviation from a smoothed spline of mean log expression versus the coefficient of variation in log expression for all promoters in the library (see [Methods](#s4){ref-type=\"sec\"}; [Figure 1F](#pgen-1002443-g001){ref-type=\"fig\"}; [Text S1](#pgen.1002443.s009){ref-type=\"supplementary-material\"}; [Dataset S1](#pgen.1002443.s010){ref-type=\"supplementary-material\"}). ", "When describing our findings, the term 'phenotypic noise' or 'noise' always refers to this metric in which variation is corrected for mean expression; such a measure allows us to assess whether variation in gene expression is controlled independently of the mean.", "\n\n![", "Dependence of variation in mRNA expression on mean mRNA expression level and derivation of a noise metric.\\\nA. The observed variance in mRNA expression increases with increasing mean expression level. ", "Shown are five promoters with various levels of mean and variance in expression (from left to right: rho transcription termination factor; *prpR* transcriptional dual regulator, *bolA* transcriptional dual regulator; tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase; and *dps*, an iron sequestration and DNA damage protein). ", "B. The expression level and observed standard deviation for all 1522 promoters used in the analysis. ", "The genes shown in panel A are highlighted in red (the left-most red dot is *rho*, the right-most dot is *dps*). ", "C. The coefficient of variation decreases initially with increasing expression, but plateaus at higher expression levels. ", "D--F. Analogous histograms and graphs to those shown in panels A--C), but calculated from log-transformed data. ", "As discussed in the text, our focus is on variation in expression; we thus derived a measure of variation in mRNA expression that is independent of the mean level of mRNA expression, and any measurement artifacts associated with changes in the mean. ", "This allows us to test whether mean and variation in expression can be decoupled due to selection or changes in the promoter sequence. ", "The noise metric is the vertical deviation from a smooth spline (blue) calculated from the running median (orange) of mean log expression level versus the CV of log expression. ", "The slight decrease in CV at low expression levels (panels C and E) is because fluorescence values lower than one cannot occur. ", "Thus, for weakly expressed genes, the distribution specifying the variation in expression levels is truncated at one, decreasing the CV.](pgen.1002443.g001){#pgen-1002443-g001}\n\nWe emphasize that we use the term 'noise' to refer to relative differences in variation when mean expression level is controlled for. ", "Thus, it is a qualitative measure, and for this reason we emphasize comparative results of relative differences in promoter-mediated variation; also for this reason, we restrict our statistical analyses to non-parametric tests. ", "We refer to this measure as 'noise' because it is a reflection of differences between cells that are likely to arise from stochastic events, but it is not a quantitative measure of the frequency or effect of those events. ", "In addition, because we have functional data for genes only, and not promoters, when we refer to the noise of a 'gene' or the functional category of a 'promoter,' we are referring only to the gene that lies directly downstream of the promoter, unless otherwise specified.", "\n\nWhen we calculate this noise metric for the entire library of promoters, we find excellent repeatability, even in different culture conditions. ", "The correlations range from 0.50 (Spearman\\'s rho) when using data from different labs, to 0.58 when using data collected in independent experiments in the same lab ([Figure S3](#pgen.1002443.s003){ref-type=\"supplementary-material\"}). ", "These are lower limit estimates of repeatability, as in each of these comparisons different culture conditions were used (see [Methods](#s4){ref-type=\"sec\"}). ", "The repeatability of the noise metric implies that each promoter sequence has a consistent effect on variation in expression: thus, as suggested above, there are characteristics inherent to each promoter that result in different levels of noise.", "\n\nNoise in gene expression consists of different components [@pgen.1002443-Raser2], [@pgen.1002443-Ozbudak1], and our experimental system mostly reports one of them, promoter-specific extrinsic noise. ", "Since the promoter-gfp construct resides on a plasmid with several copies, the cellular GFP concentration is the sum of the contributions from individual promoters. ", "Intrinsic noise -- variation generated at the level of one single promoter -- is therefore decreased. ", "In addition, because the GFP protein has a longer half-life than mRNA, the sensitivity of these noise measurements to intrinsic noise events in transcription is decreased [@pgen.1002443-Rosenfeld1]. ", "Finally, fluctuations in plasmid number, which are expected to increase noise in all strains equally, may decrease the sensitivity of this system.", "\n\nThe noise that we measure is thus a qualitative and relative indication of the amount of promoter-specific extrinsic transcriptional noise [@pgen.1002443-Raser2], [@pgen.1002443-Ozbudak1]. ", "If we measure high levels of noise in a protein controlled by a particular promoter, most likely this occurs because transcription from this promoter is controlled by factors (or regulatory networks) having higher noise, or that this promoter is more sensitive to global extrinsic noise factors (e.g. variations in polymerase numbers) than other promoters. ", "This experimental system is thus useful to examine extrinsic promoter-mediated noise on a genome-wide scale, and to ask how the level of extrinsic noise differs among promoters.", "\n\nEven though, as discussed above, our plasmid-based system only captures some aspects of gene expression, we find that it gives similar results to chromosomally integrated systems in both mean and variation of expression. ", "We measured the mean and variation in expression for nine chromosomally integrated promoter-*gfp* fusion constructs [@pgen.1002443-Bollenbach1], and found that both the mean and CV correlate well with the values that we find for the plasmid-based system (rho = 0.85, p = 0.006; rho = 0.77, p = 0.016 for mean and CV, respectively; see [Text S1](#pgen.1002443.s009){ref-type=\"supplementary-material\"} and [Figure S4](#pgen.1002443.s004){ref-type=\"supplementary-material\"}).", "\n\nPromoters of essential and conserved genes have lower levels of noise {#s2c}\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nGiven that the promoter sequence alone has a consistent influence on mRNA expression and noise levels (above; [Figure S3](#pgen.1002443.s003){ref-type=\"supplementary-material\"}), this raises the question of whether these levels of noise systematically differ for different classes, or types, of promoters. ", "One broad division that can be made is between promoters that drive the expression of essential genes and those that drive the expression of non-essential genes (we define a gene as essential if its deletion yields an inviable genotype in rich media [@pgen.1002443-Kato1]). ", "We used data for 118 promoters that lie directly upstream of essential genes or operons [@pgen.1002443-GamaCastro1] that contain at least one essential gene, out of 1456 promoters for whose downstream genes we have information about essentiality. ", "We find that promoters of essential genes exhibit significantly lower levels of noise than other promoters: of the genes with the lowest level of noise (first quartile), 13.1% are essential; of the genes with the highest level of noise (fourth quartile), only 2.9% are essential (p = 1.0e-6, Wilcox rank sum test). ", "This difference is not driven by any mechanisms relating to mean expression levels, since our measure of noise corrects for this. ", "Thus, the promoter regions of genes that are essential in the laboratory environment have evolved such that essential genes have lower noise levels.", "\n\nEssentiality in the laboratory is an incomplete and potentially biased measure of a gene\\'s importance in the natural environment. ", "We thus also looked at gene conservation, which may capture additional aspects of functional importance [@pgen.1002443-Jordan1], [@pgen.1002443-Krylov1]. ", "Considering non-essential genes only, we found a negative relationship between noise and functional importance: non-essential genes that have high levels of conservation in the gamma-proteobacteria clade (of which *E. coli* is a member) have promoters conferring low levels of noise (Spearman\\'s rho = −0.19, p = 7.2e-12, n = 1350; [Figure 2](#pgen-1002443-g002){ref-type=\"fig\"} and [Figures S5](#pgen.1002443.s005){ref-type=\"supplementary-material\"} and [S6](#pgen.1002443.s006){ref-type=\"supplementary-material\"}). ", "Furthermore, this relationship between conservation and expression noise exists within functional categories: it does not depend on broad differences in conservation between genes of different function, for example between genes involved in RNA production (expected to be more conserved and less noisy) versus those involved in carbon metabolism (expected to be less conserved and more noisy; [Figure S7](#pgen.1002443.s007){ref-type=\"supplementary-material\"}).", "\n\n![", "Noise in gene expression is dependent on the functional importance of the downstream gene.\\\nConserved non-essential genes exhibit less noise. ", "Conservation is calculated as the number of gamma-proteobacterial taxa in which an orthologous gene copy is present. ", "Promoters were binned according to the number of taxa in which an orthologue was found; the relationship is highly significant (for an unbinned analysis, Spearman\\'s rho = −0.19, p = 7.2e-12, n = 1350 ([Figure S5](#pgen.1002443.s005){ref-type=\"supplementary-material\"})). ", "A nonparametric linear fit using Thiel\\'s method [@pgen.1002443-Thiel1] is shown in black.](pgen.1002443.g002){#pgen-1002443-g002}\n\nTogether with the above data on essential genes, this suggests that the promoter regions of functionally important genes confer low levels of noise; given that the major effect of promoter sequence on protein level occurs through mediating transcription, this decrease in noise likely occurs through the control of transcriptional processes. ", "The transcriptional regulation of some bacterial genes has been shown to be constructed such that increased noise is a result [@pgen.1002443-Arkin1]; the data here suggest that on a genome-wide basis there is a tendency for functionally important genes to be controlled by less noisy transcriptional processes, that this trend extends beyond essential genes to conserved, non-essential genes, and that this trend persists within functional categories of genes.", "\n\nEvolutionary history is not a primary driver of the decreased noise in promoters of essential and conserved genes {#s2d}\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nThere are several possible explanations for the low levels of noise observed in essential and highly conserved non-essential genes, two of which we discuss here (we explore a third explanation in the following section; however, this list is not exhaustive). ", "First, it is possible that essentiality and gene conservation are good descriptors of the functional importance of a gene, and that selection has acted to decrease noise in such genes. ", "This has been the explanation put forth in previous analyses. ", "A second possible explanation is that low noise levels are difficult to evolve, and as conserved and essential genes have also spent more evolutionary time in a particular genome than non-conserved genes, selection has had more time to minimize noise in these genes. ", "Either of these explanations could result in conserved and essential genes having lower noise. ", "However, the results of our analysis suggest that the second explanation is less likely, for the following reasons.", "\n\nFirst, the correlation between gene conservation and noise exists even for genes that have been acquired very distantly in the past. ", "We looked for an association between functional importance and noise considering only genes acquired before the divergence of the *E. coli* lineage from alpha-proteobacteria (approximately 2.5 billion years ago [@pgen.1002443-Battistuzzi1]). ", "These genes have had ample time for noise minimization. ", "Thus, if the time a gene spends in a particular genome is a strong determinant of noise, there should be no relation between conservation and noise in this set of genes, as all have spent at least 2.5 billion years in the *E. coli* lineage. ", "However, the correlation between conservation and noise within these anciently acquired genes remains strong (Spearman\\'s rho = −0.23, p = 2.8e-4, n = 249). ", "That the amount of noise minimization is related to the level of evolutionary conservation (functional importance) even in anciently acquired genes strongly suggests that the time that a gene spends in an organism has little to do with the level of noise it exhibits.", "\n\nSecond, although horizontally transferred genes are generally enriched for genes of lesser functional importance, many genes important for cell functioning have been horizontally transferred (e.g. some ribosomal genes). ", "Among genes that have been recently horizontally transferred into *E. coli* [@pgen.1002443-Ragan1], strongly conserved genes have lower levels of noise (correlation between noise and conservation: Spearman\\'s rho = −0.22, p = 6.9e-3, n = 221 for genes transferred after the split of *E. coli* from *Haemophilus*; Spearman\\'s rho = −0.25 p = 4.8e-4, n = 171, for genes transferred after the split of *E. coli* from *Buchnera*). ", "When we consider very recent horizontal gene transfers the negative correlation remains (Spearman\\'s rho = −0.16, p = 0.23, n = 65 for genes transferred after the split of *E. coli* MG1655 from *E. coli* CFT073). ", "Although this correlation is not significant, there are only a small number of recently transferred genes, and these vary little in their levels of evolutionary conservation, decreasing the explanatory power of this variable. ", "Given that the nucleotide divergence between MG1655 and CFT073 strains is approximately 2% [@pgen.1002443-Touchon1], finding a negative correlation of similar strength (−0.16 vs. −0.19 for the entire data set) is notable.", "\n\nThus, the relationship between functional importance and noise does not appear to be related to the time that a gene has spent in a genome. ", "The latter result also implies that the decreased noise observed in functionally important genes, if due to selection, can occur via a small number of mutations. ", "Alternatively, it is possible that features of the promoter that influence noise act independently of the genetic background, so that genes retain characteristic levels of phenotypic noise even when horizontally transferred. ", "We do find some support for this latter hypothesis: promoters of very recently horizontally transferred genes (ORFan genes; e.g. [@pgen.1002443-Daubin1]) do not exhibit higher levels of noise than other promoters (Wilcox rank sum, p = 0.69, n = 37).", "\n\nThere is no evidence that noise is an unavoidable consequence of selection for expression plasticity {#s2e}\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nOur results, showing that functionally important genes exhibit lower gene expression noise, is consistent with the hypothesis that selection has acted to decrease noise in genes important for cell function. ", "However, many other factors may potentially play a role in determining noise. ", "A crucial determinant of noise in gene expression may be in how the gene is regulated: genes that exhibit large expression plasticity, meaning that they can undergo strong repression or activation across different environmental conditions, might be controlled in ways that makes them intrinsically more noisy. ", "A very strong association between expression plasticity and noise has been found previously in yeast [@pgen.1002443-Newman1]--[@pgen.1002443-Lehner2].", "\n\nTo investigate whether there is a similar association between noise and expression plasticity in *E. coli*, we gathered data on changes in gene expression across 240 pairs of environmental conditions [@pgen.1002443-Conway1]. ", "For each pair of conditions, gene expression changes are expressed as the log ratio of expression in one condition relative to a reference condition; the value is positive for genes that increase their expression, and negative for genes that decrease their expression under the respective environmental condition. ", "For each gene, we calculated the median of the absolute values of the expression changes. ", "This value, which we term the expression plasticity, is high for genes whose expression frequently varies between two conditions, and low for genes whose expression is usually constant between two conditions, regardless of whether this occurs through repression or activation, or the nature of the reference condition.", "\n\nSurprisingly, we found no significant association between noise and expression plasticity in *E. coli* (Spearman\\'s rho = 0.030, p = 0.27, n = 1354). ", "It is possible that this correlation exists only in some growth conditions, and that these types of conditions are under-represented in the dataset. ", "To account for this possibility, we grouped the condition pairs by their similarity in expression changes into 18 clusters, calculated the median of the absolute values of the expression changes, and again found no significant correlation (Spearman\\'s rho = −0.002, p = 0.94, n = 1354). ", "Performing a similar analysis for yeast yields a significant positive relationship between expression plasticity and noise (data from [@pgen.1002443-Gasch1]; unclustered analysis: Spearman\\'s rho = 0.22, p = 7e-26, n = 2479). ", "Although the lack of a correlation in *E. coli* could be driven by differences in data quality, this is not a likely explanation (see [Text S1](#pgen.1002443.s009){ref-type=\"supplementary-material\"} and [Figure S8](#pgen.1002443.s008){ref-type=\"supplementary-material\"}).", "\n\nTogether, these data suggest that in yeast, a substantial fraction of gene expression noise might be a consequence of requiring dynamic control of gene expression [@pgen.1002443-Lehner2]. ", "However, in *E. coli*, high gene expression noise is not an unavoidable consequence of genes having high expression plasticity. ", "Further supporting this conclusion is the association between functional importance and expression plasticity in *E. coli*: essential and conserved genes are the most dynamically regulated: 42% of essential genes are among the most dynamically regulated genes (within the top quartile), while only 13% are among the least dynamically regulated (bottom quartile) (p = 5e-6, Wilcox rank sum for essential versus non-essential genes; Spearman\\'s rho = 0.19, p = 1.1e-11, n = 1209 for the correlation between expression plasticity and conservation). ", "Despite this, promoters of essential and conserved genes exhibit the lowest level of noise. ", "Thus, in *E. coli*, there does not appear to be a constraint preventing promoters with high expression plasticity from having low noise. ", "In contrast, there is a strong positive correlation between expression plasticity and noise in yeast, suggesting that for many genes, such a constraint may exist. ", "Because essential genes in yeast have low expression plasticity (see [Text S1](#pgen.1002443.s009){ref-type=\"supplementary-material\"}), the previous finding that essential yeast genes exhibit low levels of noise might be a consequence of this association between expression plasticity and noise.", "\n\nFunctional classes differ in their levels of noise {#s2f}\n--------------------------------------------------\n\nWe looked in more detail at how specific functional aspects relate to gene expression noise. ", "We grouped genes according to the categories outlined by MultiFun [@pgen.1002443-Serres1], and found substantial differences between genes having different functional roles ([Figure 3](#pgen-1002443-g003){ref-type=\"fig\"}). ", "Relatively low levels of noise were exhibited in genes involved in DNA structure (i.e. methylation, bending, and super-coiling) and building block synthesis (biosynthesis of amino acids, nucleotides, cofactors, and fatty acids). ", "Low levels of noise in such housekeeping genes might be expected, given that normal cellular activities are probably compromised if these proteins are too abundant or not abundant enough, as has been suggested previously [@pgen.1002443-Kovacs1], [@pgen.1002443-Levine1]. ", "We also observed particularly low levels of noise in genes involved in protection (from radiation, cell killing, drug resistance, or for detoxification). ", "Finally, promoters annotated as having binding sites for σ32 (control of heat shock genes) have significantly lower levels of noise; several transcription factors are also associated with low noise ([Table 1](#pgen-1002443-t001){ref-type=\"table\"}).", "\n\n![", "Noise in gene expression is related to the specific functional role.\\\nGenes in different functional categories exhibit high or low levels of noise. ", "We considered eight of the major categories delineated by MultiFun (metabolism, information transfer, regulation, transport, cell processes, cell structure, location, and extra-chromosomal origin) [@pgen.1002443-Serres1]. ", "Within each of these categories, we asked whether there were consistent differences in the amount of noise exhibited by genes of different function. ", "Major categories and subcategories are ranked by the amount of noise exhibited by genes in that category; within each major category, subcategories are colored relative to the average amount of noise exhibited by all genes in the major category. ", "The color indicates the probability of the null hypothesis (that genes in a given subcategory have the same level of noise as genes in other subcategories; two-sided Wilcox rank sum test). ", "Two stars indicates that the subcategory exhibits a significantly higher or lower level of noise than other subcategories after correcting for multiple comparisons; one star indicates that the subcategory exhibits a higher or lower level of noise with p\\<0.05. ", "Regulation is the only major functional category that exhibits higher noise, although this result is of only marginal significance.](pgen.1002443.g003){#pgen-1002443-g003}\n\n10.1371/journal.pgen.1002443.t001\n\n###### Sigma factors and transcription factors associated with genes exhibiting low or high levels of expression noise.", "\n\n![](", "pgen.1002443.t001){#pgen-1002443-t001-1}\n\n Transcription factor Number of target genes Noise level p-value (two-sided Wilcox rank test)\n ---------------------- ------------------------ ------------- --------------------------------------\n MetJ 10 low 0.0016\n σ32 64 low 0.0052\n CpxR 18 low 0.011\n ArgR 16 low 0.017\n NarP 6 high 0.039\n TrpR 6 high 0.029\n GadX 10 high 0.027\n Fnr 71 high 0.015\n Hns 43 high 0.0099\n GadW 5 high 0.0089\n NarL 19 high 0.0086\n IhfA/B 48 high 0.007\n σ38 85 high 6.7e-7\n\nWe analyzed all factors listed in RegulonDB that regulate five or more targets (6 sigma factors and 43 transcription factors in total). ", "All factors with p-values less than 0.05 (uncorrected for multiple tests) are shown.", "\n\nParticularly high levels of noise are primarily found in genes involved in two functional groups: energy metabolism of carbon sources (e.g. glycolysis, the pentose phosphate shunt, fermentation, aerobic respiration), and in adaptation to stress (osmotic pressure, temperature extremes, starvation response, pH response, desiccation, and mechanical, nutritional, or oxidative stress). ", "Finally, promoters with binding sites for σ38 (control of starvation and stationary phase genes) exhibit higher levels of noise than promoters containing binding sites for other sigma factors; several transcription factors were also associated with higher noise levels ([Table 1](#pgen-1002443-t001){ref-type=\"table\"}).", "\n\nAs the above analysis implied that high levels of noise are not simply a consequence of having high expression plasticity, the differences in noise between categories is consistent with differential selection (although other factors may also be responsible). ", "For example, one possibility is that some genes exhibit high levels of noise due to an absence of selection (such that drift dominates the evolutionary process), in contrast to the majority of genes in the genome. ", "A second possibility is these genes have experienced selection for high levels of noise. ", "Variation in resource utilization between cells can sometimes increase the growth rate of clonal populations [@pgen.1002443-Acar1], [@pgen.1002443-Thattai1] by promoting the utilization of carbon sources that become newly available. ", "Similarly, noise in genes involved in adaptation to stress could allow genotypes to persist under conditions where stressors appear quickly [@pgen.1002443-Kussell1], [@pgen.1002443-Booth1], [@pgen.1002443-Sumner1]. ", "Alternatively, genes with high noise may also be constrained in their ability to evolve lower noise due to trade-offs with other functions that we have not measured. ", "These results thus generate explicit and testable hypotheses about the possible adaptive functions of increased noise in gene expression.", "\n\nProtein expression noise is controlled through both transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms {#s2g}\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nOur focus until now has been on how the nucleotide sequence of a promoter alone controls phenotypic noise in a plasmid-based context. ", "Noise at the level of protein is possibly controlled through additional mechanisms acting at the post-transcriptional level. ", "To include these mechanisms into our analysis, we used data from a recent study that measured variation in protein numbers between cells for a large number of the protein coding genes in *E. coli* [@pgen.1002443-Taniguchi1]. ", "This study was based on translational fusions of protein coding genes with YFP in the native chromosomal context. ", "Using approximately 1\\'000 of these constructs, the authors used microscopy to measure the mean and variation in protein number per cell. ", "This study thus provides us with information on the sum of intrinsic and extrinsic noise that occurs through both transcriptional and post-transcriptional processes.", "\n\nUsing this dataset, we quantified protein expression noise in an analogous manner as for our data, removing genes with very low expression levels and correcting for mean protein expression level. ", "Again, this decouples mean protein expression level from variation in protein expression. ", "We find a significant but weak correlation between protein noise in this dataset and gene expression noise in our own (Spearman\\'s rho = 0.12, p = 0.02, n = 334). ", "A primary reason for this low correlation may be that the noise in protein expression was measured during late exponential phase, while we measured during early exponential phase growth (see [Text S1](#pgen.1002443.s009){ref-type=\"supplementary-material\"}). ", "We find that, similar to the pattern observed for promoter-mediated noise, essential and conserved genes have low protein expression noise (Wilcox rank sum, p = 3e-4, n = 116 essential genes; Spearman\\'s rho = −0.21, p = 7.0e-9, n = 645 non-essential genes). ", "Using variation alone as a metric of noise, without the correction for mean expression level, gives the opposite result: essential genes have significantly higher levels of variation [@pgen.1002443-Taniguchi1], as they are expressed at higher levels, and variation is strongly positively correlated with mean expression. ", "Finally, corroborating the lack of correlation between promoter-mediated noise and expression plasticity, protein expression noise and plasticity exhibit no significant correlation (rho = 0.052, p = 0.16, n = 724).", "\n\nWe find that post-transcriptional processes play a role in controlling protein expression noise: genes with high protein expression noise have slightly higher rates of translation initiation (Spearman\\'s rho = 0.17, p = 3.3e-6, n = 730; computational predictions of ribosomal initiation rates from [@pgen.1002443-Salis1], [@pgen.1002443-Salis2], and slightly longer mRNA half-lives [@pgen.1002443-Bernstein1] (Spearman\\'s rho = 0.15, p = 4.4e-5, n = 689). ", "This is consistent with the idea that intrinsic noise in post-transcriptional mechanisms has a significant effect on total noise, as theoretical models have suggested [@pgen.1002443-Ozbudak1], [@pgen.1002443-McAdams1]--[@pgen.1002443-Thattai2]. ", "However, the extent to which the cell actually employs these mechanisms has remained unknown. ", "The data here suggest that these mechanisms affect the noise levels of many genes in *E. coli*. ", "If this association has occurred through selection, this implies that although these mechanisms are quite costly for the cell [@pgen.1002443-Rao1], the advantage of controlling intrinsic noise outweighs the energetic costs that it imposes.", "\n\nDiscussion {#s3}\n==========\n\nWe have shown here that by using a simple plasmid based system that different promoters consistently confer different levels of phenotypic noise. ", "In particular, we find that functionally important genes have promoters that confer lower levels of gene expression noise, and certain functional categories are enriched or depleted for promoters that confer high noise. ", "The noise metric we use accounts for mean expression level, so these patterns are not due to differences in expression levels between essential and non-essential genes, or to characteristics related indirectly to expression level (for example, systematic differences in cellular stress levels due to GFP). ", "Furthermore, these noise characteristics appear to extend across different growth conditions, as promoter-mediated noise is similar during growth in non-stressful (arabinose and glucose) and stressful (low-levels of antibiotic) conditions (see [Figure S3](#pgen.1002443.s003){ref-type=\"supplementary-material\"}).", "\n\nWe have excluded several confounding factors from the association between noise and functional importance, including the age of the gene and the association with expression plasticity. ", "The lack of association between promoter sequence and expression plasticity is surprising, given the strong relationship that has been observed in yeast [@pgen.1002443-Newman1], and that promoter sequence is a strong determinant of transcript level (see [Text S1](#pgen.1002443.s009){ref-type=\"supplementary-material\"}). ", "The low noise of promoters of functionally important genes is consistent with the hypothesis that natural selection acts to control against variation in proteins that are important for cellular functioning [@pgen.1002443-Wang1]. ", "However, it is important to emphasize that we cannot exclude other factors being responsible for this pattern.", "\n\nWe cannot yet determine the level at which the effects of promoter-mediated noise control extend to the protein level. ", "Processes downstream from transcription may have significant effects on noise, and might sometimes overwhelm the effects arising on the transcriptional level. ", "The association that we find between promoter-mediated noise and protein noise suggests that in many cases, transcriptional noise does correspond with the noise observed further downstream. ", "However, we cannot say how strong this association is for all genes.", "\n\nAs our noise metric largely excludes both intrinsic noise and global extrinsic noise, these results suggest that promoter-mediated noise is systematically reduced in functionally important genes through gene-specific mechanisms. ", "Thus, it seems that the regulatory inputs for these promoters have evolved to minimize noise. ", "This has been shown previously for single regulatory networks [@pgen.1002443-Alon1]; here we show that it also appears to occur for many different genes. ", "In addition to promoter-mediated control of noise, we find that proteins that exhibit low levels of noise have short mRNA half-lives and low rates of translation initiation. ", "Although previous work has shown that variation in expression is strongly positively associated with mean expression level [@pgen.1002443-Taniguchi1], the data here show that these two characters can be uncoupled, so that transcriptional noise can be controlled independently of the mean, and that this uncoupling is stronger for some types of genes (those that are functionally important) than others.", "\n\nAlthough it has been hypothesized previously that functionally important genes have been selected to exhibit low levels of noise [@pgen.1002443-Batada1], it has been difficult to unambiguously show this. ", "In particular, it has been difficult to separate the effects of expression plasticity and low noise, as all previous studies connecting noise and functional importance have been in yeast, where this association is quite strong [@pgen.1002443-Newman1]--[@pgen.1002443-Lehner2] (see [Text S1](#pgen.1002443.s009){ref-type=\"supplementary-material\"}). ", "The data shown here provide evidence that in *E. coli*, these two characteristics are unconnected.", "\n\nIn eukaryotes, one of the dominant regulatory mechanisms associated with transcriptionally noisy genes is chromatin structure (noisy genes tend to contain TATA boxes and are frequently regulated by SAGA [@pgen.1002443-Blake2], [@pgen.1002443-Newman1], [@pgen.1002443-Tirosh1]). ", "A corollary of this is that in yeast there is a strong association between noise and expression plasticity, as dynamically regulated genes are often associated with chromatin remodeling factors. ", "Much of this noise is thought to arise because of the two step process inherent in eukaryotic transcription, in which initial access to the DNA occurs through relaxation of histone binding, followed by transcription factor and polymerase binding [@pgen.1002443-Kaern1]. ", "Homologous mechanisms do not exist in bacterial systems; this may fundamentally affect the correlation between noise and expression plasticity. ", "Despite these mechanistic differences, we do find a significant positive correlation between the promoter-mediated noise in *E. coli* genes and protein expression noise in their *S. cerevisiae* orthologues (rho = 0.31, p = 0.015, n = 60; [Figure 4](#pgen-1002443-g004){ref-type=\"fig\"}). ", "Thus, although these organisms might differ in the mechanisms affecting gene expression noise, genes of similar function do exhibit similar levels of noise. ", "However, protein expression noise, as calculated from [@pgen.1002443-Taniguchi1] exhibits no correlation with gene expression noise in *S. cerevisiae*.", "\n\n![*", "E. coli* and yeast orthologues have similar noise levels.\\\nOrthologues in *S. cerevisiae* were determined through a reciprocal best-hit analysis for all the genes in *E. coli*. ", "The number of reciprocal best-hit orthologues depended on the e-value cut-off that was set; this plot shows all orthologues with an e-value lower than e-35 (rho = 0.31, p = 0.015, n = 60). ", "The data on yeast noise are from [@pgen.1002443-Newman1]; noise values for both *S. cerevisiae* and *E. coli* have been scaled such that the mean is zero and the standard deviation in noise is one.](pgen.1002443.g004){#pgen-1002443-g004}\n\nThe data presented here show that: (1) For many genes, the promoter region of a gene controls noise in a consistent manner; (2) Functionally important genes are controlled such that noise is decreased; (3) The lower noise observed in functionally important genes does not appear to result from these genes having been present in the genome for a longer period of time; (4) There is no correlation between the noise conferred by a promoter and the expression plasticity of mRNA expression that is controlled through that promoter. ", "In particular, this latter observation implies that there may be fundamental differences between the mechanisms giving rise to phenotypic noise in bacterial versus eukaryotic systems.", "\n\nMethods {#s4}\n=======\n\nStrains {#s4a}\n-------\n\nAll strains have been described previously [@pgen.1002443-Zaslaver1]. ", "Briefly, each strain in the library contains a plasmid with a 'promoter region' cloned upstream of a fast-folding GFP. ", "These promoter regions consist of an intergenic region, together with 50--150 bp of the upstream and downstream genes. ", "The inclusion of part of the upstream and downstream open reading frames ensures that the majority of transcriptional control elements are contained in the construct. ", "The library contains all K12 intergenic regions longer than 40 bp. ", "We note that although the system is plasmid based, copy-number variation is relatively low. ", "The plasmid contains an SC101 replication origin, for which segregation is tightly controlled [@pgen.1002443-Peterson1]. ", "For this reason variation in plasmid number per cell is expected to be less than under a binomial distribution, although variation in plasmid numbers will contribute additional extrinsic noise.", "\n\nThe strains with chromosomal integrations of the promoter-GFP fusions have been described previously [@pgen.1002443-Bollenbach1]. ", "Briefly, the promoter-GFP fusions were cloned and inserted into the attTn7 locus using a delivery plasmid containing a multiple cloning site surrounded by the terminal repeats of Tn7 [@pgen.1002443-McKenzie1].", "\n\nGrowth conditions, sample preparation, and flow cytometry {#s4b}\n---------------------------------------------------------\n\nAll strains were grown in minimal media (M9) supplemented with 0.2% arabinose. ", "Overnight cultures grown in same media were diluted 1∶500 and allowed to grow to mid-exponential phase at 37°C, shaken at 200 rpm. ", "The cells were incubated with Syto red 62 (Molecular Probes) to stain the chromosome. ", "The filters used for cytometry were 488/530+/−15 for GFP and 633/660+/−10 for the nucleic acid staining. ", "In calculating the repeatability of the noise metric ([Figure S3](#pgen.1002443.s003){ref-type=\"supplementary-material\"}), two additional growth conditions were used: M9 supplemented with 0.2% glucose, and M9 supplemented with 0.2% glucose and 2.5 ng/ml ciprofloxacin.", "\n\nFiltering of data {#s4c}\n-----------------\n\nThe data were collected from a culture containing cells in different physiological states and quality. ", "To minimize heterogeneity driven by these processes, we selected a small subset of cells with minimal CV. ", "For the majority of promoters, the CV of the population was minimized between 5,000 and 10,000 cells, although gating had only a minimal effect on CV, decreasing it by 10--20% at most. ", "Larger values than this generally contained cells of differing size and complexity, affecting the variance in fluorescence; smaller values contained too few cells to be a reliable indicator of the population. ", "Thus, for all promoters, fluorescence data for 100,000 cells was collected and this data was subsequently filtered so that the fluorescence data from only 10,000 cells were analyzed further. ", "These data were exported into text files and analyzed using the R statistical framework [@pgen.1002443-R1] (the raw data is available at <http://mara.unibas.ch/silander.html>).", "\n\nThe filtering process occurred in one of two ways. ", "For the majority of the analysis, it occurred as follows: (1) the first 1000 acquisition events were excluded to minimize inaccuracies in fluorescence measurements resulting from sample crossover and initial inaccuracies in measurements that we observed; (2) extreme outliers (all cells with red fluorescence values below ten and GFP values of one or less) were removed; (3) to enrich for cells in similar physiological states and stages of the cell cycle, for each promoter, a kernel density was fitted to the log red fluorescence data (indicative of the amount of nucleic acid in the cell), with Gaussian smoothing in which the density was estimated at 512 points using the method of Silverman for bandwidth selection [@pgen.1002443-Silverman1]. ", "The maximum value of this kernel density was determined, and 10,000 cells were selected from a symmetrical interval around this peak (see [Dataset S2](#pgen.1002443.s011){ref-type=\"supplementary-material\"} for simplified code). ", "This number of cells minimized the variation in GFP signal due to external influences ([Figure S2](#pgen.1002443.s002){ref-type=\"supplementary-material\"}), while still allowing us to sample a large number of cells. ", "The mean, median, and standard deviation for this population of cells were then calculated.", "\n\nFor secondary confirmation of previous measurements, events were filtered on the basis of FSC and SSC alone: (1) again, the first 1000 acquisition events were excluded; (2) extreme outliers (all cells with SSC, FSC or GFP values of one or less) were removed; (3) a bivariate normal was fit to the log FSC and log SSC values, and values outside of two standard deviations were removed (cellular debris); (4) to enrich for cells in similar physiological states and stages of the cell cycle, a 2 d kernel density was fitted to the FSC and SSC data. ", "The maximum value of this kernel density was determined, and 10,000 cells were selected from an elliptical gate around this point, oriented by the covariance between FSC and SSC ([Figure S1](#pgen.1002443.s001){ref-type=\"supplementary-material\"}). ", "This gating was performed using the flowCore package [@pgen.1002443-Hahne1]. ", "Again, the mean, median, and standard deviation for this population of cells were calculated.", "\n\nSeveral promoters gave rise to distributions that appeared to be either bimodal or have extremely high variances. ", "The promoters having the highest CV (\\>0.6), and all promoters exhibiting a bimodal expression pattern were reanalyzed by restreaking for single colonies and measuring fluorescence a second time. ", "We found that for all promoters exhibiting bimodal patterns, the bimodality disappeared upon restreaking to obtain a single clone; a previous analysis of protein levels in *E. coli* cells confirms the rarity of bimodal distributions [@pgen.1002443-Taniguchi1]. ", "We thus concluded that the bimodal distributions were likely due to contamination from a second promoter construct. ", "For this reason, these promoters were removed the analysis. ", "Three samples were removed from the analysis, one on the basis of abnormal DNA staining, and two due to small sample sizes.", "\n\nWe calculated a 95% confidence interval around the mean fluorescence of the empty vectors (containing gfp, but no promoter), and excluded all promoters with a mean fluorescence less than this range from the analysis (below 2.26 fluorescence units). ", "There is thus only a 2.5% chance that the GFP signal for any promoter included in the analysis is due to only to autofluorescence.", "\n\nMeasuring variation in mRNA expression within a population {#s4d}\n----------------------------------------------------------\n\nOur goal was to define a consistent metric of noise in mRNA expression that enabled comparison of genes with different mean expression levels (in other words, to decouple mean from variation in expression). ", "We thus followed a method similar to that outlined by Newman et al. [", "@pgen.1002443-Newman1], in which noise is defined as the deviation from a sliding window of the median expression level versus the CV for each promoter. ", "To more robustly estimate the deviation, we defined noise as the vertical deviation from a smoothed spline (6 degrees of freedom) that covered a running median of mean log expression versus CV of log expression (window of 15 data points); a smoothed spline is not subject to the small deviations that a running median is ([Figure 1F](#pgen-1002443-g001){ref-type=\"fig\"}). ", "For simplicity, we refer to this deviation as noise in gene expression, or noise. ", "We note that noise is homoscedastic across expression levels: mean expression level versus noise or the absolute value of noise gives no significant regression. ", "This is not the case for two related metrics of noise based on vertical deviation from a smooth spline: if log mean expression versus CV of expression or mean log expression versus standard deviation of log expression are used, both result in highly expressed genes having extreme levels of noise (either very high or very low) ([Figure 1B, 1C, 1E](#pgen-1002443-g001){ref-type=\"fig\"}). ", "In contrast, for the metric of noise we use, genes having very high expression are not more likely to have extreme levels of noise. ", "In addition, there is no significant correlation of noise with mean expression level (rho = −0.035, p = 0.17, n = 1522). ", "Lastly, our results are robust when using similar noise metrics (e.g. vertical deviation from the running median, Euclidean distance from the smoothed spline, or if different spline fits are used; see [Text S1](#pgen.1002443.s009){ref-type=\"supplementary-material\"}). ", "The noise metric is a highly reliable measure; for separate measurements of two independent cultures grown in different growth media yields a Spearman\\'s rho value of 0.58 (p\\<1e-120; [Figure S3](#pgen.1002443.s003){ref-type=\"supplementary-material\"}).", "\n\nGene essentiality and growth phenotypes {#s4e}\n---------------------------------------\n\nData on gene essentiality was taken from the PEC dataset [@pgen.1002443-Kato1]. ", "Promoters were considered essential if they drove the expression of an essential gene or an operon containing an essential gene. ", "For conservation, only the immediate downstream gene was taken into account.", "\n\nGene conservation and horizontal transfer {#s4f}\n-----------------------------------------\n\nUsing data from Ragan et al. (", "2006), for each gene that appeared to have experienced horizontal transfer, we used the median value of the estimated phyletic depth at which the horizontal transfer occurred. ", "We then selected those genes that had been acquired after the divergence of *E. coli* from *Haemophilus* (220 genes), *Buchnera* (170 genes), or *E. coli* CFT073 (42 genes), and used these sets to calculate the relationship in recently transferred genes between noise and gene conservation.", "\n\nWe calculated gene conservation using a reciprocal shortest distance strategy [@pgen.1002443-Wall1] to search for putative orthologues of *E. coli* genes in 105 fully sequenced gamma-proteobacteria or 58 alpha-proteobacteria [@pgen.1002443-Silander1]. ", "We considered genes present in at least 30 out of 58 (\\>50%) fully sequenced alpha-proteobacterial taxa to have been acquired before the *E. coli* -- alpha-proteobacteria divergence.", "\n\nEnrichment of functional classes for high or low noise promoters {#s4g}\n----------------------------------------------------------------\n\nPromoters were grouped by functional class according to the gene annotations for the immediate downstream gene, as outlined in MultiFun [@pgen.1002443-Serres1] into eight major categories: metabolism, information transfer, regulation, transport, cell process, cell structure, cellular location, and extra-chromosomal element; each major category contained up to eight subcategories. ", "To test for the enrichment of low or high noise genes, for each major category, each subcategory was tested against the remaining genes in that major category for enrichment of promoters with higher or lower noise using a Wilcox rank sum test.", "\n\nmRNA abundances, half-lives, and expression ratios {#s4h}\n--------------------------------------------------\n\nData on relative mRNA abundances and half-lives were taken from [@pgen.1002443-Bernstein1]. ", "Data on relative mRNA expression levels (i.e. expression ratios) for 240 different conditions were taken from the *E. coli* Gene Expression Database (<http://genexpdb.ou.edu/>). ", "These conditions were also grouped using hierarchical clustering into 18 clusters in which expression ratios were similar using the Lance-Williams formula as implemented by *hclust* in the R statistical package.", "\n\nOperon structure and sigma factor binding sites {#s4i}\n-----------------------------------------------\n\nData on both operon structure and the binding sites of sigma factors was taken from RegulonDB (<http://regulondb.ccg.unam.mx/>).", "\n\nNoise in yeast orthologues {#s4j}\n--------------------------\n\nOrthologous genes in yeast were identified using a reciprocal best-hit analysis, with varying e-value cut-offs. ", "The significance of the correlation, although low, is robust to changes in the stringency of the e-value cut-off (we note that as the stringency of this cutoff is increased, the number of orthologues decreases, necessarily decreasing the significance: e-20: rho = 0.2, p = 0.07; e-30: rho = 0.28, p = 0.02; e-40: rho = 0.26, p = 0.06; e-50: rho = 0.25, p = 0.11).", "\n\nStatistical analyses {#s4k}\n--------------------\n\nUnless otherwise specified, all categorical comparisons were performed using a non-parametric two-sided Wilcox rank sum test and all reported correlations are non-parametric Spearman rank correlations. ", "The p-values for the Spearman rank correlations were calculated using the default settings of the cor.test() function in R, which uses an asymptotic *t* approximation.", "\n\nSupporting Information {#s5}\n======================\n\n###### \n\nGating methodology for FSC and SSC. ", "Data for 100,000 cells was collected. ", "From these cells, a subset of approximately 10,000 cells were selected from an elliptical gate (red) centered on the densest area of cells.", "\n\n(PDF)\n\n###### \n\nClick here for additional data file.", "\n\n###### \n\nRepeatability of flow cytometry measurements of mean and standard deviation in gene expression. ", "A. Repeatability of measurements of mean expression. ", "Shown are measurements of two full biological replicates for 92 promoters measured using different settings on different flow cytometry machines in different laboratories, and with different filtering methods (red; r^2^ = 0.912) or on the same machine with the same settings and filtering methodology (black; r^2^ = 0.998). ", "B. Repeatability of measurements of standard deviation in gene expression. ", "Conditions and colors are identical to those in A. r^2^ = 0.509 and 0.922 for different and identical flow cytometry machines, respectively.", "\n\n(PDF)\n\n###### \n\nClick here for additional data file.", "\n\n###### \n\nRepeatability of noise metric across growth conditions. ", "Shown are two conditions of growth and the measured noise levels for all genes exhibiting mean fluorescence above background levels. ", "The metric is highly consistent (rho = 0.58; p\\<1e-120).", "\n\n(PDF)\n\n###### \n\nClick here for additional data file.", "\n\n###### \n\nPlasmid and chromosomally integrated promoters exhibit similar mean and variation in expression. ", "We measured mean log expression and the coefficient of variation in expression for nine promoter-*gfp* fusions that were chromosomally integrated at the *attTn7* site and compared this to those found for the plasmid-based system. ", "We found that the chromosomally integrated constructs exhibited good correlations with the plasmid-based system (rho = 0.85, p = 0.006; rho = 0.77, p = 0.016 for mean (left panel) and CV (right panel), respectively). ", "We would expect there to be changes in either the mean or variation in expression if titration of transcription factors in the plasmid-based system had a large effect on regulation. ", "It does not appear that this is the case. ", "Although the chromosomal CV of *slp* appears smaller than when on the plasmid, some of this difference is likely due to the difficulty in accurately measuring the chromosomal CV for *slp*, as the fluorescence level is only slightly above the background fluorescence.", "\n\n(PDF)\n\n###### \n\nClick here for additional data file.", "\n\n###### \n\nFull scatter plot of the relationship between gene conservation of non-essential genes and noise. ", "The conservation level of 1334 non-essential genes is plotted against the phenotypic noise observed for each gene. ", "As noted in the main text, this relationship is highly significant (Spearman\\'s rho = −0.20, p = 4.75e-13). ", "A non-parametric regression line fit using Thiel\\'s incomplete method [@pgen.1002443-Thiel1] is shown in red.", "\n\n(PDF)\n\n###### \n\nClick here for additional data file.", "\n\n###### \n\nConserved genes exhibit lower levels of noise. ", "Four genes are shown as examples: *bhsA* (stress resistance), *glgS* (carbohydrate metabolism), *dnaK* (heat shock), and *lon* (protein degradation). *", "bhsA* and *glgS* both exhibit relatively high levels of noise, and are less well conserved; *dnaK* and *lon* exhibit low levels of noise and are almost perfectly conserved across gamma-proteobacteria.", "\n\n(PDF)\n\n###### \n\nClick here for additional data file.", "\n\n###### \n\nBroad differences in gene expression noise between functional categories does not drive the negative correlation between gene conservation and noise. ", "For each functional class containing more than 30 non-essential genes, the Spearman correlation between gene conservation and noise was calculated. ", "The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of non-essential protein coding genes in that subcategory. ", "For some subcategories, there is little variation in either conservation or noise; thus the correlation is not always strong. ", "However, in nearly all cases, the correlation remains negative; those subcategories with p\\<0.05 are shaded in grey.", "\n\n(PDF)\n\n###### \n\nClick here for additional data file.", "\n\n###### \n\nThere is no relationship between standard deviation in gene expression across environments and noise in expression. ", "Promoters were binned according to the observed standard deviation in gene expression across environments. ", "Regardless of whether or how binning was performed, no significant relationship between the standard deviation in gene expression across environments and the level of noise in expression could be found. ", "This contrasts strongly with previous results from previous studies in yeast.", "\n\n(PDF)\n\n###### \n\nClick here for additional data file.", "\n\n###### \n\nSupplementary information containing further details of the analysis and discussion.", "\n\n(DOC)\n\n###### \n\nClick here for additional data file.", "\n\n###### \n\nMean, median, standard deviation, and noise values for each promoter. ", "The first column lists the name of the downstream gene; the next four columns list the mean and standard deviation of the fluorescence values for the log-transformed and original data, respectively. ", "The sixth column lists the noise statistic for each gene.", "\n\n(XLS)\n\n###### \n\nClick here for additional data file.", "\n\n###### \n\nSimplified code (in R) that was used to process the raw FACS data.", "\n\n\\(R\\)\n\n###### \n\nClick here for additional data file.", "\n\nWe thank T. Bollenbach for sharing bacterial strains, R. Beiko for sharing data on horizontal transfer, E. van Nimwegen for valuable discussions, and three reviewers for helpful comments on the manuscript.", "\n\nThe authors have declared that no competing interests exist.", "\n\nOKS, NN, and MA were supported by a grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation to MA. ", "OKS was additionally supported by an Ambizione fellowship from the Swiss National Foundation. ", "The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.", "\n\n[^1]: Conceived and designed the experiments: OKS NN MA AZ. ", "Performed the experiments: OKS NN AZ AB IK. ", "Analyzed the data: OKS NN MA. ", "Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AZ AB IK UA. ", "Wrote the paper: OKS NN MA.", "\n" ]
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[ "Introduction\n============\n\nBurn traumas are among the most devastating condition worldwide. ", "In the developing countries, burns constitute a major health problem due to high incidence of severe complications and limitation of financial resources.^[@B1],[@B2]^ Despite advancements in burn care during the past decades, treatment of patients with extensive burns remains a major challenge.^[@B3]^ Wide variation in age, injury type, depth and site of burn are observed among burn victims.^[@B4],[@B5]^ Clinical surveys found lower mortality after non thermal accidents among females compared with males.^[@B6]^\n\nDifferent complications, morbidity, and mortality rate are the key motives for studying the difference between burns of the upper and lower body parts.^[@B7]^ The results of this study may lead to a different approach in burn injuries of the upper and lower body parts.^[@B8]^\n\nTo date, few clinical studies have focused on outcome following burn injury with respect to the age, gender and burned body parts. ", "In the absence of reliable literature survey, several years of practical experience in a referral burn center have shown significant differences between the upper and lower extremity burns. ", "We investigate some of these differences and their possible influences on the upper and lower body parts burns. ", "The age, sex, outcome, prognosis, and complications of the burn patients and mortality related to the site of burns were evaluated in this study.", "\n\nMaterials and Methods\n=====================\n\nA retrospective survey was designed to study mainly hospital stay period and mortality rate of patients who were admitted during November 2005 to December 2006. ", "The formula for comparison of proportions was used to determine the sample size, in which the mortality rate in the upper extremity group of a pilot sample considered as P=15%, d=10% (as effect size), α=0.05 and β=0.80. ", "Finally, the sample size of 250 was determined.", "\n\n$$n = \\frac{\\left( {{Z}_{1 - \\frac{\\alpha}{2}}\\sqrt{2\\overline{P⁡}\\left( {1 - \\overline{P⁡}} \\right)} + {Z}_{1 - \\beta}\\sqrt{{P}_{1}\\left( {1 - {P}_{1}} \\right) + {P}_{2}\\left( {1 - {P}_{2}} \\right)}} \\right)^{2}}{{d}^{2}}$$\n\nAmong the 465 patients with both upper and lower body part burns admitted to Ghotbedin Burn Center, 283 patients fulfilled the inclusion criteria. ", "Patients were divided into two groups, namely \"upper group\" (larger than 65% TBSA above the belt line) and \"lower group\" (larger than 65% of TBSA below the belt line). ", "TBSA was calculated according to the Berkow diagram. ", "A burn physician assisted with the survey and registered the desired data of each group daily. ", "A comparison between these groups was done with respect to variables such as mortality, hospital stay period, sex, age group, and mean TBSA.", "\n\nThe exclusion criteria in this study were comorbidities such as diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, and having inhalation burn injury.", "\n\nInitially, the mortality rate, hospital stay period, and TBSA were studied in male/female group and in upper/lower group separately. ", "Then the male upper/lower group and female upper/lower group were compared. ", "Statistical analysis was done by utilizing SPSS software version 15.0 in addition to Mann-Whitney test and chi-square statistical tests. ", "The statistical significance level of P value was set at 0.05.", "\n\nResults\n=======\n\nAmong the 283 patients, 163 (57.6 %) were male and 120 (42.4%) were female. ", "The mean age was 25.8±6.8 with no significant difference in the male and female groups (P=0.57). ", "The mean burned TBSA was 31.4±8.3 and there was no significant difference between men and women (P=0.46). ", "The hospital stay in the female group was more than male (P\\<0.001) ([table 1](#T1){ref-type=\"table\"}). ", "Considering all previously mentioned variables, the only significant factors related to mortality were sex and TBSA. ", "The mortality rate among female patients was significantly higher than the male ones (25% vs. 15.3%, \\[OR=1.84 (95% CI: 1.02-3.31)\\], P=0.04). ", "Higher TBSA was also significantly associated with more mortality rate (P\\<0.001).", "\n\n###### \n\nComparison of continuous variables between men and women burn patients\n\n **Variables** **Men (n=163)** **Women (n=120)** **P value\\*** \n --------------------- ----------------- ------------------- --------------- ----------------- ---------\n Age (year) 25.9±6.3 25 (15-42) 25.7±7.3 25 (15-45) 0.57\n Hospital stay (day) 17.4±14.6 13 (1-86) 24.9±18 19.5 (1-80) \\<0.001\n Burned TBSA (%) 31.1±8.2 30 (18-50) 31.8±8.5 30.75 (16-48.5) 0.46\n\n\\*Mann-Whitney test were used\n\n*Upper versus Lower Body Part Burn Results*\n\nThe patients were divided into upper and lower body parts burn groups. ", "No statistical significance was found except for the days of hospital stay in the upper and lower groups which was significantly higher in patients with lower extremity burn \\[Med=22 (range: 1-86) vs. Med=14 (range: 1-80), P=0.013\\]. ", "Comparison between the upper and lower body parts in female and male revealed that only in the male group the hospital stay period was significantly different ([table 2](#T2){ref-type=\"table\"}).", "\n\n###### \n\nComparison of continuous variables between upper and lower extremity burn patients\n\n -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n **                     Group**\\ **Variables** **Upper** **Lower** **P value\\*** \n \\ \n **Sex** \n --------------------------------- --------------- ---------------- ------------- --------------- -------------- -------\n Male Age (years) 26.37±6.48 25 (15-40) 24.82±6.02 24 (15-42) 0.202\n\n Hospital Stay (days) 14.35±11.06 12 (1-74) 26.92±19.61 24 (1-86) \\<0.001 \n\n Burned TBSA (%) 30.31±7.94 28 (18-50) 33.62±8.64 34 (20-49) 0.033 \n\n Female Age (years) 26.02±7.24 25 (15-45) 25.00±7.79 24.5 (15-43) 0.393\n\n Hospital Stay (days) 25.35±17.33 21 (1-80) 23.84±20.07 18 (3-80) 0.378 \n\n Burned TBSA (%) 32.62±8.55 31.5 (20-48.5) 29.84±8.20 28 (16-45) 0.113 \n -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\\*Mann-Whitney test were used\n\n*Female versus Male Group Results*\n\nThe mortality rate and the site of burn were compared in the male and female groups separately. ", "The male upper group showed to have the least mortality in comparison with the other three groups (13%).", "\n\nDiscussion\n==========\n\nIt is commonly accepted that there are regional variations between different parts of the body skin and the reaction of different sites to burn wounds are dissimilar. ", "For instance, patients with burn wounds of the lower parts of the body develop more and more edema and deep vein thrombosis (DVT).^[@B9]^ The lower extremity burns tend to have more complications and long-term disabilities. ", "Edema, which is very common in the leg and foot burns, delays the process of wound healing and postpones grafting time.^[@B10]^ The risk of developing deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in patients with lower extremity burns can be a major cause of death in such patients.^[@B7]^\n\nThis might explain the results of our study regarding prolonged hospital stay period in patients with lower extremity burns (P=0.013).", "\n\nWhile our study showed a less mortality rate in upper body part burns of the male group (13% vs. 22.5%), the mortality rate of upper body part burns in the female group was slightly higher in comparison with the lower body part burns (25.3% vs. 24.2%). ", "This might be due to different features in the skin of the lower part of a female's body, which is more susceptible to complications and mortality. ", "Further studies should be carried out to evaluate and confirm such postulation.", "\n\nMultiple studies have shown several differences in the skin features of each gender, and susceptibility of each gender to skin cancers and skin inflammation.^[@B11]^ Previous studies have shown that gender would influence the thickness of the different layers of skin. ", "For instance, the subcutaneous adipose tissue and the epidermis are thicker (more than 10-fold) in women and conversely the dermis layer is thicker in men.^[@B12]^\n\nThe subcutaneous adipose tissue has less vascular supply in comparison with the other layers of the skin. ", "Neovascularization (originating from vessels of fascia and forming a vascular network on the surface of subcutaneous adipose tissue) is a marker for proper grafting time. ", "Having thicker adipose tissue in females is directly associated with taking longer time for grafting. ", "This can explain a longer hospital stay period and subsequent complications such as infections, sepsis and mortality in the female group in our study.", "\n\nIn animal studies, female mice were observed to have a higher morbidity than males, following burn, in both survival and immune function.^[@B13]^ Recent laboratory studies have shown that immune responses differ between male and female human genders. ", "It is believed that sex hormones regulate immunity that may lead to differences in immune cell activation, infiltration, and cytokine formation during and after injury between the genders.^[@B13]^\n\nOn the other hand, burn causes a rise in estrogen levels in female mice, where levels of estrogen in burned male mice reach low levels.^[@B14]^ McGwin et al. ", "stated that up to 60 years of age, mortality rates among females were over twice that of males; however, no difference was noted among those of 60 years of age or older. ", "Causes and timing of death were similar for both males and females. ", "Compared to males, women younger than 60 years of age with burn injuries seem to be more susceptible to death.^[@B6]^ O'Keefe et al. ", "have identified an increased mortality risk in women of 30 to 59 years of age.^[@B15]^\n\nLonger hospital stay period that was observed in the female group can cause several complications such as malnutrition, infection, and sepsis. ", "These could be considered as another cause of higher mortality rates in the female group of our study.", "\n\nThe skin has enzymes that transform sex hormones such as dehydroepiandrosterone into their more potent forms (dihydrotestosterone). ", "This changes the collagen content of the skin differently in male and female.^[@B16]^ Actually, collagen is the main support for the skin resistance and there is a direct and definite relationship between dermal thickness and skin collagen contents.^[@B16]^ This means more dermal thickness and a better blood supply in males, which could be another cause of shorter wound healing process in the male group of this study.", "\n\nConclusion\n==========\n\nFemale gender is a risk factor for developing higher mortality rate. ", "Complications and mortality rate are significantly higher in the lower body compared with the upper body in male patients.", "\n\n**Conflict of Interest:** None declared.", "\n" ]
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[ "Q:\n\n«Нераскрываемое дело» — слитно или раздельно?", "\n\nСлитно или раздельно с не пишется слово нераскрываемое в словосочетании нераскрываемое дело? ", "Противопоставления в предложении нет, поэтому я считаю, что слитно, но у другого человека возникли сомнения.", "\n\nA:\n\nИз словаря современного жаргона российских политиков и журналистов (А. Моченов):\nвисяк (глухарь) — в СМИ термин заимствован из милицейского сленга. ", "Обозначает бесперспективное, нераскрываемое дело (как правило, убийство). ", " \nРаскрываемый — страдательное причастие (наст. ", "вр. ", "от раскрывать); нераскрываемый — причастие полное, пояснительных слов и противопоставления нет.", "\nВы правы — пишем слитно. ", " \nЧастица не с причастиями \n\"Нераскрываемые преступления\" (книга); нераскрываемый шифр; Странная элегия вполне может иметь какой-то нераскрываемый аллегорический смысл (И. М. Гилилов). ", " \n\n" ]
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[ "Background\n==========\n\nEchocardiographic tissue Doppler or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measurements of early diastolic mitral annular velocity with other appropriate parameters are frequently used as a non-invasive diagnostic tool of diastolic dysfunction. ", "Previously published global approach utilizing normalized left ventricular (LV) torsion shear angle volume loop ( *φ_hat V_hat* loop) was proposed to provide a new global description of LV diastolic function. ", "The purpose of this study was to evaluate the discriminant power of these non-invasive parameters in identifying elevated LV end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP) (i.e. LVEDP≥15ml) and provide a non-invasive index to predict elevated LVEDP.", "\n\nMethods\n=======\n\nA group of 23 patients with LV ejection fraction≥50% without acute infarct undergoing cardiac catheterization that did not undergo percutaneous coronary intervention were studied using high-fidelity pressure measurement. ", "Echocardiogram with flow and tissue Doppler quantification was performed on the same date of cardiac catheterization for all participants. ", "Cine and tagged cardiac MRI were performed on all subjects, followed by comprehensive volumetric and strain analysis. ", "The database consisted of five parameters collected from all subjects: torsion hysteresis area (THA), peak -d*φ_hat*/d*V_hat* at early diastole, MRI derived E/A~MRI~, echocardiographic derived E/A and E/e\\'. ", "Stepwise variable selection was applied to select parameters with significance level of leave out and stay in equal to 0.15. ", "A logistic regression classifier was used to construct the non-invasive index for identifying elevated LVEDP based on the selected parameters. ", "The classifier\\'s prediction performance was analyzed using a Receiver-Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve and expressed as its sensitivity, specificity, accuracy and area under the curve (AUC).", "\n\nResults\n=======\n\nAmong all parameters, peak -d*φ_hat*/d*V_hat* at early diastole, has the highest chi-square score of 2.45 (p=0.12), indicating it as the best discriminator compared with others. ", "All other variables had chi-square score\\<1 and p value\\>0.4. ", "Stepwise selection chose peak peak -d*φ_hat*/d*V_hat* at early diastole, at early diastole, THA and echo measured E/A to construct the logistic regression model (Table [1](#T1){ref-type=\"table\"}, Figure [1](#F1){ref-type=\"fig\"}). ", "The model predicted elevated LVEDP with sensitivity of 93%, specificity of 89%, accuracy of 91%, and AUC of 0.94 (Figure [1](#F1){ref-type=\"fig\"}).", "\n\n###### \n\nSummary of stepwise selection\n\n Step Variable Degrees of Freedom Number In Chi-Square Score Wald Chi-Square P value \n ------ ------------------------- -------------------- ----------- ------------------ ----------------- --------- --------\n 1 Peak -dφ_hat/dV_hat 1 1 2.45 0.1174\n \n 2 Torsion Hysteresis Area 1 2 5.32 0.0211\n \n 3 E/A 1 3 5.08 0.0242\n \n 4 Mean E/e\\' 1 4 2.66 0.1031\n \n 5 Mean E/e\\' 1 3 1.29 0.2552\n\n![", "ROC curves for all model building steps. ", "Step 0 contains only the intercept; step 1 selects peak -dφ_hat/dV_hat at early diastole in the model; step 2 adds torsion hysteresis area into the model; step 3 adds E/A ratio into the model while step 4 adds mean E/e\\' into the model. ", "The Wald chi-square statistics determines to remove mean E/e\\'. ", "The final model therefore contains parameters peak -dφ_hat/dV_hat at early diastole, torsion hysteresis area and E/A.](1532-429X-17-S1-Q24-1){#F1}\n\nConclusions\n===========\n\nMRI derived global parameter peak -d*φ_hat*/d*V_hat* at early diastole was the best discriminator compared with other non-invasive measures in identifying elevated LVEDP. ", "Moreover, by combining THA, peak -d*φ_hat*/d*V_hat* at early diastole and echo measured E/A through stepwise selection, the logistic regression model can identify LVEDP≥15ml with great accuracy, indicating that these parameters are determined by different factors and together, they are able to predict diastolic dysfunction non-invasively.", "\n\nFunding\n=======\n\nNIH NHLBI R01-HL104018.", "\n" ]
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[ "The City of Hillsboro now provides free Wi-Fi in the downtown area.", "\n\nThe new system, announced at last night’s city council meeting, is called “HiHillsboro WiFi.” ", "That name doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue, but it’s free Wi-Fi so who cares?", "\n\nCity Manager Michael Brown presented the effort as a way to help revitalize downtown. ", "The range is fairly extensive, as you can see below:\n\nThe network can handle 2,500 simultaneous users by the Civic Center Plaza and 500 in other spots, according to city officials. ", "There’s one big catch: coverage isn’t 24/7. ", "Wi-Fi is only offered between 6am and 9pm, daily.", "\n\nShute Park will get coverage by next summer, according to city officials. ", "Hopefully more areas will be added as the city rolls out municipal fiber in the coming years.", "\n\nRead more" ]
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[ "Take a deep Breath and follow the Echo Dive into a hostile, alien world and explore the sea 4000 feet below the oceans surface. ", "Take a seat in a DSM-V Mark 4 submarine and find the blackbox of Saratogas sister ship, the Lexington. ", "Are you up to this task, commander?", "\n\nAbout this Experience Deep Echo was created by Raffaele Picca as a VR Experience for the Oculus Rift DK2. ", "Planned as a playable game, this is the first step into this big project. ", "The music, composed and produced exclusively by Raffaele Du Marteau, gives this Experience a strong atmosphere.", "\n\nControls SPACE - Reset orientation ENTER - Start Demo 1 - 5 Number Keys - Change Quality Setting V - Enable/Disable VSync\n\nVersion Info 0.23 - Update 2 VSync option added\n\nMore optimisations for better framerate\n\n0.2 - Update 1 Massively improved performance Much sharper image in the DK2 Quality Settings introduced Some bug fixes (cave explosion timing) New HUD element Level updated with more details and elements 0.1 - First release, known bugs: - crashes randomly in rare occasions. ", "While the Experience already offers a good experience, it is still worked on giving it more polishing, especially in the last quarter. ", "Also the performance is a big problem, I am working on getting the best out of the engine, but there is still some room to get more out of it" ]
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[ "Amerikanischer Blick auf Deutschland Unterwegs mit dem Journalisten Andrew Curry\n\nVon Christina Rubarth\n\nDer Journalist Andrew Curry. (", "Foto: Caroline Marti)\n\nDer US-Journalist Andrew Curry lebt seit zehn Jahren in Deutschland und schreibt für amerikanische Magazine. ", "Curry berichtet über Deutschland und Europa - wie betrachtet ein US-Amerikaner die Verhältnisse hierzulande?", "\n\nDer Weltsaal im Auswärtigen Amt. ", "Kristallleuchter an der Decke, holzvertäfelte Wände. ", "Hunderte Zuhörer. ", "Vorne am Rednerpult steht Elizabeth Blackburn, Nobelpreisträgerin. ", "Die in Australien geborene Molekularbiologin referiert zu ihrem Forschungsgebiet, zum Altwerden. ", "In einer der hinteren Reihen sitzt Andrew Curry, ein sehr großer, dünner Mann, Ende 30, im schlichten grauen Anzug und Brille, arbeitet an seinem nächsten Interview. ", "Am Nachmittag wird er persönlich mit der Nobelpreisträgerin sprechen. ", "Einer seiner Aufträge für das Jahrbuch des World Health Summit 2016.", "\n\nKaffeepause. ", "Zeit zum Netzwerken mit Experten. ", "Andrew Curry ist Wissenschaftsjournalist, geboren Ende 1976 in Kalifornien. ", "Er arbeitet selbständig für verschiedene Auftraggeber, darunter National Geographic oder die New York Times.", "\n\nHöhere Lebensqualität\n\n\"In die USA als Freier es ist viel zu teuer, Berlin ist ein bisschen günstiger. ", "Ich kann meiner Neugier folgen und ganz ganz viele verschiedene Projekte machen. ", "Letzte Woche war ich in Jena für ein Konferenz über Archäologie im Regenwald und nächste Woche fliege ich nach der Slowakei für ein Radsportgeschichte.\"", "\n\nAls freier Journalist ist es in Deutschland nicht nur günstiger, sondern auch einfacher als in den USA, sagt er. ", "Die Lebensqualität insgesamt sei höher. ", "Auch Dank der KSK – der Künstlersozialkasse, über die sich Selbständige vor allem krankenversichern können.", "\n\n\"Inzwischen hat Obamacare vielleicht viel geändert, aber ich weiß von Freunden in den USA, dass es schon viel teurer noch als in Deutschland und man kriegt weniger dafür.\"", "\n\nAndrew Curry muss weiter – zum nächsten Vortrag, Zitate filtern für das Jahrbuch. ", "Wieder nimmt er weiter hinten im Saal Platz. ", "Über ein Fulbright-Stipendium kam er vor elf Jahren nach Deutschland – und blieb.", "\n\n\"...dann das wäre das Letzte...aber pünktlich um 6 Uhr fahre ich los. ", "dann Tschüss.\"", "\n\nKurze Wege, guter Nahverkehr\n\nEr will den Zug nicht verpassen, der ihn nach Leipzig zu seiner Familie bringt. ", "Was er in Deutschland auch schätzt: die Bahn, die ihn überall hinfährt, die kurzen Wege.", "\n\n\"Die Deutschen meckern über die Deutsche Bahn aber ich finde es so toll im Vergleich mit was wir haben in die USA wo eine 6-stündige Autofahrt ist total normal. ", "Ja, und deshalb kann ich auch etwas in Polen, oder Slowakei oder London viel einfacher machen als wenn ich in die USA lebte.\"", "\n\nUnd: Seine deutschen Arbeitgeber, sagt er, respektieren Freizeit mehr als seine amerikanischen.", "\n\n\n\n\"Feierabend ist Feierabend. ", "Und in die USA, Arbeitgeber wollen sofort eine Antwort. ", "Ich hab manchmals E-Mails gekriegt um 7 Uhr abends von Jemanden in die USA: Können Sie uns eine Geschichte innerhalb von 24 Stunden bereit haben? ", "Und ich bin so eingedeutscht jetzt und ich antworte sofort: \"Nein\".", "\n\nAndrew hat noch ein paar Minuten Zeit, bevor das Interview mit Elizabeth Blackburn ansteht. ", "Er öffnet seinen sportlichen, grünen Rucksack, zieht einen aufgerissenen Umschlag heraus: Seine Unterlagen für die bevorstehende US-Wahl. ", "Da stehen nicht nur Hillary Clinton und Donald Trump drauf, sondern es gibt auch Wahlmöglichkeiten zu zig anderen Posten und Themen.", "\n\n\"Es ist ganz wichtig in Kalifornien, dass jede – nicht jede aber viele Einzelsachen müssen entschieden werden beim Wahl, also Zigarettensteuern. ", "Was noch? ", "Pornofilme, Gesundheitsbedingungen, Todesstrafe...\"\n\nKindergeld vom Staat\n\nStatt eines Kreuzes muss Andrew Curry jeweils zwei Linien miteinander verbinden, um zu wählen. ", "Bei Wahlen in Deutschland – egal ob kommunal oder für den Bundestag – darf er aber nicht mitbestimmen. ", "Das, sagt er, findet er ein bisschen schade. ", "Aber in Anspruch genommen hat auch er etwas vom deutschen Staat: Kindergeld für seinen kleinen Sohn – und Elterngeld.", "\n\n\"Für amerikanische Verhältnisse unvorstellbar: Der deutsche Staat hat mir als freiberuflicher Journalist ein Einkommen gegeben. ", "Und Freunde von mir in die USA waren total neidisch.\"", "\n\nKurz vor 14 Uhr. ", "Ein bisschen nervös ist er, verrät Andrew Curry, gleich trifft er auf die Nobelpreisträgerin. ", "Er stellt die Stühle im Interviewbereich in Position, legt sein Aufnahmegerät auf den kleinen Glastisch, daneben ein Glas, eine Flasche Wasser. ", "Und tauscht sein blaues Einstecktuch mit kleinen weißen Punkten gegen einen zweiten Kugelschreiber. ", "Sicher ist sicher.", "\n\n\"Just take some pictures while we're talking.\" – \"", "All right...\"" ]
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[ "Q:\n\nCreate COMException from HRESULT\n\nHow do one create a COMException given a HRESULT?", "\nI have P/Invoke:ed a win32-method which returns a HRESULT.", "\nIf it returns failure I wish to throw a COMException, with the standard error-text.", "\nHow should I do that?", "\n\nthrow new COMException(null, hResult)\nCOMException e = new COMException;\ne.HResult = hResult;\nthrow e;\n\nOr should I use some other method?", "\n\nA:\n\nYou should use Marshal.", "GetExceptionForHR() if you only want to get the exception, or Marshal.", "ThrowExceptionForHR() if want to throw it too.", "\n\n" ]
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[ "The emerging roles of adiponectin in female reproductive system-associated disorders and pregnancy.", "\nAdiponectin, the most abundant adipose-released cytokine, has an important role in metabolism, primarily through reducing insulin resistance. ", "Reproductive functions are known to be influenced by energy balance and adiponectin may be involved in the underlying mechanisms connecting reproduction and metabolism. ", "Interestingly, adiponectin has been shown to exert actions in the female reproductive system, including the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis and the endometrium. ", "The peripheral effects of this adipocytokine are mediated mainly via 2 receptors, AdipoR1 and AdipoR2. ", "The expression of these receptors has been reported in the brain, ovaries, endometrium, and the placenta. ", "Thus, adiponectin may influence fertility and pregnancy. ", "Furthermore, adiponectin concentrations and effects have been assessed in some pregnancy-associated disorders and gynecological conditions. ", "The findings may lead to the use of adiponectin or its receptors as therapeutic targets in novel treatment strategies of these disorders." ]
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[ "Newcastle Customs House\n\nThe Newcastle Customs House is a heritage listed building located on the corner of Bond and Watt Street in Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia. ", "The building was designed in the Italianate Renaissance Revival style by New South Wales Colonial Architect, James Barnet, in 1877, with a wing added in matching materials in 1899 under the direction of Walter Liberty Vernon. ", " It now operates as the Customs House Hotel.", "\n\n History \nFrom the later 1820s free traders were operating in the Newcastle harbour, primarily shipping coal and later wool and cedar. ", "The first Customs Officer-cum-Pilot came to Newcastle in 1827 and is believed to have operated from a cottage on a sandbank somewhere in the Hunter River. ", "A succession of temporary buildings were used to house the Customs Official in the following years including the old Sessions House in Church Street (from 1839) and the Miners Arms Inn in Market Square. ", "None were satisfactory.", "\n\nIn 1846 Newcastle was declared a free port and a despatch conveying this information stated that local authorities were, 'to take the necessary Measures for promulgating the said order in the usual and most authoritative manner...'\n\nIn the same year Mr W. A. Scott's property, Newcastle House, was let to the government for use as a Customs House. ", "This property stood on the south-eastern corner of Pacific Street and what later became Scott Street.", "\n\nThe supplementary estimates for the year contained an amount, one thousand pounds, for the erection of a purpose built building but it was some years before one was built.", "\n\nPrior to the erection of the current Customs House there was considerable local agitation for a new building, the increase in shipping having placed great demands on the inadequate temporary facilities. ", "During the later 1860s six thousand pounds was placed on the estimates for the purpose of building a new Customs House and tenders were called but nothing came of the move.", "\n\nImmediately prior to the erection and subsequent occupation of the present Customs House, the Customs Department was located on the second floor of Dibb's, Thorne and Company's building situated on the corner of Scott and Bolton Streets. ", "This building has since been demolished and replaced by the South British Insurance Company building.", "\n\nA description from early 1874 of this temporary Customs House highlighted the need for a new building.", "\n\nIn January 1871 an announcement in the Maitland Mercury stated that erection of the new Custom House was underway by contractor, Mr Fox. ", "The contract had been taken at 7,000 pounds and the building was to be completed within fifteen months from the time of signing the document. ", "It is obvious, however, that the builder did not meet his obligations.", "\n\nIn 1873 new tenders were being called for erection of the Custom House. ", "These were repeated in May 1874. ", "By July 1874 a tender by Messrs Jennings and Pallister had been accepted. ", "By October 1874 the contractors had enclosed the ground preparatory to erection of the new building. ", "The site selected, and eventually built upon, may have been different to that originally selected as Sutherland had intimated in his parliamentary address. ", "However, an anonymous letter to the Public Works Department in 1874 referred to the \"quicksand bottom\" of the new site which prevented establishment of a secure foundation. ", "This appears to have been discounted by the authorities and the construction programme commenced as planned. ", "The same letter also makes mention of an allocation of 15,000 pounds for the work but this has not been verified from any other source.", "\n\nThe original plans for the building no longer survive, however, these were retraced in 1932. ", "The only outbuildings indicated were the WCs immediately behind the building. ", "By the end of the financial year in 1874 1,100 pounds had been spent in construction, of an estimated total of 13,200 pounds.", "\n\nIn October 1876 the last stone was laid in the building and the contractors celebrated by holding a small party on the site, toasting each other and various other officials. ", "The Union Jack and Ensign were hoisted to the top of the building.", "\n\nThe near completion of the Custom House was cause for one local newspaper to describe in considerable detail the building.", "\n\nAlthough celebrations had been held for the final stone laying in 1876 the building was not completed until the following year. ", "In January 1877 it was reported that the English and German ensigns had been raised on the spire of the Custom House. ", "Between March and April 1877 the time ball was placed in position\n\nBy April 1877, however, many people were wondering why the new building, to all extents finished and habitable, had not been occupied. ", "Finally, in November 1877, the new building opened for business, the barque \"Jane Spiers\" being the first vessel cleared from it.", "\n\nAt the end of 1877 a further 5,060 pounds, fifteen shillings and seven pence had been spent on constructing the building, 700 pounds, twelve shillings and nine pence on the furniture and 500 pounds on constructing the time ball.", "\n\nAlthough the Customs House was officially opened in 1877 it may be seen that for a number of years after this, small additions and some fundamental items were made and added to the building. ", "After this a period of what appears to have been a \"settling in' occurred during which only minor repairs are recorded as having occurred.", "\n\nIn June 1878 tenders were let for construction of a dwarf wall around the site. ", "In 1880 the dwarf wall and railing were finally finished at a total expenditure of 874 pounds.", "\n\nDuring 1884 proposals were put forward for landscaping the grounds of the building although it seems likely that all of these, particularly the planting, did not occur.", "\n\nIn 1897 the decision to add an additional wing to the Custom House was made when a Royal Commission investigated management of the Hunter Board and recommended a piece of Crown land in this location be used as the site of the new offices. ", "It was estimated a new building could be built for 4000 pounds. ", "By the end of 1899 the new building was completed.", "\n\nBy 1915 the Hunter District Water and Sewerage Board had acquired new offices and vacated the Custom House wing.", "\n\nIn 1924 the clock was recommissioned.", "\n\nDuring 1956 a major refurbishment was carried out.", "\n\nIn January 1959 a fire in the roof severely damaged that section and the two floors of the building. ", "The damage was originally estimated at 10,000 pounds but had been re-evaluated by April 1959 at 13,000 pounds. ", "At that time tenders were called for laying new slates.", "\n\nIn 1960 the building gained a new tenant when the Department of Works took over a substantial section of the upper floor. ", "As a result, alterations, repairs and a thorough repainting of the area was carried out prior to the department moving in.", "\n\nDuring 1962 the building again underwent a major refurbishing, mainly repainting. ", "At the beginning of this year the main office, counter and scat backs in the public space, Nautical and Ships Surveyor's office, Superintendent's Office, Engineer and Ship Surveyor's office and Examination Room were all cleaned down and repainted.", "\n\nIt was not until 1963 that the roof was retiled with terra-cotta tiles. ", "In 1968 a restoration process was carried out on the external stonework. ", "This was achieved by removing the eroded sand and replacing it with a similarly coloured mixture of sand and a hard setting resin.", "\n\nDuring 1968 the building was first classified by the National Trust of Australia (NSW). ", "In 1970 a report was prepared on the condition of the previously treated external stonework. ", "It was found to be \"in a bad way\". ", "In the same report was the first indictment of the work in the previous years, which had damaged its integrity.", "\n\nThis appears to have had little effect because the works scheduled for 1971 included items such as the continued \"renovation\" of external stonework using the same compound, renovation of brickwork, replacement of timber gates on Watt Street with cyclone chain wire and replacement of the existing garage doors with aluminium shutters.", "\n\nThe growing awareness of the historical value of the building was highlighted in 1976 by celebrations marking its centenary. ", "Customs officials re-enacted the original party held in the building to celebrate the final stone-laying and the media highlighted the building. ", "In the same year a number of enquiries were made regarding historical facets of the building such as its clock.", "\n\nIn 1978 repairs included general maintenance as well as repainting the stairwell and staircase of the cast wing, miscellaneous rooms, Long Room and lower ground floor rear entrance lobby. ", "In the same year concerns were expressed about the potential damage caused by blasting for harbour deepening.", "\n\nDuring 1979 tests were carried out on the earlier stonework and brickwork restoration which was found to \"have failed in almost all areas of application\" and at the end of the year there were requests to restore the external brick and stone work.", "\n\nDuring 1980 the first steps were taken towards establishing a schedule that would be sympathetic towards the historic value of the building. ", "An inspection led to the recommendation that a management plan be prepared. ", "In addition, investigations were to be carried out to determine how to remove the earlier bonding materials on the external masonry.", "\n\nDuring 1981 work commenced on restoring the external stone and brickwork. ", "The general maintenance works of 1983 included repainting the ground floor of the entrance lobby in an \"original scheme\", reinstatement of the original entrance and lobby doors and the clock tower hand rail and new light fittings for the entrance lobbies and hallways to the ground floor. ", "The 1985 repair and maintenance programme recommended replacement of deteriorating terra-cotta tiles with Welsh slates and reinstatement of the iron palisade fence. ", "More money was allocated for interior \"restoration\". ", "There was also considerable debate and correspondence over restoring the time ball. ", "The Company of Master Mariners' offered to restore it as a bicentenary project.", "\n\nIn December 1989 the Customs House suffered considerable damage during the 1989 Newcastle earthquake. ", "Between 1990 and 1994 remediation works were carried out and substantial conservation works recommended in the 1987 Conservation Plan.", "\n\nThe drawings for works to Newcastle Customs House by the Department of Administrative Services for earthquake repair and reinforcement works included:\n reconstruction of earthquake damaged chimneys and reinforcement by filling flues with cement;\n steel bracing of the first and ground floor ceilings; &\n reinforcement of the tower with reinforced cement render\n\nThe Department of Administrative Services drawings for conservation and reconstruction works documented the following:\n internal demolition works including the demolition of many intrusive counters, cupboards and internal partitions;\n capping off and disconnecting existing extraneous plumbing and services demolition of part of the later toilet block behind the southern verandah demolition of the outbuildings located on the eastern section of the site;\n reconstruction of the eastern verandah, balustrade and stairs including windows in the western wall;\n a comprehensive stone repair, epoxy patching and replacement program reinstatement of original profile cornices, skirtings and architraves;\n new pendant lighting;\n new panelled doors to original details;\n revision of telephone, electrical, plumbing and fire services;\n new slate roof to the main wings and verandah;\n new copper gutters and downpipes;\n new paint scheme for exterior building elements;\n removal of ' the concrete paving from the stone on the southern verandah removal of some trees from the western side of the main building;\n new palisade fencing to existing stone columns and plinth wall; &\n new exposed aggregate paving to the site\n\nIn 1995, substantial alterations were carried out to convert it for use as a licensed cafe and function venue.", "\n\nIn 2018, the building is known as the Customs House Hotel. ", "The hotel comprises a restaurant and bar on the lower level and a function room on the upper level.", "\n\n Description \nThe building is in the Italianate Renaissance Revival Style, characteristic of much of the work of James Barnet. ", "Although the building evolved through two major construction phases the style of the north facing original wing has been faithfully carried through into the rear wing by the later architects under the direction of Government Architect W.L. Vernon. ", "The result is completely harmonious and serves as an example of the right way to add to a building of high architectural distinction.", "\n\nIt is generally a two-storey masonry building planned along an elongated cast west axis. ", "The building is terminated by a tower at the western end and by a slightly projecting bay at the eastern end of the front elevation.", "\n\nThe building is constructed of dark cream brickwork with a battered sandstone plinth approximately two metres high, sandstone string course and projecting sandstone eaves brackets. ", "The windows to the main street facing facades have carved stone reveals and are surmounted by semi-circular arches of alternating cream and black fire bricks. ", "The windows of the \"lesser\" facades, facing into the rear courtyard have simple brick reveals and segmented sandstone arches and stone sills.", "\n\nThe western end has a clock tower, lantern and time ball, one of three examples in Australia that are relatively intact. ", "The time ball would fall at 1 PM everyday until World War II in which it was stopped to hide it from the enemy. ", "The building has two floors and a basement area. ", "\n\nThe building comprises two floor levels and a basement area under the eastern end of the main building.", "\n\nThe ground floor area consists of a bar area, dining rooms, kitchen, gaming room and toilets. ", "The first floor consists of conference rooms, bar areas, toilets and function rooms.", "\n\nIn the northern wing most of the internal spaces retain elements of the first phase of construction. ", "Cedar window and door joinery survives as well as architraves and skirtings.", "\n\nIn the main ground floor rooms and public spaces the plaster ceilings and cornices remain relatively intact and at first floor level these elements generally have been reinstated during more recent restoration works.", "\n\nThe ground floor timbers were inspected from the underfloor space and were found to be intact. ", "The upper floor timbers may be assumed to be intact judging from the unchanged state of the plaster ceilings below. ", "Some modification of the upper floor boards would have occurred to enable installation of modern plumbing and electrical services.", "\n\nThe stair in the base of the tower is a winding cantilevered stone type with a very fine cedar handrail. ", "The stair in the eastern end of the north wing is timber with plaster soffit, also having a cedar handrail.", "\n\nIn the rear wing the joinery and plaster details are different, being characteristic of the style at the turn of the century. ", "The architraves and skirtings from this period are identified as Type 2 and the windows as Types 3 and 4 on the west and south facades and Types 5 and 6 on the east facade. ", "The stair in this section is timber with a cedar handrail exhibiting a high standard of craftsmanship. ", "Many of the ceilings to the rooms of the building have been restored to their original detail in the works undertaken between 1987 and 1999.", "\n\nMost of the rooms have been repainted following a researched colour scheme. ", "It is understood that the colours revealed by paint scrapings were modified to provide this scheme. ", "Evidence of the original colours can be found on a section of the ground floor wall in the eastern stair lobby.", "\n\nMany of the timber veneer and glass partitions dating from the later part of phase Ill described in the 1987 Plan have been removed and the original fabric has been restored.", "\n\nMany of the original panelled doors on the upper floor of the building have been returned or restored.", "\n\nOriginal/early features of the interior include:\n original room layout of the building;\n original plaster ceiling roses and intact original cornices;\n painted rendered plaster walls and original wall vents;\n timber framed floor structure and timber floor boards;\n timber skirtings and architraves;\n original timber doors and windows;\n timber staircases with original stairs, balusters and posts; &\n location of fireplaces.", "\n\nThe physical condition of the building was reported as good as at 24 July 2000.", "\n\n Heritage listing \nThe Newcastle Customs House is historically, aesthetically, socially and scientifically significant as a public building designed by Colonial Architect James Barnet for the collection of customs duties. ", "It represents a significant landmark in Newcastle with its distinctive Italianate Renaissance Revival design. ", "The Customs House is an important element in the townscape of Newcastle and contributes strongly to the city's special sense of place. ", "The visual relationship to the harbour and the city is significant and symbolises the associational relationship of the Customs House to the maritime and commercial history of Newcastle.", "\n\nThe building demonstrates a process and function: the administration of Customs and Excise. ", "Areas in the building such as the Long Room are unique to the operation of Customs authorities (formerly at the upper level from 1877, and later at the south end ground level).", "\n\nThe architectural excellence of Barnet's original 1877 building, including external fabric and details, is largely intact. ", "The 1899 wing was added sensitively by adopting almost identical materials and details.", "\n\nNewcastle Customs House was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 14 July 2000 having satisfied the following criteria.", "The place is important in demonstrating the course, or pattern, of cultural or natural history in New South Wales.", "Newcastle Customs House has historic associations with the collection of customs duties in Newcastle in particular, and in New South Wales and Australia generally. ", "When Newcastle was declared a free port in 1846 an amount of money was set aside for a purpose built building to be used as Newcastle's Customs House. ", "The building was officially completed and opened in 1877 and has been continuously occupied since 1877. ", "Areas in the building such as the Long Room are unique to the operation of Customs authorities (formerly at the upper level from 1877, and at present at the south end ground level).", "\n\nThe building was designed by the Colonial Architect James Barnet, one of Australia's most distinguished architects. ", "Barnet designed it in the Italianate Renaissance Revival design with strong references to the Venetian Palazzo in the cantilevered bay windows of the north facade. ", "The Italian Renaissance Revival Style is characteristic of much of Bamet's work.", "\n\nAdditions to the building were administered by another significant Government Architect, W. L. Vernon. ", "Vernon carried the style of the original north facing wing through to the later rear wing. ", "This results in a completely harmonious extension of the original building.", "\n\nThe Newcastle Customs House is historically significant as a landmark which can be seen from across the harbour at Stockton and from vanous points within the city centre. ", "The visual relationship between Customs House and the harbour remains strong despite the effect of the reclamation of land to the north.", "\n\nThe time ball and clock are historically significant because they exhibit technical achievements of the late 19th century. ", "The Time Ball has very strong associational value through its important function as an essential device for accurate navigation. ", "It is one of the three examples of this rare type of late nineteenth century technology in Australia remaining almost intact.", "The place is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in New South Wales.", "Since its original construction, the Customs House building has represented a landmark with its Italianate Renaissance Revival style of architecture, dark cream brickwork and sandstone construction and its distinctive tower topped with the clock, lantern and time ball. ", "Much of the fabric of the original 1877 Barnet building and the early 1899 Vemon wing represents a style of building and some methods of construction which are no longer used.", "\n\nThe visual relationship to the harbour and the city is significant and symbolises the associational relationship of the Customs House to the maritime and commercial history of Newcastle.", "\n\nThe building is an historic landmark. ", "It is an important element in the townscape and contributes strongly to the city's special sense of place.", "The place has strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group in New South Wales for social, cultural or spiritual reasons.", "The setting and fabric of the Customs House building is held in high esteem by the community of Newcastle. ", "The building is listed on major registers of places of heritage significance at local, state and federal levels. ", "The range and extent of the public's interest in Newcastle Customs House is likely to increase with better public education about the value of historic buildings as repositories of information about past design and construction practices.", "\n\nThe buildings and grounds have special cultural, social, aesthetic and educational values by virtue of links with present and past individuals, the community and the potential for research and education.", "\n\nThe Customs House has been a prominent feature of the landscape of the Newcastle foreshore for more that 130 years. ", "It provides tangible evidence of a process and function i.e. the administration of Customs and Excise. ", "Areas in the building such as the Long Room are unique to the operation of Customs authorities.", "\n\nThe buildings and grounds have special cultural, social, aesthetic and educational values by virtue of links with present and past individuals, the community and the potential for research and education.", "\n\nThe Customs House has been a prominent feature of the landscape of the Newcastle foreshore for more that 130 years. ", "It provides tangible evidence of a process and function Le the administration of Customs and Excise. ", "Areas in the building such as the Long Room are unique to the operation of Customs authorities.", "\n\nNewcastle Customs House provides a permanent link with the past and is significant to the past and present community's sense of place.", "The place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.", "The site retains very little above ground to illustrate the phases of development except for the Customs House building and the stone fence posts and reconstructed palisade fence. ", "The archaeological potential of the site is high. ", "There is a strong probability that traces of the convict stockade extend below the surface into the western section of the site. ", "Substantial archaeological evidence relating to the first and later W.C.s as well as other outbuildings is likely to be located in the central car park area.", "\n\nThe time ball and clock exhibit technical achievements of the late 19th century. ", "The Time Ball has very strong associational value through its important function as an essential device for accurate navigation. ", "The time ball is one of the three examples of this rare type of late nineteenth century technology in Australia remaining almost intact.", "The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.'''", "\n\nNewcastle Customs House is a rare example of a 19th-century building which has many of the original 1877 features and early 1899 features intact. ", "It is a rare example of a government complex designed by the Colonial Architect, James Barnet and additions administered by the Government Architect W L Vernon.", "\n\nReferences\n\nBibliography\n\nAttribution\n\nExternal links\n\nCategory:James Barnet buildings\nCategory:Victorian architecture in New South Wales\nCustoms House\nCategory:Customs houses in Australia\nCategory:Hotels in New South Wales\nCustoms House\nCategory:New South Wales State Heritage Register\nCategory:Walter Liberty Vernon buildings\nCategory:Articles incorporating text from the New South Wales State Heritage Register\nCategory:1877 establishments in Australia\nCategory:Buildings and structures completed in 1877" ]
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[ "Cows and robots: A match made in the dairy barn\n\nBy\nJohn Hollenhorst,\n|\nPosted - Aug 1st, 2016 @ 10:00am\n\nTRENTON, Cache County — If you're worried that machines will eventually take over the Earth, there's some bad news in northern Utah: Robots have taken over a dairy farm in Cache County.", "\n\nBut the good news is the cows don't seem to mind. ", "They've welcomed their new robot overlords.", "\n\n\"We're looking for cow comfort,\" said Tom Griffin of Circle T Dairy. \"", "What we're looking for is for the cows to be happy.\"", "\n\nAfter a year of getting used to the robots, he thinks the morale of the cows has improved.", "\n\nOne of the robots named Juno — which looks like a double-wide R2-D2 — has taken over a time-consuming task that used to be done by members of Griffin's extended family. ", "Every two hours, Juno travels through the barn sweeping feed toward the mouths of hungry cows.", "\n\n\"Its purpose is to constantly keep feed in front of the cows,\" Griffin said. \"", "It eliminates a job for an employee to have to go and push up feed.\"", "\n\nThe family that owns Circle T Dairy installed the robot systems a year ago, replacing some of their traditional dairy equipment. \"", "We went from the Flintstones to the Jetsons,\" Griffin said, referring to old TV shows about families in the distant past and in the far future.", "\n\nAs for the cows, they seem to get along just fine with Juno.", "\n\n\"I think it's a less stressful thing than having people there all the time, for sure,\" Griffin said. \"", "It does its job and does it very well.\"", "\n\nIf a cow develops an itchy back — something that evidently happens a lot — there's another robot to help with that. ", "The bovine back scratcher is a large roller brush that starts spinning on demand, whenever a cow pushes under it.", "\n\n\"All day long they love (having) their backs scratched,\" said dairy employee Trevor Egan.", "\n\nThe bovine back scratcher is a large roller brush that starts spinning on demand, whenever a cow pushes under it. (", "Photo: John Hollenhorst, Deseret News)\n\nHe said the robot roller helps the cows relax.", "\n\n\"I mean, you think about getting your back scratched. ", "You're absolutely relaxed when you get your back scratched,\" Egan said.", "\n\nThere's yet another robot to assist the cows in their most important business function: giving milk.", "\n\n\"Each cow comes in when they're ready,\" Griffin said.", "\n\nWhenever a cow feels the urge, she enters a narrow stall and sidles up to a robot named The Astronaut. ", "Its functions make it look like a cross between an automatic car wash and a giant vacuum. ", "A set of small rollers cleans the underside of the cow and then suction tubes latch on to the cow to collect the milk.", "\n\n\"They're completely relaxed,\" Griffin said. \"", "The cows go in to be milked all by themselves.\"", "\n\nHe said the cows seem to prefer to have a robot rather than a human tinkering under their bellies.", "\n\nA robot named Juno travels through the barn sweeping feed toward the mouths of hungry cows. (", "Photo: John Hollenhorst, Deseret News)\n\n\"It's a more comfortable atmosphere,\" he said. \"", "They just voluntarily come in. ", "They'll actually, at certain times of the day, they'll fight to get in there.\"", "\n\nEach cow has an electric tag attached to its neck, which is regularly detected and read by computers. ", "If Bossie comes in too often, the robot spurns her advances.", "\n\n\"Once it reads that tag,\" Griffin said, \"if she's in too frequently, the gate will just open. ", "The front gate opens up to kick her out.\" ", "The cow gets the message, Griffin said, to \"come back in a couple hours.\"", "\n\nOver the last year the cows have been happier and healthier, according to Circle T, and the robots are making state inspectors happier, too.", "\n\n\"The machines help monitor the flow of the milk coming out of the animals and into the food supply,\" said Larry Lewis of the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food. \"", "And so our inspectors will then monitor the system to make sure the diversion of impure milk is done properly.\"", "\n\nContented cows, it seems, make more milk. ", "The average cow in Circle T's barn is producing 16 extra pounds of milk per day, an improvement that's very good for the dairy's bottom line.", "\n\nThe cost of converting to robots can be as high as $1 million for a small- to medium-size dairy, according to Lewis. ", "But Circle T Dairy cut down that cost by having some of its own employees do much of the work upgrading the facilities.", "\n\nSo far, state officials say only three dairies in Utah have made the leap from the Flintstones to the Jetsons." ]
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[ "The present invention relates generally to a method of fabricating automotive driveshafts and more specifically, to a method of attaching metal end-fittings such as an automotive U-joint yoke and splined tube shaft to tubular shafts which rotate at speeds and transmit torque and axial forces such as when in use as a vehicle driveshaft.", "\nIn general, a vehicular driveshaft transmits torque from a transmission to an axle to drive selected wheels of a vehicle. ", "A driveshaft operates through changing relative angles between the transmission and the axle. ", "Furthermore, a driveshaft expands and contracts in response to road conditions when the vehicle is operated. ", "To accomplish these functions, driveshafts include well known universal joints and slip joints connected to driveshaft tubes.", "\nA driveshaft tube includes a hollow cylindrical portion of a desired length, oftentimes terminating at one end in a tube yoke. ", "The tube yoke includes a pair of opposed arms for receiving bearing cups mounted on trunnions of a cross. ", "The tube yoke, cross and bearing can be combined with an end yoke to form a universal joint. ", "The opposite end of the driveshaft tube can terminate in a splined tube shaft designed to receive an end yoke. ", "The opposite end of the driveshaft tube can also terminate in a second tube yoke. ", "Tube yokes and driveshaft tubes are conventionally formed from steel and are attached to the driveshaft tube by conventional welding processes.", "\nIn order to reduce vehicular weight, obtain smooth operation and improve fuel economy, driveshaft components have been formed from lighter materials such as aluminum. ", "Pure aluminum does not make driveshaft components of acceptable strength, but alloys of aluminum have adequate strength. ", "While aluminum alloys have been an acceptable material because of their strength and lighter weight, problems have been experienced using conventional welding techniques with such components. ", "For example, aluminum components have been weakened by heat generated and transferred to them during conventional welding.", "\nFor the attachment of end-fittings to metal tubes, many other techniques are available with varying degree of success. ", "Among these other methods are the use of pins, rivets, bolts, adhesives and such mechanical methods as splines, keyways, polygon matching shapes, shrink fits and press fits. ", "However, these attachment methods are not as economical as desired, particularly when applied to driveshafts of vehicles.", "\nIn use today, with limited success, is one recent innovation known under the trademark MAGNAFORM. ", "This technology employs a very high electromagnetic-induced force to swage aluminum tube onto a fitting, as is commonly used for non-driveshaft applications. ", "Unfortunately, the results of such a method for attaching end fittings to driveshaft tubes have been less than satisfactory. ", "Magnetic forming requires a non-circular, force-transmitting shape to transmit torque between two rotating parts. ", "Aluminum, which is typically used in driveshafts, is a notch sensitive material, and is subject to cracking where it is stressed by being deformed into shapes having relatively large contours. ", "Also, when torque is applied to the driveshaft in the vehicle, there is a small amount of slippage between the yoke and the driveshaft tube which produces a loud and irritating sound. ", "This has resulted in a large number of consumer complaints. ", "Besides that, magnetic pulse forming gives good mechanical strength results only as long as the torque is not too high. ", "But with a high level of torque, as measured with fatigue tests, the life of the driveshaft is reduced considerably.", "\nA large number of revisions have been made in order to attempt to solve those problems. ", "Unfortunately, all of these have been unsatisfactory. ", "There is therefore a need to provide a solution which permits the advantageous use of magnetic pulse fields for swaging a tube and the advantageous use of the welding process for joining the end-fitting and the aluminum driveshaft tube.", "\nA known prior art method of pressure welding is based on the use of interaction of magnetic fields, produced by an inductor through which an impulse of high intensity current is passed. ", "The parts to be welded are positioned in spaced relation at an angle therebetween and the method can be used for obtaining overlapping welded joints of thin-walled parts having different thickness and made from different materials without melting. ", "This is described in U.S. Pat. ", "No. ", "3,520,049, to Lysenko et al. ", "This method is referred to as Magnetic Pulse Welding (MPW) and has been used in particular to weld the end of nuclear fuel rods and has also found application in other contexts in which the diameters of the parts to be joined are small (about 25 mm) and tubes made from mechanical strength metal. ", "Diameters of parts to be welded can be larger (about 60 mm) if tubes are made from technically pure aluminum and have a wall thickness of about 1.5 mm.", "\nThe apparatus for MPW as used today in manufacturing has the same basic design as the apparatus for magnetic pulse forming. ", "The main parts of each apparatus are a capacitor bank, inductor and high current switching device. ", "The technological capability of conventional MPW apparatus is much less than what is necessary for magnetic pulse welding of driveshafts having tube diameter within the range of about 75 to 180 mm and wall thickness of 2 to 3 mm. ", "Further, conventional MPW apparatus is not capable of magnetic pulse welding of end fittings with driveshafts made from high-strength aluminum alloys like 6061T.\nAn improvement in welding tubular parts of large diameter using MPW is described by Yablochnikov in xe2x80x9cApparatus for MPW Large Diameter, Thin-Walled Pipesxe2x80x9d; Avt. ", "Svarka, 1983, No. ", "4 pp. ", "48-51, 58. ", "That apparatus, named the Arc Magnetic Pulse Equipment (AMPE) has two main features: first: using a special type of inductor and, second, using a special vacuum switch which has closely-spaced ring-like electrodes that are positioned close to the inductor. ", "Between the electrodes there are insulators and a metallic housing. ", "The contact surfaces of the insulators, the metallic housing and the electrodes are hermetically sealed to create a closed discharge chamber which is evacuated by a vacuum pump. ", "Due to those features and extra-low inductance of the system connection bus bars, AMPE has minimal loss of energy in the process of discharge.", "\nIn principle, AMPE should permit tubes as large as a driveshaft to be welded using MPW, but there appear four problems which must be solved before this technology can become valuable from a manufacturing point of view. ", "The first problem is the destruction and contamination of insulation elements of inductor by the powerful cumulative jet which flows axially along the welding surfaces (i.e., axially of the driveshaft tube) during the welding process. ", "This cumulative jet is produced in the process of collision welding of metal when the impact velocity is high enough. ", "The second problem is the low strength of the welding joint between high-strength aluminum alloy tubes and the end fitting if the latter is made from steel. ", "The third problem is the possibility of premature breakdown of the vacuum switch. ", "And the fourth problem is a long cycle time and resulting low productivity of AMPE. ", "The last two problems are connected and contradictory to each other.", "\nIn the process of MPW welding, the surfaces of metal approach each other at an angle and collide with high relative velocity. ", "The welding surfaces usually have oxide films and contaminants. ", "To get a strong joint or weld, it is necessary to clean this contamination from the welding surfaces. ", "In the process of MPW in the area where the surfaces collide with each other at high velocity, the cumulative jet includes material from the surface sheets and contaminants from the collision surfaces. ", "This material carried with the cumulative jet acts to clean the welding surfaces.", "\nThe cumulative jet has supersonic velocity and creates a loud sound like thunder if allowed to escape to the atmosphere. ", "If the cumulative jet is restrained, and reflected from obstacles such as the shoulder of the end fitting or the surfaces of tooling, and directed toward the insulation elements of inductor, then the cumulative jet can create problems. ", "In such a case, the insulation elements can be contaminated and can be destroyed within a short number (perhaps less than 100) of welding cycles. ", "Obviously this is unacceptable in a manufacturing process because breakdown of the inductor is possible.", "\nAs a result of the problems described above, welding using MPW has not yet been found to produce high quality welding joints between driveshaft tubes and end fittings if the driveshaft tubes are made from high-strength aluminum alloys like 6061 and any related temper, and the end fittings are made from middle carbonic steel like EMS-40. ", "The physical reason for this is not known yet. ", "But it is highly desirable in the manufacture of driveshafts to find a method to allow MPW of aluminum driveshaft tubes with split fitting because those fittings can only be made from steel.", "\nThe problem of eliminating the aforementioned self breakdown of the switch is a basic problem in the technique of high pulse current and strong magnetic fields. ", "This problem becomes especially complicated if the amplitude of the current achieves a level of one mega-ampere or more, if the energy of the pulse is 40 kilojoules or more, if the charge transfer is 10 coulombs or more, and if the frequency of pulses more than one per minute.", "\nAny high current switch must be able to withstand the working voltage of the capacitor bank without spontaneous breakdown. ", "The switch should also have low inductance and inherent resistance. ", "Further, the switch should have sufficient current throughput capacity, charge transfer and long service life. ", "Depending on the actual conditions, to these main requirements are added others such as ease of linkage with the other components of the discharge circuit, quiet running, and a sufficiently narrow interval between discharge cycles. ", "For magnetic pulse welding of a driveshaft, it is especially important to have such properties as a working switch with a narrow interval between discharge cycles and without spontaneous breakdownxe2x80x94contradictory requirements, especially for vacuum switches. ", "The reason for the first of these properties (narrow interval) is the necessity to achieve highly productive output for driveshaft. ", "The reason for the second (without spontaneous breakdown) is the impossibility of repairing the driveshaft in case of failure of the welding operation. ", "This is a critical difference between the processes of magnetic pulse forming and magnetic pulse welding. ", "The failure of the magnetic pulse forming operation can be corrected by using repetition of the discharge pulse. ", "But the failure of the magnetic pulse welding operation cannot be corrected by using repetition of the discharge pulse because the first pulse changes or eliminates the gap between the welded surfaces, the value of which is very critical for the success of the MPW process. ", "Failure of MPW results in an irrecoverably useless driveshaft tube. ", "It is obvious that a long service life is also necessary for MPW driveshaft under manufacturing conditions.", "\nFor welding driveshafts using MPW only two types of inductor can be used. ", "The first has a massive high-strength single-turn coil, the disadvantage of which is a gap between the leads, resulting in a nonuniform magnetic force field, and thereby providing a non-uniform weld. ", "The other, preferred type of inductor has high strength coil comprised of a number of generally flat, closely packed but spaced-apart, nearly circular or annular electrical conductor strips, as disclosed in U.S. Pat. ", "No. ", "4,129,846 to Yablochnikov. ", "This type of coil provides a uniformly azimuthal distribution of the magnetic field and is used in the conventional AMPE process. ", "To weld driveshafts using MPW, both types of inductors demand very high currents (1 to 2 mega amperes and higher) and a high energy of pulse (40 to 60 kilojoule and more).", "\nThe higher the amplitude of the current and the higher the energy of the pulse, the more complicated become the problems of switching that current\"\"s pulse. ", "This problem becomes more and more complicated if the pulse current must be repeated with short intervals, as is necessary in an economical manufacturing process. ", "The best results in switching the pulse current for a conventional AMPE process is a vacuum switch. ", "It provides 2.0 to 2.5 current discharges in a minute, but this is not enough for economical manufacturing of driveshafts. ", "The productivity must be at least 2 to 3 times higher.", "\nThe vacuum switch used in conventional AMPE has a gap between the electrodes of about 5 mm and is ready to switch if the residual pressure in the discharge chamber is lowered to about 10 to 20 Pascals. ", "In this area of physical characteristics, the voltage of self breakdown of the switch increases inversely proportionally to the value of the residual pressure within the chamber as the pressure is being reduced. ", "Unfortunately, this relation is true only if intervacuum surfaces of insulation elements are clean. ", "But in the process of each switching step, the conditions on these surfaces are changing. ", "High current discharge is accompanied by very intensive processes of electric erosion of electrodes and insulators. ", "The products of erosion include vapors and small drops of metal from the electrodes. ", "As a result of the deposition of these products of erosion on the elements of the vacuum switch, the switch is not capable of blocking the voltage developed across the capacitor bank if the charging starts too early.", "\nThe reason that it is difficult to maintain a switch at a high level of cleanliness to avoid premature discharge is as follows. ", "After each discharge of the stored energy from the capacitor bank, the gaseous mixture from the vacuum chamber of the switch is evacuated by the vacuum pump. ", "However, part of the metallic vapors and drops are deposited on surfaces of the insulators, and over time they form a coating on various insulating elements, and this consequently decreases the insulating properties. ", "A complete understanding of the sophisticated physical processes inside the discharge chambers of the vacuum switches is not known, especially when the amplitude of the current reaches millions of amperes. ", "But experiments found that a good vacuum in the discharge chamber is not sufficient by itself to prevent premature discharge.", "\nDuring a welding cycle, the time required for recovery of the insulation properties of the intervacuum insulation and the time for charging the capacitor bank takes 80 to 90 percent of the entire working cycle of AMPE, which is typically 25 to 30 seconds. ", "An additional disadvantage of the AMPE is that there is no guarantee that each cycle will work properly because a self breakdown is possible. ", "A known solution to the problems of productivity and reliability of AMPE consists of separating the capacitor bank from the discharge circuit by means of special disconnectors after each switching during the time of pumping of the discharge chamber, and also measuring the breakdown voltage between electrodes. ", "The processes of pumping the chamber and charging the capacitor bank can take place simultaneously. ", "After achieving the breakdown and charging the voltages as necessary, the disconnectors are closed and switching can be done. ", "The disadvantages of this solution are the sophisticated and large size required for the disconnectors. ", "Also, a special hydraulic system controlled by the disconnectors is required if the design is based on a mechanical principle, and the use of mercury is required if the design is based on a liquid-metallic principle.", "\nThere is therefore a need to provide a solution which permits use of MPW for joining the various elements of driveshaft assemblies to each other, including attaching an aluminum driveshaft tube to an end fitting made of the same or different metals. ", "This system should provide high productivity and reliability, and should avoid the complex design of the AMPE. ", "Such a system should weld aluminum components of a vehicular driveshaft in such a manner so as not to damage the integrity or strength of the components or the final assembly.", "\nThis invention relates to a method for securing components of vehicular driveshafts. ", "This method utilizes an electromagnetic field to force one component into another at a very high velocity, thereby causing the components to be welded to one another upon impact. ", "This method welds the components together with a magnetic pulse welding process without the risk of damage from heat found in conventional welding techniques.", "\nAccording to this invention, a method of securing components of a vehicular driveshaft assembly includes providing a driveshaft tube having an open end, providing an end fitting having a neck, disposing the neck of the end fitting into the open end of the driveshaft tube so that an annular gap is provided between the neck and the driveshaft tube, providing an inductor around the driveshaft tube adjacent the end receiving the neck, and energizing the inductor to generate a magnetic field for collapsing the driveshaft tube about the neck at a velocity sufficient to magnetic pulse weld the driveshaft tube and end fitting to each other.", "\nIn another embodiment of the invention, a method of joining an end fitting and a driveshaft tube of a vehicular driveshaft assembly includes providing a hollow driveshaft tube having an open first end, the driveshaft tube having an inner surface defined by a first inner diameter, providing a tubular sleeve having an outer surface defined by a second diameter smaller than the first diameter and an inner surface defined by a third diameter smaller than the second diameter, providing an end fitting having a neck with an outer surface defined by a fourth diameter smaller than the third diameter, providing an electrical inductor, disposing the neck of the end fitting into the tubular sleeve so that a first annular gap is formed between the neck and the tubular sleeve, disposing the sleeve into the open end of the driveshaft tube so that a second annular gap is formed between the tubular sleeve and the driveshaft tube, disposing the first end of the driveshaft tube containing the sleeve and neck into the inductor, and energizing the inductor to generate electromagnetic forces to collapse the driveshaft tube onto the tubular sleeve and the tubular sleeve onto the neck at a high velocity, thereby welding the driveshaft tube is to the sleeve and the tubular sleeve to the neck.", "\nIn another embodiment of the invention, the method of joining an end fitting and a driveshaft tube of a driveshaft assembly includes welding with magnetic pulse welding a generally tubular sleeve of transition material to the outer surface of a neck of an end fitting, reducing the thickness of the transition material, and welding a hollow driveshaft tube to the transition material using magnetic pulse welding to join the driveshaft tube to the end fitting.", "\nIn another embodiment of the invention, an end fitting suitable for being joined to a driveshaft tube of a driveshaft assembly by means of electromagnetic pulse welding is provided. ", "The welding process generates contaminants traveling along the end fitting, and the end fitting includes a welding surface suitable for being welded to the driveshaft tube by magnetic pulse welding, and a pocket for providing a collection location for the contaminants.", "\nIn another embodiment of the invention, an end fitting suitable for being joined to a driveshaft tube of a driveshaft assembly by means of electromagnetic pulse welding includes a neck positioned on the end fitting, the neck having a welding surface suitable for being joined to the driveshaft tube by welding, and a slot positioned in the neck of the end fitting to provide increased flexibility to the neck of the end fitting during operation of the driveshaft.", "\nIn another embodiment of the invention, a method of securing components of a driveshaft assembly includes providing a driveshaft tube having an open end, providing an end fitting having a neck, where the neck has a frustoconical surface and a shoulder, thereby defining a cavity, disposing the neck of the end fitting into the open end of the driveshaft tube so that an annular gap is provided between the neck and the driveshaft tube, with the end of the driveshaft tube being generally axially aligned with the shoulder, providing a shield to block the emission of contaminants escaping from the cavity along the shoulder, and welding the driveshaft tube to the end fitting.", "\nIn another embodiment of the invention, a method of securing components of a driveshaft assembly using magnetic pulse welding apparatus includes progressively evacuating the gases surrounding the discharge switch, where the evacuation progressively increases the voltage at which the discharge switch will self breakdown, charging the capacitor at a rate which maintains the voltage of the capacitor at a level below the self breakdown voltage of the discharge switch, and discharging the capacitor through the discharge switch after the voltage reaches a predetermined voltage.", "\nIn another embodiment of the invention, a method of securing components of a driveshaft assembly using magnetic pulse welding apparatus includes assembling the driveshaft and end fitting in preparation for welding them together, charging the capacitor to a voltage equal to a predetermined threshold level, inserting the assembled driveshaft and end fitting into the inductor coil after the voltage of the capacitor has reached the predetermined level, and welding the assembled driveshaft and end fitting into a driveshaft assembly.", "\nVarious objects and advantages of this invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment, when read in light of the accompanying drawings." ]
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[ "The invention relates to a sun blind system for a sunroof of a motor vehicle, having two guide rails in each of which a guide band is received, and a flat blind body which is connected to the two guide bands.", "\nThe sunroof of the motor vehicle can be a fixed window or a cover of a sliding roof system. ", "The sun blind is used as required to prevent the sun's radiation from being incident directly in the interior of the vehicle. ", "Beyond the primary function of providing shade, the sun blind can also be used to shield against the headwind when the cover of the extended sliding roof system is open.", "\nThe sun blind consists of the guide bands and the blind body. ", "Furthermore, especially in the case of manually actuated sun blinds, a hoop is provided, i.e. a reinforcement at the front end of the blind body which extends transversely across the blind body, in most cases is connected to the guide bands and can be gripped by an occupant of the vehicle in order to move the sun blind forwards or backwards.", "\nThe guide bands are guided in the guide rails such that the blind body can be moved between a retracted position in which it is located outside the roof opening or the sunroof, and a more or less extended (or advanced) position. ", "In the extended position, the roof opening or the sunroof is more or less covered. ", "The guide rails are typically located laterally beneath the sunroof or roof opening.", "\nIn all sun blinds there is the problem that most of the guide bands and of the blind body have to be stowed in the location where the sun blind is located when retracted.", "\nOne possibility resides in winding up the sun blind. ", "In this case, only a small amount of space is required in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. ", "However, a relatively large amount of space is required along the vertical axis of the vehicle." ]
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[ "Q:\n\nCan I check if global arrayList exist within a function and create+add to it if it doesn't?", "\n\nI want to add an item to a global array list that does not necessarily exists beforehand. ", "Here is what I'm trying:\nfunction runGrunt ($fwd=\"./projectFolder\", $argList=@())\n{\n$cmdProc=start-process powershell -ArgumentList \"-noexit\",(\"-command grunt \"+ [string]$argList) -WorkingDirectory $fwd -PassThru\n[System.", "Collections.", "ArrayList]$Global:shells.", "Add(($cmdProc))\n}\n\nif $Global:shells arrayList is defined globally before function call - it works, if it's undefined I get an error \nYou cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.", "\nAt line:14 char:1\n+ [System.", "Collections.", "ArrayList]$Global:shells.", "Add(($cmdProc))\n\nCan I somehow make it create the $Global:shells arrayList if it doesn't yet exist, and just add item to it, if it does? ", "It seems to try to cast $null as an arrayList and obviously fails, can I work-around it somehow? ", "I can use Get-Variable shells -Scope global but I get an object, not a boolean value and I'm kinda lost on how to convert it since it doesn't have an isEmpty() method or anything else suitable.", "\n\nA:\n\nJust check if your global variable object is null and create it if needed. ", "Also don't forget to check that it is of the correct type every time you call type specific methods in PowerShell as a good practice.", "\nfunction runGrunt ($fwd=\"./projectFolder\", $argList=@())\n{\n $cmdProc=start-process powershell -ArgumentList \"-noexit\",(\"-command grunt \"+ [string]$argList) -WorkingDirectory $fwd -PassThru\n\n if($null -eq $global:shells) # note that $global:shells -eq $null would not work due to the way how comparison operator work in PowerShell\n {\n $global:shells = New-Object System.", "Collections.", "ArrayList\n }\n elseif($global:shells.", "GetType() -eq [System.", "Collections.", "ArrayList]\n {\n $global:shells.", "Add(($cmdProc))\n }\n else\n {\n Write-Error \"Global variable 'shells' is not of expected type System.", "Collections.", "ArrayList. ", "Type is: $($global:shells.", "GetType())\"\n }\n}\n\n" ]
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[ "Earlier: Trump Administration Wins 5-4 In Supreme Court That America Has The Right To Choose Better Immigrants Over Worse Immigrants\n\nNow the good kritarchs. ", "SCOTUS has weighed in on the public charge issue and removed the nation wide injunctions against enforcement of the current law on welfare dependent legal immigrants, and, importantly, illegal aliens subject to removal.", "\n\nA narrowly divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to begin enforcing a rule making it harder for poor immigrants to gain green cards. ", "The justices in a 5-4 vote along ideological lines said they would let the controversial immigration rules go forward even as lower courts wrestle with multiple legal challenges against them. [", "Supreme Court Allows Trump To Enforce ‘Public Charge’ Immigration Rule, by Susannah Luthi, Politico, January 27, 2020]\n\nBetter yet, nation-wide injunctions in theory are hanging by a thread; Justices are increasingly angered at the kritarchs making policy, not legal cases.", "\n\nJustice Neil Gorsuch in a blistering concurring opinion criticized federal judges who issue nationwide blocks on administration rules, potentially teeing up a wider challenge to the practice that has often stymied major parts of Trump’s agenda and drawn scorn from Attorney General William Barr. ", "Gorsuch, joined by Justice Clarence Thomas, wrote that the “real problem” in the case is the “increasingly common practice of trial courts ordering relief that transcends the cases before them.” ", "In those situations, he wrote, “it is hard to see how the court could still be acting in the judicial role of resolving cases and controversies.”", "\n\nThe import of this decision cannot be underestimated. ", "The full implementation of the public charge rule could result in a dramatic fall in legal immigration numbers.", "\n\nImmigrant rights groups have predicted the new public charge policy will drastically curtail visas for immigrants. ", "An analysis from the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation found applications for about 42 percent of legal immigrants could see their green card applications “weighed negatively” as a result, while 94 percent could face extra scrutiny after using at least one of the public programs targeted by the Trump policy.", "\n\nThe thing about the national injunction may be even bigger.", "\n\nJames Fulford wrote here earlier, in Democrat-Appointed Kritarchs Block Trump's Public Charge—For Now, that\n\nThe fact that one judge with one injunction can block the entire Federal government is wrong, and it's a fairly recent legal development. ", "It's not just me that thinks that. ", "Notre Dame Law Professor Samuel Bray has written a lot about the \"National Injunction\" on the Volokh Conspiracy blog. ", "In 2017, Jeff Sessions was attacked for saying he didn't think one judge \"on an island in the Pacific,\" i. e. Hawaiian Judge Derrick Kahala Watson, should be able to endanger the whole country by blocking Trump's travel ban. ", "He defended himself ably, pointing out that SESSIONS: Well, I think that was a perfectly correct statement. ", "We have some 700 federal judges. ", "One of them has now stopped the President of the United States, who is briefed daily from the Department of Defense, the CIA, the Department of Justice, Homeland Security, on the dangers and threats we face. ", "He's issued a perfectly reasonable executive order that delays six countries for 90 days from being brought -- immigrants coming here because we cannot vet them.", "\n\nWhat Sessions said in 2017, the Supreme Court said in 2020." ]
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[ "Good news, Napoleon Dynamite: Global electronic funk sensation Jamiroquai are back.", "\n\nThis summer, Jay Kay’s pioneers of “future funk” will follow up their 2010 album, Rock Dust Light Star, with their eighth record to date: Automation. ", "No word on a release date, but the outfit teased their new sound below on Facebook.", "\n\n\n\nEven better, the British hitmakers are going to support the album by headlining a number of festivals all across the world, from Japan and South Korea in May to the Netherlands and the Czech Republic in July.", "\n\nSadly, there’s no North American dates on the itinerary, though it would certainly behoove festivals over here to book them. ", "Seeing their dance moves at an outdoor festival is exactly what this season needs.", "\n\nAnyways, take a look below and plan an international vacay why don’t ya.", "\n\nJamiroquai 2017 Tour Dates:\n\n05/25 – Tokyo, JP @ Tokyo International Forum\n\n05/28 – Seoul, KR @ Seoul Jazz Festival\n\n06/17 – Athens, GR @ Release Athens Festival\n\n07/09 – Rotherdam, NL @ North Sea Jazz\n\n07/11 – Florence, IT @ Firenze Summer Festival, Visarno Arena\n\n07/14 – Pori, FI @ Pori Jazz\n\n07/16 – Aix-Les-Bains, FR @ Musilac\n\n07/18 – Locarno, CH @ Moon & Stars\n\n07/22 – Ostrava, CZ @ Colours of Ostrava\n\n08/05 – Sudoeste, PT @ TBD" ]
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[ "Overview and CQC Inspections\n\nOverallGood\n\nOur inspector's description of this service\n\nLast updated 24 October 2018\nWe carried out this inspection under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 as part of our regulatory functions. ", "This inspection was planned to check whether the provider is meeting the legal requirements and regulations associated with the Health and Social Care Act 2008, to look at the overall quality of the service, and to provide a rating for the service under the Care Act 2014.", "\n\nThis inspection took place on 26 July 2018 and was the first inspection for this provider. ", "The inspection was unannounced and completed by one inspector.", "\n\nBefore our inspection the provider sent us their completed Provider Information Return (PIR). ", "This is a form that asks the provider to give some key information about the service, what the service does well and any improvements they plan to make. ", "We spoke with local authority care commissioners for people’s care at the service. ", "We also looked at all of the key information we held about the service. ", "This included written notifications about any changes, significant events or incidents that providers must tell us about.", "\n\nWe spoke with three people receiving care at the service, a care staff, the deputy manager and the registered manager. ", "We also spoke with two community professionals involved in people’s care at the service. ", "We looked at three people’s care records and other records relating to the management of the service. ", "This included staffing, medicines, complaints and safeguarding records; and the provider’s checks of quality and safety. ", "We did this to gain people’s views about their care and to check that standards of care were being met\n\nInspection ratings\n\nWe rate most services according to how safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led they are, using four levels:\n\nOutstanding – the service is performing exceptionally well.", "\n\nGood – the service is performing well and meeting our expectations.", "\n\nRequires improvement – the service isn't performing as well as it should and we have told the service how it must improve.", "\n\nInadequate – the service is performing badly and we've taken enforcement action against the provider of the service.", "\n\nNo rating/under appeal/rating suspended – there are some services which we can’t rate, while some might be under appeal from the provider. ", "Suspended ratings are being reviewed by us and will be published soon.", "\n\nTicks and crosses\n\nWe don't rate every type of service. ", "For services we haven't rated we use ticks and crosses to show whether we've asked them to take further action or taken enforcement action against them.", "\n\nThere's no need for the service to take further action. ", "If this service has not had a CQC inspection since it registered with us, our judgement may be based on our assessment of declarations and evidence supplied by the service.", "\n\nThe service must make improvements.", "\n\nAt least one standard in this area was not being met when we inspected the service and we have taken enforcement action." ]
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integer?", "\n49\nWhat is 42012 to the power of 1/6, to the nearest integer?", "\n6\nWhat is 2019 to the power of 1/3, to the nearest integer?", "\n13\nWhat is the third root of 3425 to the nearest integer?", "\n15\nWhat is the tenth root of 94038 to the nearest integer?", "\n3\nWhat is the cube root of 2674 to the nearest integer?", "\n14\nWhat is the third root of 2363 to the nearest integer?", "\n13\nWhat is 47181 to the power of 1/8, to the nearest integer?", "\n4\nWhat is the third root of 17936 to the nearest integer?", "\n26\nWhat is the tenth root of 38260 to the nearest integer?", "\n3\nWhat is 2374 to the power of 1/3, to the nearest integer?", "\n13\nWhat is 501 to the power of 1/2, to the nearest integer?", "\n22\nWhat is 45681 to the power of 1/3, to the nearest integer?", "\n36\nWhat is the square root of 2770 to the nearest integer?", "\n53\nWhat is the fifth root of 34504 to the nearest integer?", "\n8\nWhat is the fifth root of 13922 to the nearest integer?", 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[ "AS Magenta\n\nAS Magenta is a New Caledonian football team playing at the top level. ", "It is based in Nouméa. ", " Their home stadium is Stade Numa-Daly Magenta.", "\n\nHistory\nOriginally called the Nickel Nouméa Sports Association (Nouméa ASLN), the club experienced its first period of glory in the late 1960s and 1970s. ", "Winner of the New Caledonia Cup for four successive years between 1969 and 1972, followed by a 1975 win, the team was also a finalist in 1968, 1974, 1976 and 1977.", "\n\nUnder the new name of A.S. Magenta, the club gradually returned to the forefront of the New Caledonian football scene in the early 1990s. ", "Cup finalist in 1991, the team won again in 1996, followed by a series of six straight wins between 2000 and 2005, making it the most successful team in the competition.", "\n\nAS Magenta won the Championship in 2003, 2004 and 2005. ", "ASM was also champion of The Overseas Football Cup by beating A.S. Pirae in 2003 (2–2 in the first leg, 2–2 then the second leg, 4–3 after penalty shootout).", "\nAS Magenta season in the 2005 season, in addition to winning the cup and the championship of New Caledonia, reached the final of the OFC Champions League in June 2005 after finishing Group B in the top spot. ", "However, the Caledonians bowed to the Australian team Sydney FC (0–2).", "\n\nThe 2006 season is much less successful for AS Magenta. ", "In addition to being eliminated before the finals of the OFC Champions League, the club also failed to win the title of champion of New Caledonia for the first time in four years, on top of failing to win the New Caledonia Cup for the first time since 1999.", "\n\nIn the 2007 season, under the coaching of former footballer André Bodji, the team won the championship three years in a row. ", "Following the 2010 win, the team played in the 2010–11 Coupe de France, becoming the first New Caledonian club to pass the seventh round of the preliminary phase, before being beaten in the eighth round by Paris FC (4–0).", "\n\nIn November 2014, the club won for the ninth time the New Caledonia Cup, after beating rivals A.S. Lössi 3–1, ensuring its place in the seventh round in the Coupe de France.", "\n\nAchievements\nNew Caledonia Division Honneur: 11\n 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018\n\nNew Caledonia Cup: 15\n 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2010, 2014, 2016\n\nPacific French Territories Cup: 2\n 2002–03, 2004–05\n\nThe club in the French football structure\nCoupe de France : 7 appearances\n 1994–95, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2010–11, 2013–14\n\nCurrent squad\nSquad for 2020 OFC Champions League\n\nStaff\n\nPerformance in OFC competitions\nOFC Champions League: 3 appearances\nBest: Final 2019\n2010: 3° in Group A\n2011: 3° in Group B\n2017: Semi-finals\n2018: Group Stage\n2019: Final\n\nOceania Club Championship: 2 appearances\n 2004–05: 2nd Place – Lost against Sydney FC 2 – 0 (stage 4 of 4)\n 2006: First Round – Group B – 4th place – 3 pts (stage 2 of 4)\n\nReferences\n\nCategory:Football clubs in New Caledonia\nCategory:Nouméa" ]
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[ "Q:\n\nJQuery redirect with animation\n\nI make a mobile version of my website, I have two page \"page1.html\" and \"page2.html\" I made a redirection\nwindow.location.href = \"/page2.html\";\n\nI want to do an animation , page 2 appears from the top of the page slowly , can i make that ?", "\n\nA:\n\nIf you don't care about the url in address bar either start using jQuery Mobile, which delivers smooth transitions between pages, or do an AJAX request and load it into f.ex. ", "body tag.", "\n$.ajax({\n type: \"POST\",\n url: page2.html,\n success: function(data)\n {\n $('body').fadeOut(1000, function(){\n $('body')\n .empty()\n .html(data)\n .fadeIn(1000);\n })\n }\n });\n\nIf URL is important intercept all link clicks and before changing page make body fadeOut then in every other page make body invisible and fade it in on page load - it should do the trick with the same visual effect.", "\n\n" ]
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[ "Listed arcade in the wreckers’ sights\n\nWe thought we’d left 2017 on a positive note for Melbourne’s heritage in our previous column, but plans buried in the details for the City South Metro station that came out late in December are one of the biggest threats to a Melbourne heritage interior, and our independent arts culture in quite some time.", "\n\nWithout any public fanfare, or indeed any kind of heritage or cultural assessment, the interface between the new station and Flinders Street Station has been designed to ram right through the heritage-listed art deco Campbell Arcade/Degraves Subway, with its salmon pink tiles and chrome shopfronts one of the cities most intact interior spaces.", "\n\nNot only will multiple original shopfronts in the arcade be demolished to make way for a contemporary tunnel, but plans put all the rest of it behind sterilised, paid Metro ticket barriers.", "\n\nThese plans ignore the fact that the Campbell Arcade is on the Victorian Heritage Register as a state significant interior, and thus any change to it should be treated as no less severe than if half the Block Arcade were to be demolished and put behind barriers. ", "They also disregard the subways important cultural place in the heart of the city.", "\n\nIndependent fashion stores and jewellery makers, a bespoke second-hand record store patronised by all of Melbourne’s budding DJs, cheap traditional haircuts and family-run newsagents all find a space in the arcade, but most prominent of all is the Sticky Institute, a community run, council subsidised zine space that’s occupied the arcade for over 20 years.", "\n\nSticky’s presence in the arcade not only gives a home to a unique community of makers and artists drawn from all across Australia but is listed as a primary reason for our inclusion near the top of the UNESCO World City of Literature list.", "\n\nMelbourne needs affordable, accessible heritage spaces like this in its CBD, both as a branding for interstate and international visitors – something that sets us apart from 9-5, corporate-only CBDs like Sydney – and as cultural and civic spaces for locals of all demographics.", "\n\nWill the Planning Minister and Metro Tunnel planners understand this before it’s too late? ", "Or will Melbourne see another nail in the coffin of it’s quirky historic atmosphere?" ]
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[ "Pheochromocytoma of the urinary bladder: update on new diagnostic modalities plus case report.", "\nExtra-adrenal pheochromocytoma (PCC) is a rare entity. ", "Its occurrence in the urinary bladder has only been reported less than 200 times. ", "Here we present two case reports of a bladder PCC with an update on the diagnostic techniques, treatment modalities and follow-up of patients with this disease." ]
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[ "\n328 F.Supp.2d 940 (2004)\nKurtis L. KING, Plaintiff,\nv.\nMatthew FRANK in his official capacity; Gary R. McCaughtry, in his official and individual capacities; Curtis Janssen, in his official and individual capacities; Steven Schueler, in his official and individual capacities; Does 1-100, Health and Segregation Complex staff, and both security and clinical services staff in their official and individual capacities, Defendants.", "\nNo. ", "04-C-338-C.\nUnited States District Court, W.D. Wisconsin.", "\nJuly 27, 2004.", "\n\n\n*941 *942 ORDER\nCRABB, District Judge.", "\nThis is a proposed civil action for monetary, declaratory and injunctive relief, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. ", "Plaintiff Kurtis King is an inmate at the Waupun Correctional Institution in Waupun, Wisconsin. ", "He challenges numerous conditions of his confinement, including the lack of mental health care, visitation restrictions, restrictions on property, constant illumination of his cell, excessive noise, lack of outdoor recreation and extreme cell temperatures.", "\nAlthough plaintiff has paid the filing fee in full, because he is a prisoner, his complaint must be screened pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. In addressing any pro se litigant's complaint, the court must construe the complaint liberally. ", "See Haines v. Kerner, 404 U.S. 519, 521, 92 S.Ct. ", "594, 30 L.Ed.2d 652 (1972). ", "However, if the litigant is a prisoner, the 1996 Prison Litigation Reform Act requires the court to deny leave to proceed if the prisoner's complaint is legally frivolous, malicious, fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted or seeks money damages from a defendant who is immune from such relief.", "\nI conclude that plaintiff has stated a claim upon which relief may be granted with respect to his claims that defendants violated his constitutional rights by restricting his telephone usage, publications and visitation privileges, keeping his cell illuminated 24 hours a day and failing to provide him with adequate mental health care. ", "Plaintiff's remaining claims will be dismissed for the reasons discussed below.", "\nIn his complaint, plaintiff alleges the following facts. (", "I note that plaintiff originally filed his complaint with another inmate, Jason Jones. ", "However, I dismissed Jones because it is this court's policy not to accept group complaints from prisoners proceeding pro se. ", "June 9 Order, dkt. # ", "2 (citing Lindell v. Litscher, 212 F.Supp.2d 936 (W.D.Wis.2002)). ", "Therefore, in setting forth the allegations of fact, I have disregarded all the allegations that relate only to Jones.)", "\n\nALLEGATIONS OF FACT\nPlaintiff Kurtis King is an inmate at the Waupun Correctional Institution in Waupun, Wisconsin. ", "He has been incarcerated *943 there since May 20, 2003, when he was transferred from the Wisconsin Secure Program Facility because he is seriously mentally ill. ", "Currently, he is housed in Waupun's health and segregation complex.", "\nDefendant Matthew Frank is Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections. ", "Defendant Gary McCaughtry is the warden of Waupun Correctional Institution. ", "Defendant Curtis Janssen is the unit manager of the heath and segregation complex at Waupun. ", "Defendant Steven Schueler is a captain at Waupun; he \"runs\" the health and segregation complex.", "\n\nA. Paper Gown Restriction\n\nBeginning on May 5, 1999, plaintiff was required to wear a paper gown for 40 days. ", "He did not receive a hearing until after the restriction had been imposed. ", "After the hearing, plaintiff was sentenced to three days of adjustment segregation and ordered to pay $1.76 in restitution. ", "On March 27, 2000, he was placed on paper gown restriction for another 10 days, again before he received a hearing. ", "He later was sentenced to six days of adjustment segregation and 30 days without exercise.", "\n\nB. Property and Privileges\n\nBoth the Secure Program Facility and the Waupun Correctional Institution have \"level systems,\" in which prison officials attempt to modify inmates' behavior by granting them additional privileges after a period of time of good conduct. ", "When plaintiff left the Secure Program Facility, he was on Level 3. ", "However, when plaintiff was transferred to Waupun Correctional Institution, defendant Steven Schueler placed him on \"entry step\" status. ", "As a result of the placement, plaintiff's property and privileges were severely restricted. ", "Before he was transferred, plaintiff was allowed the following property and privileges: a television, food and hygiene items from the prison canteen, three 10-minute telephone calls each day, nine publications, 50 photographs, ear plugs and access to educational, religious and mental health programming. ", "Plaintiff lost all of these privileges as a result of the transfer. ", "Plaintiff had not engaged in any conduct that would have justified this placement. ", "If plaintiff had been transferred into step 2 or 3 as he should have been, he would have had access to both a television and a radio.", "\nOther inmates on plaintiff's \"range\" have a television and radio. ", "Plaintiff hears these inmates clapping, cheering and yelling at sporting events on the television and singing along with songs on the radio. ", "This noise causes plaintiff to be depressed.", "\n\nC. Visitation\n\nPlaintiff is not permitted to have face-to-face visits. ", "Instead, visits occur through a video monitor. ", "Both the visual and audio quality of the video equipment are very poor. ", "Plaintiff cannot clearly see his visitors' faces and most of the time he cannot hear or understand what his visitors are saying. ", "When the equipment is not functioning, plaintiff is denied a visit, even though the health and segregation complex has an area designed for face-to-face visits. ", "During a visit, plaintiff must wear handcuffs and a waist belt and be tethered to a concrete block while sitting on a steel stool, which is very uncomfortable. ", "Visits are sometimes terminated without any notice.", "\n\nD. Mental Health Care\n\nPlaintiff suffers from a serious mental illness. ", "Waupun has a very low number of licensed \"clinical services\" staff. ", "On June 30, 2003, plaintiff was denied a psychotropic medication known as amitriptyline because prison staff failed to order a refill of plaintiff's prescription. ", "As a result, plaintiff suffered a panic attack, cold sweats, tremors and nightmares. ", "When plaintiff pressed his medical emergency button, he was told that there would be no health services staff in the prison until the following morning. ", "The officer who spoke to *944 plaintiff through the intercom neither came to plaintiff's cell to check on him nor attempted to contact medical staff.", "\n\nE. Other Conditions of Confinement\n\nPlaintiff's cell has no windows and has a \"boxcar\" style door. ", "The cell is illuminated 24 hours a day. ", "As a result, it is difficult or impossible for plaintiff to sleep at night. ", "Plaintiff experiences migraine headaches, pain and soreness in his eyes and blurry vision because of the constant illumination. ", "The ventilation system is poor as is the cooling and heating. ", "Plaintiff receives no outdoor recreation.", "\n\nDISCUSSION\n\nI. SCREENING UNDER § 1915A\n\nA. Paper Gown Restriction\n\nI understand plaintiff to contend that his right to due process was violated when he was required to wear a paper gown before he received a hearing. (", "Plaintiff alleges that prison staff use various other \"management tools\" to discipline inmates, but he does not allege that he has been subjected to these restrictions. ", "Accordingly, I conclude that plaintiff does not have standing to challenge their implementation.) ", "Unfortunately for plaintiff, the due process clause does not apply to his situation. ", "Like many other prisoners who have filed lawsuits in this court, plaintiff appears to believe that he is entitled to a hearing before prison officials take any action that is adverse to him. ", "His notion of fairness may support his view, but case law interpreting the Fourteenth Amendment does not. ", "Although the due process clause does require hearings in some instances, it does so only when an individual has been deprived of his or her \"liberty\" or \"property\" within the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment. ", "In the prison context, due process applies in very limited situations. ", "Even decisions having a substantial adverse impact on a prisoner, such as a transfer to a more restrictive prison or temporary placement in disciplinary segregation, do not trigger the protections of the due process clause. ", "E.g., Meachum v. Fano, 427 U.S. 215, 96 S.Ct. ", "2532, 49 L.Ed.2d 451 (1976); Thomas v. Ramos, 130 F.3d 754 (7th Cir.1997).", "\nIn Sandin v. Conner, 515 U.S. 472, 115 S.Ct. ", "2293, 132 L.Ed.2d 418 (1995), the Supreme Court held that a prisoner has been deprived of \"liberty\" under the Fourteenth Amendment in only two situations: (1) when the duration of his confinement is increased; and (2) when he is subjected to an \"atypical and significant hardship.\" (", "I note that, under Sandin, 515 U.S. at 483-84, 115 S.Ct. ", "2293, atypical and significant hardships trigger due process protections only when an inmate points to a state law that gives rise to a liberty interest. ", "Otherwise, an inmate must show that he is subjected to conditions that \"excee[d] the sentence in such an unexpected manner as to give rise to protection by the Due Process Clause of its own force.\" ", "Id. at 484, 115 S.Ct. ", "2293. ", "However, neither the Supreme Court nor the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has explained how these two standards differ.) ", "Plaintiff does not allege that his discipline resulted in an increase of his sentence. ", "Further, I cannot conclude that being forced to wear a paper gown is an atypical and significant hardship when the court of appeals has found more severe restrictions as failing to meet that standard. ", "E.g., Thielman v. Leean, 282 F.3d 478, 484 (7th Cir.2002) (use of waist belts and leg chains during transport); Higgason v. Farley, 83 F.3d 807 (7th Cir.1996) (frequent placement in \"lockdown\" status; denial of educational programs). ", "Accordingly, this claim will be dismissed as legally frivolous.", "\n\nB. Property and Privileges\n\nPlaintiff alleges that as a result of his transfer to Waupun, his placement *945 in the level system was lowered, meaning that many of his privileges were reduced or eliminated. ", "It is not clear whether plaintiff means to contends that this loss violated his right to due process under the Fourteenth Amendment, his right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment or another right. ", "To the extent that plaintiff means to assert a due process claim, I conclude that such a claim would be legally frivolous for the same reasons as plaintiff's claim about the paper gown restriction. ", "I cannot conclude that being denied a television and radio is an atypical and significant hardship under Sandin. ", "Similarly, the Eighth Amendment requires that prisoners receive \"the minimal civilized measure of life's necessities.\" ", "Rhodes v. Chapman, 452 U.S. 337, 347, 101 S.Ct. ", "2392, 69 L.Ed.2d 59 (1981). ", "It does not regulate the privileges and property to which inmates are entitled.", "\nHowever, plaintiff may state a claim under the First Amendment with respect to some of the privileges that he alleges have been denied to him. ", "For example, plaintiff alleges that before his transfer, he was entitled to three 10-minute phone calls each day and nine publications. ", "He alleges that he is not allowed either of those things at Waupun. ", "Inmates have a First Amendment right both to communicate with nonprisoners over the telephone and receive and read publications. ", "Thornburgh v. Abbott, 490 U.S. 401, 109 S.Ct. ", "1874, 104 L.Ed.2d 459 (1989); Duran v. Elrod, 542 F.2d 998 (7th Cir.1976). ", "In addition, denying access to the telephone may violate an inmate's right to counsel and right of intimate association. ", "Murphy v. Walker, 51 F.3d 714, 718 (7th Cir.1995); Washington v. Reno, 35 F.3d 1093, 1100 (6th Cir.1994).", "\nIt is not clear from plaintiff's complaint whether he is being denied all use of the telephone and access to publications or whether his access is simply more limited than it was before. ", "At this stage of the proceedings, I will assume that the new restrictions are significant enough to implicate plaintiff's constitutional rights. ", "If plaintiff can prove that his constitutional rights have been \"impinged,\" defendants will have to show that the restrictions are reasonably related to a legitimate penological interest. ", "Turner v. Safley, 482 U.S. 78, 107 S.Ct. ", "2254, 96 L.Ed.2d 64 (1987). ", "Accordingly, plaintiff will be allowed to proceed on this claim against defendant Schueler, who placed plaintiff on \"entry step,\" and against defendants McCaughtry and Frank, who at this stage I will assume were personally involved in enacting the policies at Waupun that control the privileges that inmates receive.", "\n\nC. Visitation\n\nPlaintiff alleges that he is denied contact visits with his family and friends. ", "Although plaintiff is allowed to visit via a video monitor, he alleges that these visits are often denied as well because of technical problems with the video equipment. ", "In Overton v. Bazzetta, 539 U.S. 126, 123 S.Ct. ", "2162, 156 L.Ed.2d 162 (2003), the Supreme Court assumed that prisoners retain some right of intimate association while incarcerated. ", "The Court reviewed a prison policy restricting visitation privileges under the standard set forth in Turner. ", "See also Mayo v. Lane, 867 F.2d 374 (7th Cir.1989) (assuming that prisoners retain limited constitutional right to associate with family members). ", "Defendants may well have legitimate penological reasons for limiting plaintiff's contact visits, but I cannot assume this to be the case. ", "Lindell v. Frank, 377 F.3d 655, ___, 2004 WL 1595246, at *2 (7th Cir.2004). ", "Accordingly, I will allow plaintiff to proceed on this claim. ", "Further, I will assume that each of the four named defendants were personally involved in restricting plaintiff's *946 visitation. ", "However, plaintiff is advised that at later stages of the litigation, he will have to prove that each defendant knew about the alleged violation and facilitated it, approved it, condoned it or turned a blind eye for fear of what he might see. ", "Morfin v. City of Chicago, 349 F.3d 989, 1001 (7th Cir.2003).", "\nPlaintiff alleges also that during visits he was forced to wear handcuffs and a waist belt and be tethered to a concrete block while sitting on a steel stool. ", "Plaintiff does not allege that prison staff impose these restraints to humiliate him or that visiting under these conditions causes him any harm. ", "See Hope v. Pelzer, 536 U.S. 730, 122 S.Ct. ", "2508, 153 L.Ed.2d 666 (2002) (Eighth Amendment violated by tying prisoner to hitching post for seven hours in hot sun without bathroom breaks when there was no penological reason for doing so). ", "Rather, he alleges only that the restraints made him uncomfortable. ", "However, the Supreme Court has made it clear that inmates are not entitled under the Constitution to comfortable conditions. ", "Rhodes v. Chapman, 452 U.S. 337, 349, 101 S.Ct. ", "2392, 69 L.Ed.2d 59 (1981). ", "Accordingly, this claim will be dismissed as legally frivolous.", "\n\nD. Excessive Noise\n\nPlaintiff alleges that he is forced to listen to other inmates shout while they watch television or sing along with the radio. ", "Although prison officials may violate an inmate's Eighth Amendment rights by subjecting him to excessive noise, this is only when they are deliberately indifferent to a substantial risk that the noise will cause the inmate serious harm. ", "Antonelli v. Sheahan, 81 F.3d 1422, 1433 (7th Cir.1996); Lunsford v. Bennett, 17 F.3d 1574 (7th Cir.1994). ", "It cannot be reasonably inferred from plaintiff's allegations that the shouting and singing subjected him to a risk of serious harm or that any prison officials were aware of such a risk. ", "Plaintiff does not allege that the noise was so severe and prolonged that he could not sleep, think or concentrate for days on end. ", "Keenan v. Hall, 83 F.3d 1083, 1089 (9th Cir.1996) (issue of fact existed on Eighth Amendment excessive noise claim when plaintiff adduced evidence that \"at all times day and night inmates were `screaming, wailing, crying, singing and yelling,' often in groups, and that there was a `constant, loud banging'\"). ", "Although plaintiff alleges that he was \"depressed\" by the noise, I cannot infer reasonably from plaintiff's complaint that the noise caused him an injury significant enough to give rise to an Eighth Amendment violation. ", "Accordingly, this claim will be dismissed as legally frivolous.", "\n\nE. Constant Illumination\n\nPlaintiff alleges that his cell is illuminated 24 hours a day and, as a result, it is \"difficult or impossible\" for him to sleep. ", "In addition, plaintiff alleges that he suffers from headaches, sore eyes and blurry vision because of the constant lighting. ", "Constant illumination may violate the Eighth Amendment if it causes sleep deprivation or leads to other serious physical or mental health problems. ", "E.g., Keenan, 83 F.3d at 1089. ", "Therefore, I will allow plaintiff to proceed on this claim against the four named defendants.", "\nPlaintiff does not allege how bright the light is. ", "He is advised that in previous cases, I have concluded that a 5-watt bulb does not rise to the level of an Eighth Amendment violation. ", "E.g., Pozo v. Hompe, 02-C-12-C, 2003 WL 23185882 (W.D. Wis. April 8, 2003). ", "To obtain relief under the Eighth Amendment, plaintiff will have to show either that he is subjected to more intense lighting or that defendants were aware that because of his mental illness, even a minimal light would *947 subject him to a substantial risk of serious harm yet they did not take any actions to alleviate that risk, such as make available a sleep mask for his eyes when he is trying to sleep.", "\n\nF. Excessive Heat and Cold\n\nPrisoners have a right under the Eighth Amendment to be free from extreme hot and cold temperatures. ", "Shelby County Jail Inmates v. Westlake, 798 F.2d 1085, 1087 (7th Cir.1986). ", "Plaintiff alleges only that the ventilation, cooling and heating at Waupun is \"poor,\" not that the temperatures are so extreme that he was subjected to a substantial risk of serious harm. ", "At most, I could reasonably infer that the petitioner's cell temperatures were uncomfortable, but this is insufficient to state a claim for cruel and unusual punishment. ", "Dixon v. Godinez, 114 F.3d 640, 644 (7th Cir.1997) (\"just because low temperature forces a prisoner to bundle up indoors during winter does not mean that prison conditions violate the Eighth Amendment\"). ", "This claim will be dismissed as legally frivolous.", "\n\nG. Outdoor Recreation\n\nPlaintiff includes one sentence in his complaint that he does not receive any outdoor recreation. ", "Unfortunately for plaintiff, the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has held the prisoners do not have a constitutional right to receive their recreation outside. ", "Thomas v. Ramos, 130 F.3d 754 (7th Cir.1997); but see Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122 (9th Cir.2000) (outdoor exercise required under Eighth Amendment). ", "Although inmates do have a constitutional right to maintain their health, which includes a right to adequate exercise, e.g., Harris v. Fleming, 839 F.2d 1232, 1236 (7th Cir.1988), plaintiff does not allege that his opportunities for indoor exercise were insufficient. ", "Therefore, this claim will be dismissed for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted.", "\n\nH. Mental Health Care\n\nPlaintiff's complaint contains three allegations about the adequacy of mental health care at Waupun: (1) he receives no \"mental health programming\"; (2) there are not enough licensed mental health care providers; and (3) plaintiff was denied a dose of a prescribed medication and later denied any treatment when he suffered a panic attack, cold sweats, tremors and nightmares as a result of the missed dose. ", "It is well established that prisoners have a right to receive adequate medical care. ", "Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 97 S.Ct. ", "285, 50 L.Ed.2d 251 (1976). ", "There can be little doubt that this right encompasses a right to receive mental health treatment. ", "Jones `El v. Berge, 164 F.Supp.2d 1096 (W.D.Wis.2001) (citing Meriwether v. Faulkner, 821 F.2d 408, 413 (7th Cir.1987); Wellman v. Faulkner, 715 F.2d 269, 272 (7th Cir.1983)); Gates v. Cook, 376 F.3d 323, 342-43 (5th Cir.2004) (under Eighth Amendment, \"mental health needs are no less serious than physical needs\"). ", "But see Lewis v. Sullivan, 279 F.3d 526, 529 (7th Cir.2002) (prisoners \"do not have a fundamental right to psychiatric care at public expense\") (dicta) (emphasis in original).", "\nTo state a claim of cruel and unusual punishment, \"a prisoner must allege acts or omissions sufficiently harmful to evidence deliberate indifference to serious medical needs.\" ", "Estelle, 429 U.S. at 106, 97 S.Ct. ", "285. ", "Therefore, plaintiff must allege facts from which it can be inferred that he had a serious medical need (objective component) and that defendant was deliberately indifferent to this need (subjective component). ", "Estelle, 429 U.S. at 104, 97 S.Ct. ", "285; see also Gutierrez v. Peters, 111 F.3d 1364, 1369 (7th Cir.1997). ", "Attempting to define \"serious medical needs,\" the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has held that they encompass *948 not only conditions that are life-threatening or that carry risks of permanent, serious impairment if left untreated, but also those in which the deliberately indifferent withholding of medical care results in needless pain and suffering. ", "Gutierrez, 111 F.3d at 1371.", "\nThe Supreme Court has held that the subjective component of deliberate indifference requires that \"the official must both be aware of facts from which the inference could be drawn that a substantial risk of serious harm exists, and he must also draw the inference.\" ", "Farmer, 511 U.S. at 837, 114 S.Ct. ", "1970. ", "It is not enough that he \"should have known\" of the risk. ", "Rather, the official must know there is a risk and consciously disregard it. ", "Higgins v. Correctional Medical Services of Illinois, 178 F.3d 508, 511 (7th Cir.1999). ", "Although deliberate indifference may be found where \"the medical treatment is `so blatantly inappropriate as to evidence intentional mistreatment likely to seriously aggravate the prisoner's condition,'\" Snipes, 95 F.3d at 592 (citations omitted), inadvertent error, negligence, gross negligence or even ordinary malpractice are insufficient grounds for invoking the Eighth Amendment. ", "Vance v. Peters, 97 F.3d 987, 992 (7th Cir.1996). \"[", "D]ifferences in opinion between the patient and the doctor [regarding medical treatment] never give rise to a constitutional claim.\" ", "Higgins v. Correctional Medical Services of Illinois, Inc., 8 F. Supp 2d. ", "821, 830 (N.D.Ill.1998).", "\nPlaintiff's first two allegations are interrelated. ", "To the extent that plaintiff is not receiving adequate treatment, part of the reason may be that the medical staff is insufficient. ", "Staff that are untrained or too few in numbers may contribute to an Eighth Amendment violation. ", "Wellman, 715 F.2d at 272; see also Ramos v. Lamm, 639 F.2d 559, 578 (10th Cir.1980); Carty v. Farrelly, 957 F.Supp. ", "727, 738-39 (D.V.I.1997); Inmates of Occoquan v. Barry, 717 F.Supp. ", "854, 868 (D.D.C.1989). ", "Although plaintiff's allegations are scant, I conclude that he has alleged the bare minimum necessary to state a claim for a violation of his Eighth Amendment right to receive adequate medical care. ", "Plaintiff alleges that he is mentally ill. ", "Although it appears from plaintiff's third allegation that he is receiving some treatment for his mental illness in the form of medication, I will assume at this stage of the proceedings that this is insufficient to alleviate a substantial risk of serious harm to plaintiff's mental health. ", "In addition, I will assume that defendants were aware of this risk and intentionally or recklessly failed to act to prevent that risk.", "\nI conclude that plaintiff's allegation that he was denied medication and later treatment for the symptoms caused by the missed dose states an independent claim under the Eighth Amendment. ", "Refusing to provide prescribed medication may violate the Constitution. ", "Walker v. Benjamin, 293 F.3d 1030 (7th Cir.2002); Murphy v. Walker, 51 F.3d 714, 720 (7th Cir.1995). ", "However, as with any other Eighth Amendment claim, plaintiff will have to show both that the denial of the medication caused a substantial risk of serious harm to his health and that defendants were deliberately indifferent to his health. ", "I note that in plaintiff's administrative exhaustion materials, which he has attached to his complaint, an inmate complaint examiner wrote that, according to health services staff, missing one dose of amitriptyline would \"not cause the situation or symptoms described in the complaint.\" ", "Albany Bank & Trust Co. v. Exxon Mobil Corp., 310 F.3d 969 (7th Cir.2002) (documents attached to complaint become part of it for all purposes). ", "Plaintiff may have to submit \"verifying medical evidence\" that his symptoms were caused *949 by his missed dose of medication. ", "Walker, 293 F.3d 1030 at 1038; Langston v. Peters, 100 F.3d 1235, 1240 (7th Cir.1996). ", "Further, plaintiff will have to do more than prove that a prison official was negligent in failing to provide medication. ", "Vance, 97 F.3d at 992. ", "For example, plaintiff may be unable to prevail on his claim if the missed dose was simply a result of staff's failure to realize that plaintiff's prescription was about to run out. ", "However, even if plaintiff's symptoms were not caused by lack of medicine or by staff's deliberate indifference to his health, he may have a claim against the prison official who refused to come to his aid when he asked for help.", "\nAnother issue related to this claim is that plaintiff does not identify the person or persons responsible for the denial. \"[", "W]hen the substance of a pro se civil rights complaint indicates the existence of claims against individual officials not named in the caption of the complaint, the district court must provide the plaintiff with an opportunity to amend the complaint.\" ", "Donald v. Cook County Sheriff's Department, 95 F.3d 548, 555 (7th Cir.1996); see also Duncan v. Duckworth, 644 F.2d 653, 655-56 (7th Cir.1981) (if prisoner does not know name of defendant, court may allow him to proceed against administrator for purpose of determining defendants' identity). ", "Accordingly, plaintiff will be granted leave to proceed against defendant McCaughtry for the purpose of discovering the names of the other individuals who are allegedly responsible for denying him medication. ", "Early on in this lawsuit, Magistrate Judge Stephen Crocker will hold a preliminary pretrial conference. ", "At the time of the conference, the magistrate judge will discuss with the parties the most efficient way to obtain identification of the unnamed defendants and will set a deadline within which plaintiff is to amend his complaint to include the unnamed defendants.", "\n\nII. ", "Social Isolation and Sensory Deprivation\n\nPlaintiff has styled his complaint similarly to the plaintiffs in Jones `El v. Berge, No. ", "00-C-421-C, 2003 WL 23274551 (W.D.Wis.2003), which is not surprising because plaintiff was a member of the class in Jones `El. ", "In that case, I allowed the inmates at the Wisconsin Secure Program Facility (then known as the Supermax Correctional Institution) to proceed as a class on a claim that their conditions of confinement subjected them to social isolation and sensory deprivation. ", "The plaintiffs alleged that many of their conditions had a \"mutually enforcing effect that produce[d] the deprivation of a single identifiable human need,\" Wilson v. Seiter, 501 U.S. 294, 304, 111 S.Ct. ", "2321, 115 L.Ed.2d 271 (1991), the need for human interaction and sensory stimulation. ", "Plaintiff complains about a number of the same conditions that were at issue in Jones `El: constant illumination, lack of access to the outdoors, a windowless cell with a boxcar door and limited visitation.", "\nHowever, I cannot conclude that plaintiff states a claim for relief under the theory recognized in Jones `El. ", "The key part of the claim in Jones `El was that the inmates were denied almost all contact with other human beings, whether it was visitors, prison staff or other prisoners. ", "Although plaintiff alleges that he is not allowed contact visits, he does not allege the complete isolation that was alleged in Jones `El. ", "I can only assume that plaintiff does receive some time out of his cell, that he is not monitored by video only and that he interacts with other prisoners. ", "Thus, although plaintiff's allegations suggest severe conditions, they do not suggest that he is deprived of all human interaction and sensory stimulation. ", "This claim will be dismissed for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted.", "\n\n\n*950 III. ", "MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL AND TO PROCEED AS A CLASS ACTION\nPlaintiff has filed a motion for class certification. ", "In order to certify a class action, the court must find, among other things, that \"the representative parties will fairly and adequately protect the interests of the class.\" ", "Fed.", "R.Civ.", "P. 23(a)(4). ", "I cannot make this finding in the present action for two reasons.", "\nFirst, plaintiffs are not represented by an attorney, and it appears from the complaint and from the circumstances that none of the named plaintiffs is an attorney. ", "Since absent class members are bound by a judgment whether for or against the class, they are entitled at least to the assurance of competent representation afforded by licensed counsel. ", "Oxendine v. Williams, 509 F.2d 1405, 1407 (4th Cir.1975); see also Ethnic Awareness Organization v. Gagnon, 568 F.Supp. ", "1186, 1187 (E.D.Wis.1983); Huddleston v. Duckworth, 97 F.R.D. 512, 514-15 (N.D.Ind.1983)(prisoner preceeding pro se not allowed to act as class representative). ", "Second, even lawyers may not act both as class representative and as attorney for the class because that arrangement would eliminate the checks and balances imposed by the ability of the class representatives to monitor the performance of the attorney on behalf of the class members. ", "See e.g., Sweet v. Bermingham, 65 F.R.D. 551, 552 (1975); Graybeal v. American Saving & Loan Ass'n, 59 F.R.D. 7, 13-14 (D.D.C.1973); see also Susman v. Lincoln American Corp., 561 F.2d 86, 90 n. 5 (7th Cir.1977), appeal after remand, 587 F.2d 866 (1978), cert. ", "denied, 445 U.S. 942, 100 S.Ct. ", "1337, 63 L.Ed.2d 775 (1980); Conway v. City of Kenosha, 409 F.Supp. ", "344, 349 (E.D.Wis.1975)(plaintiff acting both as class representative and as class attorney precludes class certification). ", "Consequently, class certification will be denied.", "\nI note that even if these procedural barriers to class certification did not exist, plaintiff has not shown that this case should proceed as a class action. ", "As a basis for his motion, he states only: \"At any given time 180 inmates are being exposed to the cruel and unusually harsh conditions which [are] the focus of these actions.\" ", "This one allegation is insufficient to show that (1) the class is so numerous that joinder of all members is impracticable; (2) there are questions of law or fact common to the class; and (3) the claims or defenses of the representative parties are typical of the claims or defenses of the class. ", "Plaintiff must show that each of these requirements are satisfied before he could proceed as a class.", "\nAlso, plaintiff has moved for appointment of counsel. ", "He has complied with the requirement of Jackson v. County of McLean, 953 F.2d 1070 (7th Cir.1992), by submitting the letters of several lawyers who have declined to represent him in this case. ", "Nevertheless, I decline to appoint counsel for plaintiff at this time. ", "In deciding whether to appoint counsel in a particular case, a court must determine whether the plaintiff is competent to represent himself given the complexity of the case, and if he is not, whether the presence of counsel would make a difference in the outcome of his lawsuit. ", "Zarnes v. Rhodes, 64 F.3d 285 (7th Cir.1995) (citing Farmer v. Haas, 990 F.2d 319, 322 (7th Cir.1993)).", "\nI acknowledge that plaintiff alleges that he is mentally ill and therefore is incompetent to represent himself. ", "However, plaintiff's complaint is clearer and more coherent than most others drafted by prisoners. ", "It is true that some of plaintiff's claims could involve complex factual and legal questions, particularly his claim regarding the adequacy of mental health care at Waupun. ", "Even if I were to assume, however, that plaintiff is not capable of representing *951 himself, it is too early in the case to make a determination whether plaintiff's claim is sufficiently meritorious such that appointing counsel would make a difference in the case.", "\nLawyers who accept appointments to represent pro se plaintiffs in civil cases are not guaranteed any compensation. ", "Thus, before this court takes the significant step of seeking out a lawyer willing to take the case, the court has an obligation to insure that the issues raised in a particular case are both substantial and meritorious. ", "Further, the number of lawyers able to take court appointments is very limited. ", "Thus, it is simply impossible to accommodate all of the requests of pro se plaintiffs, mostly prisoners, who request a lawyer. ", "Accordingly, I will deny plaintiff's motion to appoint counsel without prejudice to his renewing it at some later stage of the proceedings.", "\nThe next step is for petitioner to serve his complaint on respondent. ", "Under Fed.", "R.Civ.", "P. 4(m), a plaintiff has 120 days after filing a complaint in which to serve the defendant. ", "However, that is an outside limit with few exceptions. ", "This court requires that a plaintiff act diligently in moving her case to resolution. ", "If petitioner acts promptly, he should be able to serve his complaint on the respondent well before the deadline for doing so established in Rule 4.", "\nTo help petitioner understand the procedure for serving a complaint on an individual, I am enclosing with this memorandum a copy of a document titled \"Procedure for Serving a Complaint on Individuals in a Federal Lawsuit.\" ", "In addition, I am enclosing to petitioner an extra copy of his complaint and forms he will need to send to the defendant in accordance with the procedures set out in Option 1 of the memorandum.", "\n\nORDER\nIT IS ORDERED that\n1. ", "Plaintiff Kurtis King is GRANTED leave to proceed under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 on his claims that\n(1) Defendants Matthew Frank, Gary McCaughtry and Steven Schueler eliminated or reduced plaintiff's telephone privileges, in violation of his right of free speech and intimate association;\n(2) Defendants Frank, McCaughtry and Schueler restricted the publications that he could receive, in violation of plaintiff's right of free speech;\n(3) Defendants Frank, McCaughtry, Curtis Janssen and Schueler denied plaintiff contact visitation and limited his video visitation, in violation of his right of intimate association;\n(4) Defendants Frank, McCaughtry, Janssen and Schueler kept plaintiff's cell illuminated 24 hours a day, in violation of plaintiff's right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment;\n(5) Defendants Frank, McCaughtry, Janssen and Schueler failed to provide plaintiff with adequate mental health care, in violation of plaintiff's right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment;\n(6) A yet to be named defendant or defendants denied plaintiff his prescribed medication, in violation of his right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment;\n(7) A yet to be named defendant refused to come to plaintiff's aid while he was suffering symptoms as a result of not receiving medication, in violation of his right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment.", "\n2. ", "The following claims are DISMISSED for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted:\n\n*952 (1) Defendants denied plaintiff outdoor recreation, in violation of his right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment;\n(2) Defendants denied plaintiff human interaction and sensory stimulation, in violation of his right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment.", "\n3. ", "The following claims are DISMISSED as legally frivolous:\n(1) Defendants required plaintiff to wear a paper gown, in violation of his right to due process of law;\n(2) Defendants denied plaintiff access to a television, radio and other privileges, in violation of his right to due process of law and his right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment;\n(3) Defendants required plaintiff to wear restraints during video visits, in violation of his right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment;\n(4) Defendants subjected plaintiff to excessive noise, in violation of his right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment;\n(5) Defendants Frank, McCaughtry, Janssen and Schueler subjected plaintiff to excessive heat and cold and inadequate ventilation, in violation of his right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment.", "\n4. ", "Plaintiff's motions for class certification and appointment of counsel are DENIED.", "\n5. ", "Plaintiff is directed to promptly serve his complaint on respondents Frank, McCaughtry, Janssen and Schueler and file proof of service of his complaint as soon as service has been accomplished. ", "If, by October 1, 2004, plaintiff fails to submit proof of service of his complaint on the respondent or explain his inability to do so, I will direct petitioner to show cause why his case should not be dismissed for lack of prosecution.", "\n6. ", "For the remainder of this lawsuit, plaintiff must send defendants a copy of every paper or document that he files with the court. ", "Once plaintiff learns the name of the lawyer that will be representing the defendants, he should serve the lawyer directly rather than defendants. ", "The court will disregard documents plaintiff submits that do not show on the court's copy that plaintiff has sent a copy to defendants or to defendants' attorney.", "\n7. ", "Plaintiff should keep a copy of all documents for his own files. ", "If he is unable to use a photocopy machine, he may send out identical handwritten or typed copies of his documents.", "\n" ]
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[ "Duke MBA Student Blog » Admissionshttps://blogs.fuqua.duke.edu/duke-mba\nFuqua Daytime MBA student perspectiveTue, 28 Jul 2015 21:47:32 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.3Shedding Light on the MBA Admissions Processhttps://blogs.fuqua.duke.edu/duke-mba/2013/11/25/megan-lynam-overbay/shedding-light-on-the-mba-admissions-process/?category=admissions\nhttps://blogs.fuqua.duke.edu/duke-mba/2013/11/25/megan-lynam-overbay/shedding-light-on-the-mba-admissions-process/?category=admissions#commentsMon, 25 Nov 2013 21:00:06 +0000http://blogs.fuqua.duke.edu/duke-mba/?p=5267If I met you out on the road or at one of our campus events, you’re likely to have heard me talk about the “black box” of Admissions. ", "Applications go into the box, and decisions come out. ", "What happens in the middle is unclear to anyone outside of the Admissions Committee. ", "It causes much trepidation […]\n\n]]>If I met you out on the road or at one of our campus events, you’re likely to have heard me talk about the “black box” of Admissions. ", "Applications go into the box, and decisions come out. ", "What happens in the middle is unclear to anyone outside of the Admissions Committee. ", "It causes much trepidation on behalf of the applicant — you may wonder, what is Fuqua looking for, and why are they asking me that?", "\n\nAt Fuqua, we do everything we can to demystify the admissions process. ", "We want to help our applicants to understand what we are seeking so that you can first determine whether or not our programs are the best fit for you, and then you can put your best foot forward for the application. ", "So let’s break down the application to provide some insight into not just what, but why we ask for what we do.", "\n\nAcademic Readiness\n\nWe utilize your GMAT or GRE scores, academic record, and work experience relevant to our coursework to answer one fundamental question — Will you be successful in our classrooms? ", "The pace of the MBA program is incredibly fast. ", "I know — I went through the Daytime MBA program, and we covered the material from my semester-long undergraduate accounting course in the first two classes at Fuqua! ", "When you are balancing rigorous courses with your career search, leading clubs and activities, and your personal commitments, you simply must have the intellectual horsepower and quantitative aptitude to be successful. ", "We do not want you to study 24-7. ", "We want you to network, pursue your career and personal passions, and grow into a stronger leader and team player. ", "If your academic background and tests are not a strong reflection of your academic aptitude, I encourage you to consider taking additional course(s) such as statistics, finance, and accounting, as success in them will demonstrate your aptitude as well as build a stronger foundation for your coursework at Fuqua.", "\n\nWork Experience\n\nWe assess your work experience to answer two questions: Will your classmates learn from you? ", "Will your past experience + our program translate well into your future aspirations? ", "The learning in the classroom is not gained simply from the professor sharing his or her knowledge, but rather the students share their personal experiences and insights. ", "Every class involves discussion and team assignments during which classmates share their best practices and ask thought-provoking questions. ", "So, from an admissions perspective, we assess the quality of your previous professional experiences, including how you progressed compared to your peer group, whether you have team and leadership experiences to draw upon, if you’ve been exposed to diverse industries/functions/geographies, and whether you had the opportunity to dive deep into specific fields. ", "Both depth and breadth are valued, and in choosing the cohort for the program, we ultimately aim to build a microcosm of the world in our classrooms through the experiences and perspectives of our students. ", "Your resume will be our roadmap to your professional experience, so be certain that it is understandable to those outside of your industry, is impact-focused, and allocates space to the experiences that you value most.", "\n\nRecommendations\n\nHow does an unbiased third party assess your performance as compared to your peers? ", "Your two professional recommendations provide the Admissions Committee with the opportunity to understand your performance and contributions in a professional environment, through the voice of those who have worked with you closely (either in a professional setting or in community activities) and who have insight into your strengths and development areas. ", "For your recommendations, it’s important to choose someone who knows you well, rather than someone with a big title. ", "Preferably, recommendations can be from a supervisor or senior colleague who will take the time to provide a detailed, thoughtful recommendation with specific examples. ", "Prepare your recommenders so that they understand why you are applying to Fuqua, and how their recommendation can highlight specific aspects of your experience and personality that are not contained elsewhere in your application. ", "DO NOT ghost write your recommendations. ", "DO give your recommenders plenty of time and thank them for their support. ", "If you are unable to ask your current supervisor for a recommendation because they do not know of your business school plans, simply explain this in the optional application essay.", "\n\nLeadership & Involvement\n\nAt Fuqua, a notable portion of your learning and development will happen outside of the formal classroom setting. ", "We want to know — Will you be engaged in the community, share and pursue your passions, and make an impact at Fuqua and in the places where you live and work in the future? ", "Your past activities and involvement — the things that you chose to do, rather than what was required for work or school, are the best indication of your potential future impact as a Leader of Consequence. ", "Take the time to complete the leadership and involvement section of the online application, and in your essays share your passions and how you have committed yourself to them. ", "Also be certain to mention your future aspirations about making an impact.", "\n\nEssays\n\nThe essays are where you truly come alive, and where you have the opportunity to weave your application together into your personal story. ", "Who are you as a 3-dimensional person? ", "What are your passions and aspirations? ", "If there are gaps in your resume or potential areas of confusion, have they been addressed? ", "We really get to know you through your essays, and we were proud to be voted last year as the school who knew its applicants best (survey conducted by Huron Education). ", "We LOVED the 25 random things essay that we incorporated last year as it truly provides applicants with the opportunity to share a wide range of interests and insight into who they really are, and we are excited to continue with this essay. (", "Check out the blog I wrote last year about the 25 random things essay.) ", "Please, be genuine and passionate in your response to this essay — take ownership for your accomplishments and blemishes, and aim to provide the Admissions Committee with a holistic understanding of you, what has made you who you are, and what you hope to be.", "\n\nInterview\n\nWill others want to be on your team? ", "Will you impress our recruiters and faculty? ", "Will you make us proud as an alumnus/a?Why is the Daytime MBA program, with its incredibly cohesive and collaborative community and its focus on empowering our students to lead and make an impact at the school and beyond the right program for you? ", "These are the key questions that our interviewers aim to answer through speaking with you personally. ", "Our interviewers are current students and alumni who are tightly tied to our community, and they help to identify those who will carry on their legacy. ", "The interview is a two-way street, though. ", "It is also a wonderful opportunity for you to learn more about the program and the student experience. ", "So be prepared with your own questions. ", "For more insight, read the blog post I wrote specifically on the interview process.", "\n\nUltimately, the application evaluation process is a holistic process. ", "Your application will be read at least twice, and will go through multiple committee discussions. ", "You will have the opportunity to interact with our students, alumni, and admissions officers either in person or virtually. ", "Our hope is that we will each have a mutual understanding of who you are as an applicant, and how Fuqua and our community will cultivate you into the Leader of Consequence that you aspire to be. ", "The admissions process is not a black box. ", "You are engaged in the entire process, and we look forward to getting to know you! ", "Learn more about the Daytime MBA application process, and contact us if you have any questions.", "\n\nI have traveled to 39 countries, and had the best meal of my life in Thailand.", "\n\nI was captain of my high school drill team and can still remember the kick routine I learned for the audition. ", "I’ve been known to throw a high kick during the welcome at Orientation for our new students …\n\nSince we all make mistakes, I firmly believe that everyone is entitled to a “do-over” and as human beings we should graciously allow them to have it.", "\n\nI ADORE my children!! ", "I aspire to be a great example to women, of how to balance a demanding career and being a good mommy.", "\n\nI’ve been told that I have enough personality for a small Latin American country. ", "That was a compliment — right?", "\n\nI love roller coasters and have ridden several that either are, or were once, world record holders. ", "If you ever want to, please visit Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio.", "\n\nI was a vegetarian for 11 years and returned to eating meat as a means of including more protein in my diet. ", "I still eat mostly vegetarian to this day and can cook the heck out of some tofu. ", "Ask me how!", "\n\nI always thought being a court recorder would be a cool kind of job. ", "Good thing I realize and embrace the fact that I cannot keep quiet or still for very long.", "\n\nI do not have cable, satellite, rabbit ears, etc. ", "on my TV at home. ", "A marketer’s nightmare.", "\n\nI am an only child and have been on my own since 18.", "\n\nI still am in contact with people I met when I landed at RDU on August 22, 1980. ", "Some were even at my birthday party this year!", "\n\nAnne-Caitlin Procopio\n\nAnne-Caitlin Procopio, Interview Coordinator\n\nI spent 6 months living alone in The Times Square Hotel. ", "Three floors of the hotel were for housing for AIDS patients, another was for recovering drug addicts and another for mentally challenged (formerly) homeless people. ", "These formerly homeless patrons were also incredible artists and the artwork they produced was displayed on the walls.", "\n\nI do MANY impressions — my most famous is a crying baby … I’ve been told it’s eerie.", "\n\nI portrayed a Holocaust survivor, Eva Schloss, in a production in college. ", "She is amazing. ", "She ran from the women’s camp in Auschwitz the night of the liberation and found Otto Frank (Anne Frank’s father) in the men’s camp. ", "She had been friends with Anne before the Frank family went into hiding. ", "Eva’s mother ended up marrying Otto Frank. ", "Eva sent me her book and also sent the cast copies of pictures that her stepfather had taken of Anne that have never been printed.", "\n\nFavorite books: The Great Gatsby, The Things They Carried, Beloved, The Awakening. ", "I don’t care for Jane Austen, even though that really irked my English teachers.", "\n\nMy husband Mikey is a rock star (seriously, you should hear his songs) and my cat Skunk has been deemed “a one cat army.” ", "I am so lucky to have the friends and family that I do.", "\n\n]]>https://blogs.fuqua.duke.edu/duke-mba/2012/10/04/megan-lynam-overbay/more-random-things/?category=admissions/feed1Is Early Action Right for Me?https://blogs.fuqua.duke.edu/duke-mba/2012/08/31/megan-lynam-overbay/is-early-action-right-for-me/?category=admissions\nhttps://blogs.fuqua.duke.edu/duke-mba/2012/08/31/megan-lynam-overbay/is-early-action-right-for-me/?category=admissions#commentsFri, 31 Aug 2012 20:56:34 +0000http://blogs.fuqua.duke.edu/duke-mba/?p=2388This is a common question from applicants, as Fuqua is one of the few schools offering an Early Action application option. ", "It is an incredible opportunity to clearly communicate your commitment to Fuqua and to confirm early in the application cycle — perhaps before you submit applications to any other programs you may be considering […]\n\n]]>This is a common question from applicants, as Fuqua is one of the few schools offering an Early Action application option. ", "It is an incredible opportunity to clearly communicate your commitment to Fuqua and to confirm early in the application cycle — perhaps before you submit applications to any other programs you may be considering — your plans for next year. ", "It is compelling, to know so soon, but it is only the right choice for some applicants. ", "The best way to figure out whether you are one of them is to ask yourself the following questions:\n\n1. ", "Have you done deep research into MBA programs, including speaking to alumni and current students?", "\n\nIn applying during the Early Action round, you are committing to attend Fuqua if admitted, including withdrawing any applications to other programs and paying the $3,000 tuition deposit within a few weeks of admission. ", "You should, therefore, feel absolutely confident based on your research about programs and connecting with members of the Fuqua community, that Fuqua is where you belong for the next two years, and for a lifetime as an alumnus/a.\n\n2. ", "Will you be able to put together your best application by the September 19, 2012, deadline?", "\n\nThe golden rule for application timing: Apply as early as possible without compromising the quality of your application. ", "The critical piece here is the quality of your application. ", "Only you can know how much time you need to allocate to complete standardized tests, to write and rewrite your essays (possibly multiple times, depending on how you approach writing), to request official transcript(s), and to give your recommenders sufficient time to put together an exceptional representation of your contributions. ", "You want to put your very best foot forward, so make sure you have plenty of time to do that.", "\n\n3. ", "If you live in the United States, with the exception of the West Coast, will you be able to come to Durham to complete your interview between September 10 and October 16, 2012? (", "Review our campus visit registration system to check available dates and times – they go fast!)", "\n\nFuqua’s interview process has changed slightly this year. ", "All Early Action applicants living in the U.S., with the exception of the West Coast, are required to come to campus to complete their interviews during the Open Interview Period (September 10 – October 16, 2012)\n\nYour interview does NOT need to be completed prior to the application deadline on September 19, but you must interview by the close of the Open Interview Period on October 16.", "\n\nIf you live on the West Coast or internationally, we encourage you to visit Durham during the Open Interview Period to complete your interview if it is feasible for you to travel to Durham. ", "We understand that traveling this distance may not be a viable option. ", "In these cases, if you live on the West Coast or internationally, your application will be reviewed after the Early Action application deadline, and some of you will be invited to interview with our alumni in a location closer to your home (you will be able to select an interview location in your online application) between October 11 – 16.", "\n\n4. ", "Is your decision about which school to attend independent of merit scholarship awards?", "\n\nIt is a common misconception that scholarships are not awarded during Early Action. ", "This is absolutely not true – scholarship decisions are made consistently at Duke, regardless of the round in which you apply. ", "Getting a merit scholarship is competitive, though. ", "If a generous scholarship offer from another school would weigh heavily on your decision to come to Fuqua, then you are not yet ready to commit to Early Action.", "\n\n5. ", "Is Fuqua unequivocally your top choice?", "\n\nCan you see yourself at Fuqua? ", "Will you flourish in our rigorous, collaborative, student-initiative-driven culture? ", "Do you aspire to make the places that you live and work better?", "\n\nIf you answered “yes” to all 5 of the above questions, then Early Action is absolutely the right option for you! ", "I encourage you to reach out to our office (admissions-info@fuqua.duke.edu) for any guidance needed as you prepare your application, and to closely monitor this blog for additional tips and insights.", "\n\n]]>https://blogs.fuqua.duke.edu/duke-mba/2012/08/31/megan-lynam-overbay/is-early-action-right-for-me/?category=admissions/feed6Application Essays Change to Gain Greater Insightshttps://blogs.fuqua.duke.edu/duke-mba/2012/07/19/megan-lynam-overbay/application-essays-change-to-gain-greater-insights/?category=admissions\nhttps://blogs.fuqua.duke.edu/duke-mba/2012/07/19/megan-lynam-overbay/application-essays-change-to-gain-greater-insights/?category=admissions#commentsThu, 19 Jul 2012 15:07:09 +0000http://blogs.fuqua.duke.edu/duke-mba/?p=2199One of the more challenging jobs that the Admissions team faces each year is selecting our application essay questions. ", "We strive for questions that will fill any gaps in the application, tie the applicant’s story together, and shed light on what truly makes the person who they are — beyond what is stated in the […]\n\n]]>One of the more challenging jobs that the Admissions team faces each year is selecting our application essay questions. ", "We strive for questions that will fill any gaps in the application, tie the applicant’s story together, and shed light on what truly makes the person who they are — beyond what is stated in the resume, test scores, and transcripts. ", "Despite our best intentions, it can be difficult to convey what we are seeking through our essay questions, and we sometimes receive submissions that are regurgitations of information found elsewhere in the application, overly manufactured versions of what applicants think we want to hear, or in some extreme cases, plagiarism of content found online. ", "This is why you may notice so many admissions teams adapting their approach to essay questions. ", "We are in a constant search for the tool, question, or method that will evoke a sense of who the applicant truly is, and what makes him/her unique.", "\n\nWho Are You?", "\n\nThis year at Duke, we are stretching the definition of “essay” in an effort to harness the sort of insight that we’re looking for from applicants. ", "The Daytime MBA application now includes three very straightforward short answer questions about the applicant’s goals. ", "Here, we’re just looking for the facts, with minimal embellishment. ", "We do have an “essay question,” but what we’re seeking through it is a glimpse into the conversations that applicants have with the people who know them best. ", "Think about it. ", "When you tell your best friend why you are applying to a specific school, you do so with genuine passion and enthusiasm. ", "We want to hear that honest emotion, along with the reasoning that you give your best friend/mom/significant other/mentor about why you are applying not just to MBA programs, but to Fuqua.", "\n\nFinally, we are asking for a numbered list — a kind of top 25. ", "That’s right. ", "For one of the “essays,” we want a list of 25 things that illuminate your passions, personality, quirks, hopes, fears, etc. ", "A couple of years ago, the “25 Random Things” list went viral, and back then, we shared our lists within the Admissions team at Fuqua. ", "It became a tradition, and new team members share their lists when they join us. ", "Like our new hires, our applicants are looking to join our Fuqua community. ", "Thus, we thought that the Random Things would be an appropriate way to get a true sense of our applicants and how they would engage with and impact our community.", "\n\nWe Are Team Fuqua\n\nSince applicants are also seeking to understand the schools to which they are applying, and whether Fuqua is a good fit, we will use the Random Things to help you to get to know us and our community. ", "In my contributions to the blog throughout the year, I will include a smattering of Random Things about our staff, and I encourage our student bloggers to do the same! ", "It is only fair that I start off, so below are a few selections from my 25 Random Things, as well as those from a couple of other amazing Admissions team members. ", "We hope you enjoy getting to know us!", "\n\nBlogger Megan Overbay\n\nMegan Lynam Overbay, Director of Admissions\n\nI was a … ummm … headstrong child. ", "I liked to dress myself, and would throw nasty temper tantrums when I didn’t get to do so. ", "My mom finally stopped fighting me, and when she dropped me off at school, the woman who ran my Montessori school said that the hideous outfit I had put together was a sign of intelligence.", "\n\nMy grandparents have traveled to every continent, every state, and pretty much anywhere you would ever want to go. ", "They keep a map of the world with pins designating all the places they have seen. ", "In my lifetime, I aspire to have a map that’s as full of pins as my grandparents’ map.", "\n\nThere is an assumption that because I am a good baker, I am also a good cook. ", "This is not true. ", "Baking is a science. ", "Cooking is a mystery. ", "What does “add salt to taste” mean anyway?", "\n\nI didn’t start running for exercise/sport until I was a junior in college. ", "I got my first bike (since my Huffy Pink Thunder) when I was 22. ", "I didn’t start swimming until two years later when I got hurt and couldn’t run or bike. ", "I’m now a triathlete. ", "ANYONE can do it if they decide that they want to do it.", "\n\nI was waitlisted in Round 1 when I applied to Fuqua for the Class of 2003. ", "When Liz Riley Hargrove (our Associate Dean) called me that March to congratulate me on being admitted, I thought I had won the lottery. ", "I did.", "\n\nMy real name is Willie, not William. ", "Seriously, it’s on my license, birth certificate, social security card and everything.", "\n\nI have asthma but during freshman football practice in high school, I decided I wasn’t going to use my inhaler and I haven’t used one since.", "\n\nAt the age of 4, I told my parents I wanted to be a doctor, and was on my way until a couple of drag out fights with Organic Chemistry and Biology in undergrad.", "\n\nDuring my junior year of high school, I was nominated for a male beauty pageant. ", "For the talent portion of it, my best friend and I lip-synced to Milli Vanilli’s “Girl You Know It’s True” with suits, and dreadlock wigs (sorry no pictures or videotapes exist).", "\n\nI have a pretty good memory about random stuff, especially when it comes to sports (teams, who was on the respective team, etc.), ", "music and when songs came out, and people, and how and when I met them.", "\n\nKalina Monti\n\nKalina Monti, Operations Coordinator\n\nI can juggle. ", "My uncle was a professional juggler at one time, and he taught me how to do it.", "\n\nAs a child, my family raised a few chickens and goats. ", "We also grew large gardens with fresh vegetables and herbs (I miss it terribly).", "\n\nI was bitten by a copperhead snake on my left foot while moving things on my back porch (it was hidden under a cabinet, and afterwards I was out of commission for several weeks).", "\n\nI took ballet and danced on toe shoes until said toe was broken. ", "Then I moved on to Cross Country and Track in high school (loved it!).", "\n\nMy favorite author as a child was Dr. Seuss, and I still love him (quote: “Today you are You, that is truer than true. ", "There is no one alive who is You-er than You.”)", "\n\n]]>https://blogs.fuqua.duke.edu/duke-mba/2012/07/19/megan-lynam-overbay/application-essays-change-to-gain-greater-insights/?category=admissions/feed39Insight on our Interview Processhttps://blogs.fuqua.duke.edu/duke-mba/2012/02/23/megan-lynam-overbay/guest-blog-insight-on-our-interview-process/?category=admissions\nhttps://blogs.fuqua.duke.edu/duke-mba/2012/02/23/megan-lynam-overbay/guest-blog-insight-on-our-interview-process/?category=admissions#commentsThu, 23 Feb 2012 22:17:32 +0000http://blogs.fuqua.duke.edu/duke-mba/?p=1594We are in the midst of interviews for our Round 2 applicants, our largest application round of the year. ", "We’ve had staff members on the ground, leading events in China, Korea, Thailand, Japan, Israel, India, and across the U.S. Alumni spearheaded activities across Latin America, Europe, Russia/CIS, and Africa. ", "It is our goal, through these […]\n\n]]>We are in the midst of interviews for our Round 2 applicants, our largest application round of the year. ", "We’ve had staff members on the ground, leading events in China, Korea, Thailand, Japan, Israel, India, and across the U.S. Alumni spearheaded activities across Latin America, Europe, Russia/CIS, and Africa. ", "It is our goal, through these events and interview activities, to not only provide insight for the Admissions Committee into the candidacy of our applicants, but also to bring the Fuqua community to our applicants around the world, through both formal and informal engagement with our alumni and current students. ", "We often get questions about why our interview process works the way it does:\n\nWhy do our alumni and current students conduct most of our Daytime MBA interviews?", "\n\nWhy does the interviewer only have the applicant’s resume?", "\n\nWhat is the purpose of the interview?", "\n\nIt is difficult to capture in words, and it’s hard to understand without experiencing it … but once you are exposed to it, it is universally recognized by prospective students and recruiters as a primary distinguishing factor of our school, our students, and our alumni – it’s The Fuqua Culture. ", "Yes, I am bolding it. ", "It is pervasive throughout the staff, faculty, students, and alumni of Fuqua.", "\n\n“Collaborative”\n\n“Leaders of Consequence”\n\n“Teach as Much as You Learn”\n\nAll of these above concepts and others describe our culture, but do not fully capture it. ", "Hence the importance of each of our prospective students having the opportunity to connect with members of our community, so that we’re able to share the culture directly and personally with each of them. ", "This is exactly why we aim to have our alumni and current students as engaged in the recruiting and interview process as possible. ", "For current students and alumni who conduct interviews, they do it to help select their legacy, and they provide insight based on their deep knowledge of the Fuqua culture – Will the candidate add value in the classroom, will he/she contribute to our community, and will he/she represent us well with future employers? ", "Interviewers also think about:\n\nWould they want the applicant on their team?", "\n\nWould they be proud to have him/her as a member of our alumni network?", "\n\nCan they see the impact that he/she would have on our community at Fuqua and beyond after graduation?", "\n\nOur alumni and current students have only the resume of an applicant when conducting interviews, and it is for a logical reason. ", "That’s all a potential employer will have when deciding whether to interview you, and likely all that they will have when they do interview you.", "\n\nOur interviews are also a two-way street. ", "They are an opportunity for applicants to determine whether or not Fuqua is a good fit for his/her background, goals, and learning style. ", "Personal interaction with our alumni and current students provide applicants with the ability to ask detailed questions, and to get the “inside” perspective on the Fuqua experience. ", "Applicants can truly hear what it’s like to sit in our classrooms, how to get involved in X club, how our alumni act as a support structure to help each other transition to new cities, new jobs, and the like. ", "The interviewers as well as the other alumni, current students, and staff involved in our recruiting activities around the globe are an incredible resource for our applicants, and we are honored to have such a talented and engaged community supporting our admissions efforts to bring in the next generation of Fuquans.", "\n\n]]>https://blogs.fuqua.duke.edu/duke-mba/2012/02/23/megan-lynam-overbay/guest-blog-insight-on-our-interview-process/?category=admissions/feed3Reflections from Admissionshttps://blogs.fuqua.duke.edu/duke-mba/2012/01/03/megan-lynam-overbay/guest-blog-reflections-from-admissions/?category=admissions\nhttps://blogs.fuqua.duke.edu/duke-mba/2012/01/03/megan-lynam-overbay/guest-blog-reflections-from-admissions/?category=admissions#commentsTue, 03 Jan 2012 21:31:52 +0000http://blogs.fuqua.duke.edu/duke-mba/?p=1352The holiday season starts with the rush and chaos of shopping, holiday parties, and finishing work projects, followed by … quiet. ", "With presents wrapped, shipped, and unwrapped, LOTS of food cooked and devoured, and much of the world on vacation, I am enjoying one of my favorite times of the year. ", "It is a time […]\n\n]]>The holiday season starts with the rush and chaos of shopping, holiday parties, and finishing work projects, followed by … quiet. ", "With presents wrapped, shipped, and unwrapped, LOTS of food cooked and devoured, and much of the world on vacation, I am enjoying one of my favorite times of the year. ", "It is a time to relax, clean up the chaos, and reflect on successes, learnings, and opportunities to seize in the new year.", "\n\nA Year of Travel\n\n2011 was filled with travel to most every major U.S. city and several smaller ones, as well as England and Russia in February (there are no words to describe 27 degrees below zero), and Colombia, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Peru, and Mexico in August and/or December. ", "And though I have not been to Asia, India, the Middle East, or Africa this past year, both our Admissions team and our Regional teams have been there. ", "I am fortunate that they can teach me about the nuances of what matters today in each culture and economy. ", "Our job in Admissions is to fill our classes with bright, passionate, collaborative people who share the school’s commitment to making our companies, organizations, and communities better—they are Leaders of Consequence. ", "Fuquans come from every corner of the globe, from every function, industry, religion, socioeconomic status, sexual preference, and political perspective. ", "So, those of us in Admissions have the distinct fortune to be able to travel to meet prospective students and reconnect with alumni, to share with applicants what Fuqua is all about, and to learn about vastly different cultures and communities.", "\n\nThe DNA of a “Fuquan”\n\nOne of the things I have learned in all of my travels (almost 40 countries, and yes, I am counting), is that there is a DNA to a Fuquan, that amidst the incredibly diverse histories, talents, and perspectives of our students and alumni, we share core values. ", "Fuquans are proud of where they come from, and are honored to share with you what makes their country, their family, and their community special. ", "They are humble. ", "They know their strengths, and will take the time to teach and help others in these areas, while simultaneously and graciously accepting guidance from others in their areas of development. ", "They are doers. ", "They are passionate and motivated and know they cannot do things alone, so they are wonderful at inspiring others to join them in their initiatives. ", "And we don’t just appreciate diversity, it is at the very core of the Fuqua DNA—it is woven into everything we do.", "\n\nBuilding Fuqua’s Future\n\nSpending time reflecting on the past year often comes with a bit of sentimentality. ", "I’m no exception—I am honored to be a Fuquan (from the Daytime MBA Class of 2003!), ", "to be a part of a school and a community that is proud, humble, passionate, fascinatingly diverse, and focused on cultivating the leaders who will make the world a better place. ", "And with our Early Action round already tapping the first group of students for the Daytime MBA Class of 2013 to carry on this incredible legacy, Round 1 interviews taking place this month, and the Round 2 application deadline tomorrow, I am particularly honored to be a part of building Fuqua’s future. (", "More application information is on the Daytime website.)", "\n\nAnd so I begin the transition into 2012, into more days spent in my pajamas reading applications at home than in business suits and hotel rooms, into the excitement of reading people’s stories and filling our classrooms with the next generation of Fuquans. ", "Happy New Year, indeed!", "\n\n]]>https://blogs.fuqua.duke.edu/duke-mba/2012/01/03/megan-lynam-overbay/guest-blog-reflections-from-admissions/?category=admissions/feed1Admissions Tipshttps://blogs.fuqua.duke.edu/duke-mba/2011/11/16/megan-lynam-overbay/guest-blog-admissions-tips/?category=admissions\nhttps://blogs.fuqua.duke.edu/duke-mba/2011/11/16/megan-lynam-overbay/guest-blog-admissions-tips/?category=admissions#commentsWed, 16 Nov 2011 18:24:12 +0000http://blogs.fuqua.duke.edu/duke-mba/?p=987I recently participated in Accepted.com’s Duke Fuqua Admissions Q&A with my colleague Catherine Tuttle, Associate Program Director in the Career Management Center, and second-year Daytime student Alon Gorbonos. ", "The Q&A was broadcasted online and prospective students sent in questions, which we answered in real-time. ", "We responded to specific questions about the application process, career services, […]\n\nThe Q&A was broadcasted online and prospective students sent in questions, which we answered in real-time. ", "We responded to specific questions about the application process, career services, academics, and the student experience. ", "It was a great opportunity to not only interact with future Fuquans, but also with Catherine and Alon. ", "Just one example of how, as members of Team Fuqua, we work across functions to build strong partnerships among the administration and students.", "\n\nUnfortunately, we received a couple questions that we didn’t have time to answer. ", "My responses are below:\n\nIs there a way to conduct an open interview if the applicant is abroad?", "\n\nNo. ", "The Open Interview Season is intended to allow people who have a deep interest in Duke to couple their interview with a campus visit early in the application period. ", "We understand that not all applicants can make the trip to campus, so we support interviews around the world throughout the remainder of the interview season.", "\n\nFor a long time now, I have been fascinated by human psychology, while being interested in consulting as a career, and aside from wanting to pursue a dual concentration in strategy and decision sciences, would I be able to take additional courses in psychology (or other courses)?", "\n\nStudents are welcome to take graduate-level courses at other Duke schools for elective credit. ", "Students must meet the prerequisites for these courses, and must receive prior approval from our registrar for the course(s).", "\n\nWe have a flexible curriculum that allows for almost a year and a half of elective courses, and during this time, our students certainly take advantage of the fact that Duke has top graduate programs across many disciplines. ", "Courses at other Duke schools that are popular with Fuqua students are often cross-listed and offered on Fuqua’s academic calendar. ", "For those that are not, students must plan ahead in terms of scheduling because while Fuqua is on a term schedule, other Duke schools are on a semester system. ", "So, a non-Fuqua course may not necessarily align with the student’s schedule at Fuqua." ]
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[ "Single nucleotide polymorphism in the RAD18 gene and risk of colorectal cancer in the Japanese population.", "\nThe RAD18 gene, located on the human chromosome 3p24-p25, plays a crucial role in post-replication repair (PRR) in various organisms from yeast to humans. ", "In the human RAD18 gene, one coding single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) at codon 302, encoding either arginine (Arg, CGA) or glutamine (Gln, CAA), was reported. ", "Although the molecular function of the RAD18 protein came to be elucidated, the association between the RAD18 Arg302Gln polymorphism and the risk of human cancer development was not examined. ", "Therefore, we investigated the relationship between the polymorphism and the development of human primary colorectal cancer (CRC). ", "The Arg302Gln polymorphism in 100 patients with CRC and 200 healthy controls were genotyped by the polymerase chain reaction with confronting two-pair primer (PCR-CTPP) assay. ", "The Gln/Gln genotype was significantly more frequent in CRC (18.0%) than in the healthy controls (11.5%) (p=0.046). ", "The increased risk was detected in CRC patients with the Gln/Gln genotype (Odds ratio [OR], 2.10; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.00 to 4.40). ", "When the relationship of the SNP with clinicopathological parameters of CRC was investigated, particularly in the well-differentiated grade and in the lymph node metastasis (N1) CRC patients, significantly higher risks were detected (OR, 7.00; 95% CI, 1.19-41.1 and OR, 3.71; 95% CI, 1.30-10.6, respectively). ", "These results suggested that the RAD18 Arg302Gln polymorphism is associated with the risk of CRC. ", "This report provides evidence for an association between the RAD18 Arg302Gln polymorphism and human CRC risk." ]
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[ "Q:\n\nRadio button loses value on postback(after postback first button is again checked)\n\nI select football radio button and when I click on submit and after postback\ncricket is selected again.football radio button loses value,\n<span>\n <input type=\"radio\" id=\"Cricket\" name=\"SportType\" value=\"1\" checked=\"checked\" />Cricket\n</span>\n<span>\n <input type=\"radio\" id=\"Football\" name=\"SportType\" value=\"2\" />Football\n</span>\n<span>\n <input type=\"radio\" id=\"Boxing\" name=\"SportType\" value=\"3\" />Boxing\n</span>\n\nI get correct value on server end\nI am using Asp.net MVC 3\n,Firefox 9.0.1\n\nA:\n\nYou should use the Html.", "RadioButton helper to generate radio buttons if you want them to retain values:\n<span>\n @Html.", "RadioButton(\"SportType\", \"1\", new { id = \"Cricket\" })\n Cricket\n</span>\n<span>\n @Html.", "RadioButton(\"SportType\", \"2\", new { id = \"Football\" })\n Football\n</span>\n<span>\n @Html.", "RadioButton(\"SportType\", \"3\", new { id = \"Boxing\" })\n Boxing\n</span>\n\n" ]
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[ "Q:\n\nCreate dynamic strings inside a for loop to generate multiple strings\n\nI'm working on a Python(3.6) project in which I need to create some strings on the base of some input parameters.", "\nHere's my code:\ndef generate_multi_svc_config(data):\n no_of_svc = int(data['configuration']['no_of_svc'])\n deployments = ''''''\n services = ''''''\n for var in list(range(1, no_of_svc + 1)):\n services = services + '''\\n\napiVersion: v1\nkind: Service\nmetadata:\n name: {}\n labels:\n app: {}\nspec:\n ports:\n - port: {}\n name: {}\n selector:\n app: {}\n---\n'''.format(data['configuration']['svc' + str(var)]['name'],\n data['configuration']['svc' + str(var)]['name'],\n data['configuration']['svc' + str(var)]['versions']['v1']['port']['port'],\n data['configuration']['svc' + str(var)]['versions']['v1']['port']['name'],\n data['configuration']['svc' + str(var)]['name'])\n print(services)\n deployments = deployments + '''\\n\napiVersion: extensions/v1beta1\nkind: Deployment\nmetadata:\n name: {}\n labels:\n #Project ID\n app: {}\nspec:\n #Run two instances of our application\n replicas: {}\n template:\n metadata:\n labels:\n app: {}\n spec:\n #Container details\n containers:\n - name: {}\n image: {}\n imagePullPolicy: Always\n #Ports to expose\n ports:\n - containerPort: {}\n name: {}\n---\n'''.format(data['configuration']['svc' + str(var)]['name'] + '-' + 'v1',\n data['configuration']['svc' + str(var)]['name'],\n data['configuration']['svc' + str(var)]['replicas'],\n data['configuration']['svc' + str(var)]['name'],\n data['configuration']['svc' + str(var)]['name'],\n data['configuration']['svc' + str(var)]['versions']['v1']['image'],\n data['configuration']['svc' + str(var)]['versions']['v1']['port']['port'],\n data['configuration']['svc' + str(var)]['versions']['v1']['port']['name'])\n print(deployments)\n\nSo, when I pass no_of_svc = 2 it should create 2 service strings and 2 deployments string.", "\nBut it created the first entry in services for twice and all others for once.", "\nI don't know why it's creating the first service string twice?", "\nHere's the example output:\napiVersion: v1\nkind: Service\nmetadata:\n name: ratings\n labels:\n app: ratings\nspec:\n ports:\n - port: 8080\n name: ratings-port\n selector:\n app: ratings\n---\n\napiVersion: v1\nkind: Service\nmetadata:\n name: ratings\n labels:\n app: ratings\nspec:\n ports:\n - port: 8080\n name: ratings-port\n selector:\n app: ratings\n---\n\napiVersion: v1\nkind: Service\nmetadata:\n name: reviews\n labels:\n app: reviews\nspec:\n ports:\n - port: 8081\n name: reviews-port\n selector:\n app: reviews\n---\n\napiVersion: extensions/v1beta1\nkind: Deployment\nmetadata:\n name: ratings-v1\n labels:\n #Project ID\n app: ratings\nspec:\n #Run two instances of our application\n replicas: 3\n template:\n metadata:\n labels:\n app: ratings\n spec:\n #Container details\n containers:\n - name: ratings\n image: gcr.io/ml001-208807/node-app:0.0.1\n imagePullPolicy: Always\n #Ports to expose\n ports:\n - containerPort: 8080\n name: ratings-port\n---\n\napiVersion: extensions/v1beta1\nkind: Deployment\nmetadata:\n name: reviews-v1\n labels:\n #Project ID\n app: reviews\nspec:\n #Run two instances of our application\n replicas: 2\n template:\n metadata:\n labels:\n app: reviews\n spec:\n #Container details\n containers:\n - name: reviews\n image: gcr.io/ml001-208807/node-app1:0.0.1\n imagePullPolicy: Always\n #Ports to expose\n ports:\n - containerPort: 8081\n name: reviews-port\n---\n\nA:\n\nThe problem seems to be that you append to services and deployments in each iteration of the loop, but while you print deployments only at the end, you print services in each iteration of the loop, hence printing the entry that was added in the first iteration twice.", "\nDue to the large multiline-strings this is hard to see in your original code. ", "I suggest extracting those strings to some constants on module-level to make the loop body much easier to read. ", "Also, you can define some temporary variable to shorten the repeated dict lookup:\ntemplate1 = '''\\n\napiVersion: v1\n... more lines ...\n app: {}\n---\n'''\ntemplate2 = '''\\n\napiVersion: extensions/v1beta1\n... more lines ...\n name: {}\n---\n'''\ndef generate_multi_svc_config(data):\n no_of_svc = int(data['configuration']['no_of_svc'])\n deployments = ''\n services = ''\n for var in list(range(1, no_of_svc + 1)):\n d = data['configuration']['svc' + str(var)]\n services += template1.format(d['name'],\n d['name'],\n d['versions']['v1']['port']['port'],\n d['versions']['v1']['port']['name'],\n d['name'])\n deployments += template2.format(d['name'] + '-' + 'v1',\n d['name'],\n d['replicas'],\n d['name'],\n d['name'],\n d['versions']['v1']['image'],\n d['versions']['v1']['port']['port'],\n d['versions']['v1']['port']['name'])\n print(services) # <- move this line here, outside the loop\n print(deployments)\n\nAlso, if you want to insert certain values at multiple places in your template string, you can use placeholders like {0} or {1}, so you don't have to pass d[\"name\"] three times.", "\n>>> template = \"first {0} second {1} first again {0}\"\n>>> template.format(\"foo\", \"bar\")\n'first foo second bar first again foo'\n\n" ]
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[ "Q:\n\nC++ Saving variables in files\n\nI am new to c++ and I am trying to find a way to make a program store information in a variable. ", "I don't understand how to make a file or variable save and be able to be reused the next time the program is open. ", "For instance, let`s say that I make a program that asks for a username and saves it in a variable, how would I be able to store that variable so that the program can actually fetch it in a later use?", "\n\nA:\n\nYou just need to save that variable in a file and read from that file the next time you run your program.", "\nSay, you have the variable int a; which you allocate a value to a=10. ", "You can save that variable in a text file with the following code:\n ofstream file;\n file.open (\"filePath.txt\");\n file << a;\n file.close();\n\nIf instead of one variable, you have a set of variables, you can either save them in different files or save all of them in a vector and save the vector in one single file. ", "The variables will be saved in order. ", "So you can use this to refer to any specific variable you need when you run your program again. ", "Here's how you save a vector, say std::vector<double> b = {1,2,3};\n ofstream output_file( filePath );\n ostream_iterator<int> output_iterator( output_file, \"\\n\" );\n // Passing all the variables inside the vector from the beginning of the vector to the end.", "\n copy( b.begin( ), b.end( ), output_iterator );\n\nTo read from the file again, just do this:\nstd::vector<double> newVector;\nifstream input_file( filePath.txt );\ndouble tempVar;\nwhile ( input_file >> tempVar )\n{\n newVector.push_back( tempVar );\n}\n\nMake sure to #include <iostream> at the beginning of your code! :)", "\nHope this helps!", "\n\n" ]
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[ "Hydrogen bonds in the vicinity of the special pair of the bacterial reaction center probed by hydrostatic high-pressure absorption spectroscopy.", "\nUsing the native bacteriochlorophyll a pigment cofactors as local probes, we investigated the response to external hydrostatic high pressure of reaction center membrane protein complexes from the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides. ", "Wild-type and engineered complexes were used with a varied number (0, 1 or 2) of hydrogen bonds that bind the reaction center primary donor bacteriochlorophyll cofactors to the surrounding protein scaffold. ", "A pressure-induced breakage of hydrogen bonds was established for both detergent-purified and membrane-embedded reaction centers, but at rather different pressures: between 0.2 and 0.3GPa and at about 0.55GPa, respectively. ", "The free energy change associated with the rupture of the single hydrogen bond present in wild-type reaction centers was estimated to be equal to 13-14kJ/mol. ", "In the mutant with two symmetrical hydrogen bonds (FM197H) a single cooperative rupture of the two bonds was observed corresponding to an about twice stronger bond, rather than a sequential rupture of two individual bonds." ]
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[ "Kenyan socialite Vera Sidika has been posting photos of herself with a man on social media with suggestive captions. ", "In one of her many posts Vera writes: “Life is all about finding people who are your kind of crazy. ", "He’s the male version of me. #", "Twinning.”", "\n\nKenyan media report that the mystery guy is a very rich Nigerian based in Dubai. ", "The two were spotted partying together at a club in Dubai, looking all “lovey-dovey”. ", "Vera, who celebrated her 27th birthday on September 29, traveled to Dubai to share the special day with her man." ]
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[ "To some degree, all teenagers are risk-takers. ", "It’s part of the design. ", "It’s how young people learn to recognize and maintain limits, size up a situation, make smart decisions about personal risk, be safe on their own...you know...become adults. ", "Some take bigger risks than others, and some learn tougher lessons because of it. ", "And some, like Brittany Morrow, take a tough lesson learned and make it a purpose. ", "Some, are just incredibly brave.", "\n\nBrittany is the site manager for motorcycle safety at U.S. Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach in San Diego, California. ", "If you’re a member of the United States armed forces stationed there, you don’t get to ride your motorcycle without her approval. ", "I’m so sure... can you just see the eye-rolling? ", "What could this cheerful, blonde girl on her pink-zebra-sportbike teach you, right, soldier? ", "Plenty.", "\n\nBrittany Morrow was one of those teenagers. ", "She learned a horrific lesson at the tender age of 19. ", "One that she couldn’t forget if she wanted to. ", "She sees it and feels it every time she gets up in the morning. ", "And she always will.", "\n\nShe has distinct memories of her ride before the accident, as if fate needed to emphasize the contrast of what sun and wind and speed feel like on your skin before it’s shredded along 522 feet of asphalt until it’s just gone. ", "A beautiful sunny day, a good friend, a great bike, and of course, as always, a good helmet. ", "A really good helmet, one that saved her life, but one that was two sizes too big with a visor that wasn’t properly latched. ", "It was the most important piece of safety gear she was wearing. ", "It was the only piece of safety gear she was wearing when, at 120mph, a gust of wind grabbed her visor and ripped her head back, pulling her off the passenger seat, changing her life forever.", "\n\n“When I hit the ground, it was as if every breath I had ever taken rushed out of me in an instant. ", "I could feel every inch of my body hitting the road; tumbling, sliding and grinding into the unforgiving surface. ", "In my helmet, which seemed so small and yet completely empty, I could hear my whimpers as I fought to breath and my prayer to God as I gave into the asphalt. ", "In a matter of seconds, I had come to the conclusion that I was going to die, and I was ok with it. ", "I knew this was far worse than anything I had ever gone through and I was convinced I would not live to see the next day. ", "My eyes were closed as I finished my 522 foot tumble down highway 550. ", "I never lost consciousness, but I remember wishing that I had.”", "\n\nShe spent months in a hospital burn unit, as doctors and nurses tried to encourage her skin to grow back by teasing it with a daily peel of gauze from her open, sticky flesh; there wasn’t enough skin left to harvest and transplant elsewhere, she’d just have to grow more. ", "She eventually did, but it wasn’t the same. ", "Brittany grew thick-skinned in more ways than one.", "\n\nIn three months, she was back on a motorcycle. ", "Just in a parking lot at first, but remember, she was one of those kind of teenagers. ", "She’s one of those kinds of people.", "\n\nBrittany not only got back on her bike, she became a Motorcycle Safety Instructor. ", "She started RockTheGear.org, a website designed to provide information about motorcycle safety gear, and she told her story. ", "With video.", "\n\nAlmost ten years later, Brittany’s motorcycle nightmare has become her dream, while fulfilling her lifelong desire to serve alongside US servicemen and women. ", "More recently, her new position with Icon Motosports gives her the opportunity to interact with riders all over the country, find out what they need, find out what they want, and help the designers back at Icon’s Portland h.q. ", "develop products to protect the largest organ on any rider’s body. ", "With her own painful story, she tells riders why it’s important." ]
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[ "Saleh Muhammad Khan\n\nSaleh Muhammad is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, since August 2018. ", "Previously he was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, from May 2013 to May 2018.", "\n\nEducation\nHe has received intermediate level education.", "\n\nPolitical career\n\nHe was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PK-55 Mansehra-III in 2013 Pakistani general election. ", "He received 28,688 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Shahzada Gustasap Khan.", "\n\nHe was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as an independent candidate from NA-13 (Mansehra-I) in 2018 Pakistani general election. ", "He received 109,282 votes and defeated Gujjar Shahjahan Yousuf with the help of Shahzada Muhammad Gushtasip Khan . ", "Following the election, he announced to join Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).", "\n\nReferences\n\nCategory:Living people\nCategory:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MPAs 2013–2018\nCategory:Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MNAs\nCategory:Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023\nCategory:Year of birth missing (living people)\nSwati" ]
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[ "Since their first trip together Erin & Craig have used a high-five and synchronized cheer of \"Adventure!\" ", "to help keep their spirits up when the travel gods throw them a curve-ball. ", "Now they will put it to the ultimate test as they embark on world-wide travel with an added team member: their baby!", "\n\nSaturday, January 11, 2014\n\nDay 157 & 158: Man of the Forest\n\nWe arrived in Sepilok to a blanket of stars above us as we crossed the slippery boardwalk in search of our room. ", "After some confusion we were settled and bid goodnight to Diane. ", "From her room it was a substantial hike in the darkness. ", "Our guide, the caretaker, pointed out two sleeping hornbills along the way.", "\n\nThe next morning we awoke to realize what we'd missed in the dark: the grounds were set in the rainforest alongside the reserve. ", "We walked over a lagoon to get to the restaurant and had views of the forest as we ate. ", "It was a mere five minute walk to the main attraction, the Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre, thus a short stroll had us arriving with plenty of time to spare before the morning feeding.", "\n\nThe Rehabilitation Centre is a place for rescued orangutans, mainly those found being kept illegally as pets, confiscated at customs, or orphaned babies from poached mothers. ", "Workers care for the young ones, and nourish them, while also teaching them how to climb and hunt for food for themselves. ", "The orphans are gradually taken deeper into the forest, by this point having been paired up (weak climbers with strong ones), and when ready, they are allowed to come and go as they please into the forest. ", "At this point some never return, preferring to live in the forest while others take longer to be weaned off of human assistance.", "\n\nThe Centre puts out food twice a day in order to supplement the diets for those still struggling to forage independently. ", "They claim to provide 'boring' food so that the apes are encouraged to find their own, but it sure looked like a variety of juicy treats to us! ", "The orangutans are free to come and go as they please, so seeing one is not guaranteed.", "\n\nWe took in the pre-visit video, an amateur production with overly dramatic voice overs. ", "The shots of people walking still had the audio full of harsh wind sounds, when there was no reason for any audio from the clip. ", "And the lasting effect of the video was that we were less happy with how the infant orphans were treated. ", "They appeared to be caged in 'prison cells' more than be provided with stimulating homes.", "\n\nThankfully through the video, we were on our way with hoards of other visitors along the boardwalk to the feeding area.", "\n\nIt didn't take long for Erin to spot an orangutan sitting in a tree far above the viewing platform. ", "Then moments later, a rustling in the bushes nearby revealed an employee carring a woven basket full of fruit, with a small orangutan following behind him. ", "He carried it to the platform above, and dumped the treats out. ", "Knowing that the Centre is trying to wean the orangutans off dependence on humans, we were confused why the worker stayed sitting there for a half an hour, and why he insisted on hand feeding some of the orangutans.", "\n\nDespite this, and the noise the crowd made, it was spectacular to see the apes come swinging in, land with ease on the wood, grab a handfull of bananas, and settle into a ballerina pose on the ropes to eat. ", "They'd hold the bundle with their toes, while bringing them one at a time to their mouths to eat. ", "Their flexibility and grace was astounding.", "\n\nA murmur went through the crowd as the far-off rope started to bounce. ", "We knew another orangutan was coming. ", "With a collective gasp, a huge male broke through the foliage and lumbered its way to the platform. ", "The keeper calmly handed it a bunch of bananas and it climbed to a position of power above the young one that stayed behind.", "\n\nWe all laughed when long-tailed and pig-tailed macaques scurried over to try to feed, too. ", "They would comically rush forward when it seemed the apes weren't looking to snatch a banana or two, then would scramble up the vines. ", "But surprisingly, the orangutans didn't seem to mind.", "\n\nSlowly, the tour groups left, then one by one the orangutans swung out of view, and we were left in the drizzling rain. ", "We headed out for lunch and a swim at our scenic pool, then returned for the 3:00 feeding. ", "We arrived well before the start time, but already there was a crowd with cameras out and trained on the platform. ", "A mother, who had grown up as an orphan at the Centre, was sitting patiently with her little baby. ", "It was a beautiful sight.", "\n\nThe second feeding had less people, but there were a few families who made up for it in noise. ", "The orangutans didn't seem to mind much, though, and we watched the large male from the morning come and feed next to the female and baby. ", "Diane and Erin were enthralled, watching, when a woman barked, \"Pay Attention!\" ", "to the crowd. ", "A huge, male macaque came thundering along the railing of the walkway everyone was leaning on. ", "It swept through the trees and was on the platform in moments.", "\n\nWhen we were escorted out by the employee on the viewing platform at the end of the viewing, we took our time leaving the forest. ", "Our slow pace was rewarded when Diane spotted a Maroon Langur monkey peering at us through the trees.", "\n\nWe got soaked that night on our walk to dinner, but it was a satisfying day all the same. ", "We went to bed on the decision to visit the Rainforest Discovery Centre the next morning before our departure, instead of paying to view another feeding. ", "Little did we know, we would awaken to our own orangutan viewing right in our lodge's restaurant! ", "It was neat to the see the orangutan even closer, but sad that most guests didn't seem to get the difference between the Rehabiliation Centre and any human feeding them. ", "Diane got the pleasure of watching the small orangutan rip apart a coconut and eat its flesh. ", "A reminder that these enchantingly graceful creatures can pull a human's arm off with ease.", "\n\nOur morning walk through the canopy was quite pleasant; the peaceful silence of nature was a nice change, but didn't offer us any wildlife sightings. ", "We were pleased to have had the amazing opportunity to see orangutans so closely and so active in Sepilok, but were even more excited for the river adventure awaiting us in Kinabatangan." ]
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[ "Game theory.", "\nGame theory is a toolkit for examining situations where decision makers influence each other. ", "I discuss the nature of game-theoretic analysis, the history of game theory, why game theory is useful for understanding human psychology, and why game theory has played a key role in the recent explosion of interest in the field of behavioral economics. ", "WIREs Cogni Sci 2011 2 167-173 DOI: 10.1002/wcs.119 For further resources related to this article, please visit the WIREs website." ]
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[ "Q:\n\nInclude generated files in TeamCity artfacts\n\nI am using TeamCity for CI. ", "Some of my unit tests generate files when they are run (browser screenshots when Selenium-based tests fail), and these files get placed in the Environment.", "CurrentDirectory, e.g.\nC:\\Program Files (x86)\\TeamCity\\buildAgent\\temp\\buildTmp\\SYSTEM_servername 2013-12-10 18_05_14\\Out\nI want to include these files as TeamCity artifacts, but this does not seem possible TeamCity looks for artifacts based on the checkout directory.", "\nOne workaround would be to save my generated files to a hard-coded path (C:\\temp, for example) but this is not ideal. ", "Is there a cleaner alternative?", "\n\nA:\n\nIn TeamCity you can find some parameters that would point to certain paths. ", "If you can find one of them that is useful for you, then you can use that parameter in the Artifact Path.", "\n(find the parameters in Parameters tab, on any Build Result log)\nFor example, I found a parameter that points to:\n\"D:\\BuildAgent\\temp\\buildTmp\"\nwhich is called: system.teamcity.build.tempDir\nThen I used it on the Artifact Path, but with some tweaks:\n%system.teamcity.build.tempDir%\\**\\Out\\errorScreenshots\\* => errorScreenshots\n\nLet me tear down that path for you:\n\"%system.teamcity.build.tempDir%\": this parameter goes to folder \"D:\\BuildAgent\\temp\\buildTmp\".", "\n\"\\**\": enter a folder which name I can't know, in my case it was something like this \"srv_teamcity_TEAMCITY-3 2017-06-22 19_35_18\" with date and time constantly changing.", "\n\"\\Out\": then enter to \"Out\" folder.", "\n\"\\errorScreenshots\": then enter to \"errorScreenshots\" folder. ", "I created this folder in order to place somescreenshots there when error.", "\n\"\\*\": brings any kind of file, for me there were only \".png\" files.", "\n\n\" => errorScreenshots\": this tells TeamCity to create a folder within the Artifacts view, it's necessary if you have a lot of artifacts shown. ", "It's used to have the things more clear.", "\nHope you find this reply useful.", "\nCheers!", "\n\n" ]
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[ "Among the myriad ways the Trudeau Liberals might change this country forever you can now count this: they might not appoint a government whip in the Senate.", "\n\nThis much was posited by Government House leader Dominic LeBlanc to senators Wednesday evening, when he and Maryam Monsef, the minister of democratic institutions, were invited to appear before a Senate committee on the subject of the new government's plans to reform the upper chamber.", "\n\nAnd while it might be years before the full extent of the ramifications is understood, the mere suggestion a government whip might not appear raised questions from Conservative Senator David Tkachuk.", "\n\n\"Someone has to do the work of the whip, whether you have a whip or you don't have a whip,\" he maintained. \"", "Someone has to allocate offices and parking spaces. ", "There's a lot of ordinary administration that takes place, as you well know.\"", "\n\nMore fundamentally, Tkachuk insisted that the parliamentary system depended on parties. \"", "This is a very unique experiment,\" he said, but ultimately the system would come to partisanship.", "\n\nLeBlanc acknowledged the administrative tasks involved in maintaining a legislative chamber (and there are at least two rules of the Senate that reference a whip). ", "But, he suggested, perhaps those duties could be assigned to some sort of other representative of the government in the Senate.", "\n\n\"We're hesitating to appoint a whip,\" he explained, holding his hand out to emphasize the w-word, \"because the whip implies a discipline on voting.\"", "\n\nIndeed, it is rather unclear who that whip would be whipping. ", "Conceivably, a government whip would exist to whip the government's caucus. ", "But there will be no government caucus in the Senate, at least so long as Justin Trudeau is prime minister.", "\n\nA government whip in the Senate would thus be made to live an existential quandary: a shepherd with no sheep, a tree forever falling with no one to hear.", "\n\nThe current lack of a government caucus is an extension of the decision Trudeau made two years ago to forcibly eject Liberal senators from the Liberal parliamentary caucus. ", "Those senators now style themselves as Senate Liberals and though some amount of mockery was directed at the resulting wordplay, the distinction should matter: whatever the former Liberal senators call themselves, they are no longer under the direct authority of the Liberal leader.", "\n\nFirst batch of new senators coming\n\nSome weeks from now, the prime minister will nominate the first cohort of senators selected with the assistance of an independent advisory council. ", "However those five senators end up organizing themselves, they will seemingly enter the Senate without a decreed party assignment.", "\n\nOne of those senators will carry the responsibility of being the government's representative in the Senate, but LeBlanc was keen to distinguish between a government representative and, as has been the practice, a government leader in the Senate. ", "A government leader in the Senate, of course, would suggest that the government was attempting to lead in the Senate.", "\n\nWhat happens then is something of a mystery.", "\n\nHow will the Senate conduct its business? ", "Will the red chamber descend into chaos? ", "Will the government struggle to get its legislation through the upper house? ", "Will unwhipped, free-range senators run wild?", "\n\nLeBlanc at least allowed that the government would not view as a crisis any move by the Senate to improve a bill.", "\n\nIn lieu of a government leader in the Senate, the Liberals have agreed to a request to send a cabinet minister down the hall each Wednesday to take questions from senators. ", "But Conservative Senator Denise Batters still ventured Wednesday evening that the Liberals were \"subverting democracy\" in not having a representative on hand for questions every day.", "\n\nMaryam Monsef, the minister for democratic institutions, assured senators that the situation would evolve according to \"your needs and your feedback.\"", "\n\n\"I firmly believe that what we're doing here is a great service to Canadians and to the democratic process,\" the minister added.", "\n\nThe perils of 'constant supervision'\n\nWe are now a month short of the third anniversary of a remarkable memo to Stephen Harper from his staff in the Prime Minister's Office. \"", "What we see is a laissez-faire system that requires constant direction, supervision and follow-up from your office to ensure that government messaging and direction are followed,\" Harper's aides reported of the Senate, the memo later made public by the RCMP.", "\n\nJust less than two months after that memo, PMO staff coordinated the rewriting of a Senate committee's report on the matter of Mike Duffy.", "\n\nSenator Mike Duffy's trial has focused a lot of unwanted attention on the Upper Chamber over the past 10 months. ", "The judge will issue his ruling in April after the trial wrapped up this week. (", "Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)\n\nThough much remains to be seen, a Senate without a government whip seems something like the opposite of all that. ", "And a Senate that would act as some kind of independent, and vaguely non-partisan, check on the House of Commons seems almost to embody the original promise of \"sober second thought.\"", "\n\nThe matter of Mike Duffy, of course, is what inspired the latest round of questioning the Senate's existence. ", "Which led the Liberals to exile their senatorial friends and propose a new \"non-partisan\" and \"merit-based\" process for nominating new senators.", "\n\nA partisan appointed under the old way of doing things might, understandably, question the implication. ", "Conservative Senator David Wells, for instance, took his opportunity on Wednesday to list, at some length, the merits and qualifications of some of his colleagues. ", "How more merited, he wondered, was the new government aiming for?", "\n\nConservative Senate Leader Claude Carignan, noting Monsef's general praise for the Senate, wondered precisely what she thought was wrong with the current state of affairs. ", "Monsef nimbly stepped over this question to avoid offending her hosts.", "\n\n\"This process is in no way meant to diminish the good work of senators past or present,\" she said. \"", "But the good work of the Senate has been hampered by the perception that Canadians have about how much partisanship is affecting the chamber.\"", "\n\nOf course, if the public currently takes a rather dim view of the Senate it is, in part, because the previous government was so deeply invested in one of its appointees.", "\n\nTrudeau's reforms might at least ensure that his chief of staff refrains from cutting any senator a cheque. ", "And that, plus the sight of esteemed and unaffiliated Canadians joining the Senate, might leave the public feeling somewhat better about the chamber's continued existence.", "\n\nThat the Senate might conduct its affairs more freely, whether on the allotment of parking spaces or the consideration of government legislation, might be understood as an added bonus." ]
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[ "Premium Lava & Gold Stone Rosario Set in Brown\n\nQuantity\n\nOut Of Stock!", "\n\nTassel necklace hand made in Bali, made of small lava stones and plated gold beads. ", "Set of 2 necklaces.", "\n\nLength may vary : Approximately 42\" for long necklace & 36\" for short necklace.", "\n\n---\n\nLava Stones have grounding qualities, perfect for calming emotions. ", "Used for stabilizing the root chakra, Lava stones have a strong connection to the earth. ", "A stone of strength and courage, Lava stones provide stability throughout the constant changes in life." ]
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[ "On the spherical prototype of a complex dissipative late-stage formation seen in terms of least action Vojta-Natanson principle.", "\nThe spherical prototype of a crystalline and/or disorderly formation may help in understanding the final stages of many complex biomolecular arrangements. ", "These stages are important for both naturally organized simple biosystems, such as protein (or, other amphiphilic) aggregates in vivo, as well as certain their artificial counterparts, mimicking either in vitro or in silico their structure-property principal relationship. ", "For our particular one-seed based realization of a protein crystal/aggregate late-stage nucleus grown from nearby fluctuating environment, it turns out that the (osmotic-type) pressure could be, due to local inhomogeneities, and their dynamics shown up in the double layer tightly surrounding the growing object, still an appreciably detectable quantity. ", "This is due to the fact that a special-type generalized thermodynamic (Vojta-Natanson) momentum, subjected to the nucleus' surface, is manifested interchangeably, whereas the total energy of the solution in the double layer could not be such within the stationary regime explored. ", "It is plausible since the double layer width, related to the object's surface, contributes ultimately, while based on the so-defined momentum's changes, to the pressure within this narrow flickering zone, while leaving the total energy fairly unchanged. ", "From the hydrodynamic point of view, the system behaves quite trivially, since the circumventing flow should rather be of laminar, thus not-with-matter supplying, character." ]
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[ "# Frame Streams implementation in Go\n\nhttps://github.com/farsightsec/golang-framestream\n\nFrame Streams is a lightweight, binary-clean protocol that allows\nfor the transport of arbitrarily encoded data payload sequences with\nminimal framing overhead.", "\n\nThis package provides a pure Golang implementation. ", "The Frame Streams\nimplementation in C is at https://github.com/farsightsec/fstrm/.\n\nThe example framestream_dump program reads a Frame Streams formatted\ninput file and prints the data frames and frame byte counts.", "\n" ]
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[ "James B. Crosby House\n\nThe James B. Crosby House is a historic house in Janesville, Wisconsin. ", "It was built in the 1850s, and it became a hospital in the 1880s, only to be converted into apartments in the late 1930s. ", "It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.", "\n\nHistory\nThe house was built in the 1850s for James B. Crosby, who first worked as the cashier of the Rock County Bank and later as the manager of the Harris Manufacturer Company. ", "Crosby sold the house to the Judd family in 1868, and they turned it into a private hospital, known as Oaklawn Hospital, in 1882. ", "It remained in the Judd family until 1888, and it was owned by several families until 1907, when it was purchased by Father Lawrence Vaughan, a Roman Catholic priest who only lived here for a year. ", "It was owned by several families from 1908 to 1938, when it was converted into separate apartments.", "\n\nArchitectural significance\nThe house was designed in the Italianate architectural style. ", "It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since December 14, 1995.", "\n\nReferences\n\n\t\t\nCategory:National Register of Historic Places in Rock County, Wisconsin\nCategory:Italianate architecture in Wisconsin\nCategory:Houses completed in 1854" ]
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[ "Правоохранительные органы работали в усиленном режиме: в центре Риги были установлены барьеры и перекрыто движение, порядок обеспечивало оцепление из сотрудников полиции и частной охранной компании. ", "Бойцы спецназа сопровождали колонну во время шествия, на месте работали также кинологи со служебными собаками.", "\n\nВИДЕО ЧИТАТЕЛЯ DELFI:\n\n\n\nГрэм Филлипс, который специально прибыл в Ригу на мероприятия памяти латышских легионеров, сначала пытался возглавить колонну легионеров и их сторонников в старой Риге, однако охрана не позволила ему это сделать. ", "Позже, уже у Памятника Свободы, Филлипс, на котором был оранжевый жилет представителя прессы, кричал \"Почему вы прославляете фашизм?\" ", "и пытался добиться от участников шествия ответа на свои вопросы. ", "В большинстве случаев попытки Филлипса были проигнорированы. ", "Некоторые пожилые люди отказывались говорить с ним по-русски.", "\n\nВ один момент Филлипс в горячий спор с приехавшим на шествие из Эстонии Яаком Мадисоном. ", "В конце концов Филлипс был задержан. ", "Полиция не объяснила его задержание, коротко сказав самому задержанному, что он провоцирует людей. ", "Собравшиеся приветствовали задержание журналиста аплодисментами.", "\n\n”И я скажу это — большинство латвийских журналистов не мои коллеги! ", "Они являются просто пропагандистами. ", "Дебилы. ", "Я буду разоблачать их говно!”, — ", "написал обиженный Филлипс в Twitter.", "\n\nИ я скажу это — большинство латвийских журналистов не мои коллеги! ", "Они являются просто пропагандистами. ", "Дебилы. ", "Я буду разоблачать их говно!— ", "Graham W Phillips (@GrahamWP_UK) March 15, 2016\n\nМадисон: я готовился к худшему\n\nПо словам Мадисона, Филлипс — настоящий провокатор, о котором предупреждали и латвийские СМИ. ”", "Он подходил с провокационными вопросами к членам нашего молодежного крыла, и я вмешался, потому что с такими вопросами нет смысла сюда приходить, если не знаешь базовую информацию и приходишь не на то мероприятие”, — рассказал Мадисон Delfi.", "\n\n”Конечно же, он стал вести себя очень агрессивно. ", "Как вы видите на видео латвийского Delfi, то невозможно дать ответ человеку, который не слушает даже трех слов и продолжает дальше выкрикивать свой агрессивный вопрос”, — объяснил Мадисон." ]
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[ "# CHANGELOG - activemq\n\n## 1.6.1 / 2020-09-21\n\n* [Fixed] Use consistent formatting for boolean values. ", "See [#7405](https://github.com/DataDog/integrations-core/pull/7405).", "\n\n## 1.6.0 / 2020-08-10 / Agent 7.22.0\n\n* [Added] Convert jmx to in-app types for replay_check_run. ", "See [#7275](https://github.com/DataDog/integrations-core/pull/7275).", "\n* [Fixed] Update logs config service field to optional. ", "See [#7209](https://github.com/DataDog/integrations-core/pull/7209).", "\n* [Fixed] Add domain to metrics.yaml. ", "See [#7163](https://github.com/DataDog/integrations-core/pull/7163).", "\n\n## 1.5.2 / 2020-07-15\n\n* [Fixed] Add new_gc_metrics to all jmx integrations. ", "See [#7073](https://github.com/DataDog/integrations-core/pull/7073).", "\n\n## 1.5.1 / 2020-06-29 / Agent 7.21.0\n\n* [Fixed] Fix template specs typos. ", "See [#6912](https://github.com/DataDog/integrations-core/pull/6912).", "\n* [Fixed] Adjust jmxfetch config. ", "See [#6864](https://github.com/DataDog/integrations-core/pull/6864).", "\n\n## 1.5.0 / 2020-05-17 / Agent 7.20.0\n\n* [Added] Allow optional dependency installation for all checks. ", "See [#6589](https://github.com/DataDog/integrations-core/pull/6589).", "\n* [Added] Add rmi_connection_timeout & rmi_client_timeout to config spec. ", "See [#6459](https://github.com/DataDog/integrations-core/pull/6459).", "\n* [Added] Add default template to openmetrics & jmx config. ", "See [#6328](https://github.com/DataDog/integrations-core/pull/6328).", "\n\n## 1.4.0 / 2020-04-04 / Agent 7.19.0\n\n* [Added] Add `service_check_prefix` config to jmx. ", "See [#6163](https://github.com/DataDog/integrations-core/pull/6163).", "\n* [Added] Add config specs to activemq. ", "See [#6115](https://github.com/DataDog/integrations-core/pull/6115).", "\n* [Fixed] Fix e2e test. ", "See [#6167](https://github.com/DataDog/integrations-core/pull/6167).", "\n* [Fixed] Remove logs sourcecategory. ", "See [#6121](https://github.com/DataDog/integrations-core/pull/6121).", "\n\n## 1.3.0 / 2019-12-02 / Agent 7.16.0\n\n* [Added] Add auth type to RequestsWrapper. ", "See [#4708](https://github.com/DataDog/integrations-core/pull/4708).", "\n\n## 1.2.0 / 2019-07-04 / Agent 6.13.0\n\n* [Added] Add log section. ", "See [#4013](https://github.com/DataDog/integrations-core/pull/4013).", "\n\n## 1.1.0 / 2018-10-12 / Agent 6.6.0\n\n* [Added] [jmx] add rmi registry ssl config option. ", "See [#2371][1].", "\n\n## 1.0.2 / 2018-09-04 / Agent 6.5.0\n\n* [Fixed] Add data files to the wheel package. ", "See [#1727][2].", "\n\n## 1.0.1 / 2017-11-21\n\n* [IMPROVEMENT] Added `metrics.yaml` file. ", "See [#863][3]\n\n## 1.0.0 / 2017-03-22\n\n* [FEATURE] adds activemq integration.", "\n\n<!--- ", "The following link definition list is generated by PimpMyChangelog --->\n[1]: https://github.com/DataDog/integrations-core/pull/2371\n[2]: https://github.com/DataDog/integrations-core/pull/1727\n[3]: https://github.com/DataDog/integrations-core/issues/863\n" ]
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[ "Comparison of 2D and 3D digital subtraction angiography in evaluation of intracranial aneurysms.", "\nAlthough digital subtraction angiography (DSA) is considered the criterion standard for depiction of intracranial aneurysms, it is often difficult to determine the relationship of overlapping vessels to aneurysms when using 2D DSA. ", "We compared 2D and 3D DSA in evaluation of intracranial aneurysms. ", "Thirty-six consecutive patients with cerebral aneurysms underwent 2D and 3D DSA. ", "After standard 2D DSA, rotational DSA was performed. ", "Maximum intensity projection (MIP) and shaded surface display (SSD) images were created from the rotational DSA data sets. ", "All images were assessed randomly for overall image quality, presence of aneurysm, presence of aneurysmal lobulation, visualization of aneurysmal neck, and relationship to adjacent vessels. ", "Data analysis was conducted for 40 aneurysms treated by clip placement. ", "One aneurysm that was not detected at 2D DSA was classified as uncertain on the basis of rotational DSA. ", "All aneurysms were classified as probably or definitively present on the basis of MIP and SSD findings. ", "Overall image quality of rotational DSA, MIP, and SSD was statistically inferior to that of the standard 2D DSA for visualization of distal arteries. ", "However, MIP and SSD images were significantly superior to those of standard 2D DSA for all other evaluations. ", "For detection of lobulation, SSD images were significantly superior to other images, and for visualization of aneurysmal neck and relationship to neighboring arteries, SSD images were significantly superior to those of rotational DSA. ", "For evaluation of the relationship to neighboring arteries, MIP images were significantly superior to those of rotational DSA. ", "Three-dimensional DSA, especially SSD, provided more detailed information for evaluating cerebral aneurysms than did standard 2D and rotational DSA." ]
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[ "SPACE WASTE LAB is the living lab of space experts at ESA (the European Space Agency) and the team of Studio Roosegaarde to give new perspectives on the current 8.1 million kilo of space waste. ", "The project is accompanied by an education programme in which more than 2000 students have participated.", "\n\nSPACE WASTE LAB PERFORMANCE is a unique large-scale outdoor artwork of green LED beams and real-time tracking information to visualize space waste above your head at an altitude of 200 to 20.000 kilometers. ", "A real piece of space waste is part of the outside exhibition. ", "Special designed software and camera technology developed in the last year enables the SPACE WASTE LAB PERFORMANCE to be exhibited international, in compliance with strict safety and aviation regulations.", "\n\nSPACE WASTE LAB has a focus on upcyling space waste such as creating Shooting Stars from captured space waste, 3D-printing of moon habitats, and a gigantic sun reflector to reduce climate change.", "\n\nDaan Roosegaarde: \"We need to look at space in a better way. ", "What is space waste, how can we fix it, and what is its potential? ", "Space waste is the smog of our universe.\"", "\n\nESA Director Franco Ongaro about SPACE WASTE LAB: “I’m a strong believer in cooperation between technologists and artists. ", "We believe in what we do as a service to society, but we are often unable to communicate its worth effectively enough. ", "Artists not only communicate vision and feelings to the public, but help us discover aspects of our work which we are often unable to perceive. ", "This cooperation is all the more important when dealing with issues like space debris, which may one day impact our future, and our ability to draw maximum benefits from space. ", "We need to speak in different ways, to convey not just the dry technological aspect of technology, but the emotions involved in the struggle to preserve this environment for future generations.”", "\n\nWatch the VPRO Tegenlicht documentary or the lecture by Daan Roosegaarde at World Economic Forum with the Minister of State for Advanced Sciences of the UAE Sarah AI Amiri and CEO Airbus Dirk Hoke about SPACE WASTE LAB.", "\n\nSPACE WASTE LAB is a part of Roosegaarde's larger vision for Schoonheid, a Dutch word meaning both beauty and cleanliness, as in clean space, clean air, clean water, clean energy. ", "Schoonheid is an activator for change, for citizens, makers, NGOs and governments to value and empower Schoonheid as a creative force to make clean environments.", "\n\nWant to support the project? ", "Make a donation to our foundation Stichting Roosegaarde at NL05 INGB 0006 5678 97, SWIFT code INGBNL2A." ]
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[ "heels, hills, and how to be 43\n\nbrunch\n\nWOW, we had the most amazing brunch today at Pip. ", "We, meaning me, (duh), dearest husband, long-lost-prodigal-daughter, and long-lost-prodigal-daughter’s partner. ", "P.S., apparently, BOYFRIEND is not the term one uses in these days of millennial enlightenment.", "\n\nSuch a cute partner!", "\n\nWell, I had heard so much good buzzage about the place, but was daunted by the popularity of Pip mixed with its no reservations policy. ", "We arrived at 11 am and there was a 45-60 minute wait! ", "That was no skin off our proverbial noses though, since we had to do some boot/dress/suit shopping. ", "They texted us when the table was ready and off we went!", "\n\nNote teeny tiny space, totally packed with adoring people. ", "The vibe is cozy and unpretentious with a solid amount of people-watching to be had. ", "Also, the service, (that’s our lovely server with half a face/body there on the left), was A PLUS PLUS. ", "I do love a server and team that actually seem to care about your experience and want you to enjoy! ", "YAY!", "\n\nI started off with the Hugo Spritz.", "\n\nElderflower and prosecco, HELLOOO!? ", "It was light and refreshing.", "\n\nRobert the husband, had himself some crafty type of beer. ", "I don’t know about beer. ", "But I know it seemed to please him. ", "Because it was half gone by the time a picture could be taken.", "\n\nWe liked the menu. ", "Not too many things, yet a solid variety. ", "Hilariously enough, the millennial in our group did NOT have the avocado on toast. ", "Rather, the mother-of-a-millenial did.", "\n\nWow, I think I just invented a new PG friendly oath there:\n\nHOLY MOTHER OF A MILLENNIAL, THAT WAS SOME GOOD AVOCADO TOAST.", "\n\nSorry for already cut into photo, but will you please look at that beautiful yolk? ", "Gorgeous, orange, lusciously fresh yolk! ", "I forgot to ask them about their eggs but it’s clear that those are some farm fresh, cruelty free eggs. ", "I could taste the happiness in that chicken with every bite.", "\n\nDaughter was verrrry happy with her Benedict. ", "And let me tell you, after experiencing many a Benedict crisis while out for brunch, this is really saying something. ", "Egg just right, and that sauce was SO buttery/creamy. ", "Everything was just perfect. ", "Happy daughter, happy mater.", "\n\nThe sweet French toast bake was, of course, enjoyed by the sweetest of the four of us, the partner. ", "Maple cream cheese, strawberry rhubarb jam – agh!!!! ", "SO GOOD.", "\n\nIronically, the grilled ham and cheese was enjoyed by the cheesiest of the four of us, my ham of a husband Robert. ", "Simple, delicious, comforting – and would have been even more delightful if Robert had ordered the tomato bisque but, alas, the pull of any fried potato is more than my dearest husband can endure.", "\n\nIn conclusion, summary, and to wrap it all up, PIP IS AMAZING AF. (", "Trying ever so hard to sound millennial there.)", "\n\n(P.S. Long-lost-prodigal-daughter is going to kill me for all these discriminating and inaccurate millennial references. ", "However, she is certainly “entitled” to feel that way.)" ]
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[ "Product Review\n\nI like these pens. ", "The ink is nice and black and goes onto the paper evenly. ", "The\nhave a nice tapering nib that makes for a strong tip. ", "They have a rubber grip\nthat is not to soft and feels good in my hand. ", "The cap is short and when on the\nback of the pen does not rest in the web of my hand. ", "The pens have good balance\nallowing for long writing periods.", "\nThe 0.28mm nib drags the worst of the 2 sizes but leaves the thinner line. ", "The\n0.38mm nib writes the smoothest but produces a darker line. ", "The 0.38mm nib is\nperhaps the better of the two as an every day pen. ", "It writes as smooth as any\nother uni-ball 0.38mm gel pen." ]
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[ "/**\n * Copyright © 2002 Instituto Superior Técnico\n *\n * This file is part of FenixEdu Academic.", "\n *\n * FenixEdu Academic is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify\n * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by\n * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or\n * (at your option) any later version.", "\n *\n * FenixEdu Academic is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,\n * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of\n * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ", " See the\n * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.", "\n *\n * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License\n * along with FenixEdu Academic. ", " If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.", "\n */\npackage org.fenixedu.academic.domain;\n\nimport java.util.", "Comparator;\nimport java.util.", "Locale;\n\nimport org.fenixedu.academic.domain.exceptions.", "DomainException;\nimport org.fenixedu.academic.domain.time.calendarStructure.", "AcademicInterval;\nimport org.fenixedu.commons.i18n.", "LocalizedString;\nimport org.fenixedu.bennu.core.domain.", "Bennu;\nimport org.slf4j.", "Logger;\nimport org.slf4j.", "LoggerFactory;\n\n/**\n * @author Tania Pousao Created on 30/Out/2003\n */\npublic class DegreeInfo extends DegreeInfo_Base {\n\n private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DegreeInfo.class);\n\n public static Comparator<DegreeInfo> COMPARATOR_BY_EXECUTION_YEAR = new Comparator<DegreeInfo>() {\n @Override\n public int compare(DegreeInfo info1, DegreeInfo info2) {\n int result = ExecutionYear.", "COMPARATOR_BY_YEAR.compare(info1.getExecutionYear(), info2.getExecutionYear());\n if (result !", "= 0) {\n return result;\n }\n return DomainObjectUtil.", "COMPARATOR_BY_ID.compare(info1, info2);\n }\n };\n\n protected DegreeInfo(Degree degree, ExecutionYear executionYear) {\n super();\n setRootDomainObject(Bennu.getInstance());\n\n DegreeInfo degreeInfo = degree.getMostRecentDegreeInfo(executionYear);\n\n if (degreeInfo !", "= null && degreeInfo.getExecutionYear() == executionYear) {\n throw new DomainException(\n \"error.net.sourceforge.fenixdu.domain.cannot.create.degreeInfo.already.exists.one.for.that.degree.and.executionYear\");\n }\n\n super.setExecutionYear(executionYear);\n super.setName(degree.getNameFor(executionYear));\n super.setDegree(degree);\n\n new DegreeInfoCandidacy(this);\n new DegreeInfoFuture(this);\n }\n\n protected DegreeInfo() {\n super();\n setRootDomainObject(Bennu.getInstance());\n }\n\n public ExecutionInterval getExecutionInterval() {\n return getExecutionYear();\n }\n\n public void setExecutionInterval(final ExecutionInterval input) {\n if (input == null) {\n throw new DomainException(\"error.", "DegreeInfo.required.", "ExecutionInterval\");\n }\n super.setExecutionYear(ExecutionInterval.assertExecutionIntervalType(ExecutionYear.class, input));\n }\n\n @Override\n public void setName(LocalizedString name) {\n if (hasSameName(name)) {\n return;\n }\n\n if (hasName() && !", "canEdit()) {\n throw new DomainException(\n \"error.org.fenixedu.academic.domain.DegreeInfo.can.only.change.name.for.future.execution.years\");\n }\n super.setName(name);\n }\n\n private boolean hasName() {\n return getName() !", "= null && !", "getName().isEmpty();\n }\n\n private boolean hasSameName(final LocalizedString name) {\n return hasName() && getName().equals(name);\n }\n\n public boolean canEdit() {\n final DegreeCurricularPlan firstDegreeCurricularPlan = getDegree().getFirstDegreeCurricularPlan();\n final DegreeCurricularPlan lastActiveDegreeCurricularPlan = getDegree().getLastActiveDegreeCurricularPlan();\n if (firstDegreeCurricularPlan == null) {\n return true;\n }\n ExecutionYear firstExecutionYear =\n ExecutionYear.readByDateTime(firstDegreeCurricularPlan.getInitialDateYearMonthDay().toDateTimeAtMidnight());\n if (getExecutionYear().isBefore(firstExecutionYear)) {\n return true;\n }\n if (lastActiveDegreeCurricularPlan == null) {\n return true;\n }\n if (lastActiveDegreeCurricularPlan.getExecutionDegreesSet().isEmpty()) {\n return true;\n }\n if (getExecutionYear().isAfter(ExecutionYear.readCurrentExecutionYear())) {\n return true;\n }\n if (getExecutionYear().isCurrent()) {\n return true;\n }\n return false;\n }\n\n protected DegreeInfo(DegreeInfo degreeInfo, ExecutionYear executionYear) {\n this(degreeInfo.getDegree(), executionYear);\n\n setName(degreeInfo.getName());\n setDescription(degreeInfo.getDescription());\n setHistory(degreeInfo.getHistory());\n setObjectives(degreeInfo.getObjectives());\n setDesignedFor(degreeInfo.getDesignedFor());\n setProfessionalExits(degreeInfo.getProfessionalExits());\n setOperationalRegime(degreeInfo.getOperationalRegime());\n setGratuity(degreeInfo.getGratuity());\n setAdditionalInfo(degreeInfo.getAdditionalInfo());\n setLinks(degreeInfo.getLinks());\n\n setTestIngression(degreeInfo.getTestIngression());\n setClassifications(degreeInfo.getClassifications());\n setAccessRequisites(degreeInfo.getAccessRequisites());\n setCandidacyDocuments(degreeInfo.getCandidacyDocuments());\n setDriftsInitial(degreeInfo.getDriftsInitial());\n setDriftsFirst(degreeInfo.getDriftsFirst());\n setDriftsSecond(degreeInfo.getDriftsSecond());\n setMarkMin(degreeInfo.getMarkMin());\n setMarkMax(degreeInfo.getMarkMax());\n setMarkAverage(degreeInfo.getMarkAverage());\n\n setQualificationLevel(degreeInfo.getQualificationLevel());\n setRecognitions(degreeInfo.getRecognitions());\n }\n\n public void delete() {\n getDegreeInfoCandidacy().delete();\n getDegreeInfoFuture().delete();\n\n setRootDomainObject(null);\n setDegree(null);\n setExecutionYear(null);\n\n deleteDomainObject();\n }\n\n public LocalizedString getAccessRequisites() {\n return getDegreeInfoCandidacy().getAccessRequisites();\n }\n\n public LocalizedString getCandidacyDocuments() {\n return getDegreeInfoCandidacy().getCandidacyDocuments();\n }\n\n public LocalizedString getCandidacyPeriod() {\n return getDegreeInfoCandidacy().getCandidacyPeriod();\n }\n\n public LocalizedString getClassifications() {\n return getDegreeInfoFuture().getClassifications();\n }\n\n public LocalizedString getDesignedFor() {\n return getDegreeInfoFuture().getDesignedFor();\n }\n\n public String getDesignedFor(final Locale language) {\n return hasDesignedFor(language) ? ", "getDesignedFor().getContent(language) : \"\";\n }\n\n public boolean hasDesignedFor(final Locale language) {\n return getDesignedFor() !", "= null && getDesignedFor().getContent(language) !", "= null;\n }\n\n public LocalizedString getEnrolmentPeriod() {\n return getDegreeInfoCandidacy().getEnrolmentPeriod();\n }\n\n public LocalizedString getObjectives() {\n return getDegreeInfoFuture().getObjectives();\n }\n\n public boolean hasObjectives(final Locale language) {\n return getObjectives() !", "= null && getObjectives().getContent(language) !", "= null;\n }\n\n public String getObjectives(final Locale language) {\n return hasObjectives(language) ? ", "getObjectives().getContent(language) : \"\";\n }\n\n public LocalizedString getProfessionalExits() {\n return getDegreeInfoFuture().getProfessionalExits();\n }\n\n public boolean hasProfessionalExits(final Locale language) {\n return getProfessionalExits() !", "= null && getProfessionalExits().getContent(language) !", "= null;\n }\n\n public String getProfessionalExits(final Locale language) {\n return hasProfessionalExits(language) ? ", "getProfessionalExits().getContent(language) : \"\";\n }\n\n public LocalizedString getQualificationLevel() {\n return getDegreeInfoFuture().getQualificationLevel();\n }\n\n public LocalizedString getRecognitions() {\n return getDegreeInfoFuture().getRecognitions();\n }\n\n public LocalizedString getSelectionResultDeadline() {\n return getDegreeInfoCandidacy().getSelectionResultDeadline();\n }\n\n public LocalizedString getTestIngression() {\n return getDegreeInfoCandidacy().getTestIngression();\n }\n\n public void setAccessRequisites(LocalizedString accessRequisites) {\n getDegreeInfoCandidacy().setAccessRequisites(accessRequisites);\n }\n\n public void setCandidacyDocuments(LocalizedString candidacyDocuments) {\n getDegreeInfoCandidacy().setCandidacyDocuments(candidacyDocuments);\n }\n\n public void setCandidacyPeriod(LocalizedString candidacyPeriod) {\n getDegreeInfoCandidacy().setCandidacyPeriod(candidacyPeriod);\n }\n\n public void setClassifications(LocalizedString classifications) {\n getDegreeInfoFuture().setClassifications(classifications);\n }\n\n public void setDesignedFor(LocalizedString designedFor) {\n getDegreeInfoFuture().setDesignedFor(designedFor);\n }\n\n public void setEnrolmentPeriod(LocalizedString enrolmentPeriod) {\n getDegreeInfoCandidacy().setEnrolmentPeriod(enrolmentPeriod);\n }\n\n public void setObjectives(LocalizedString objectives) {\n getDegreeInfoFuture().setObjectives(objectives);\n }\n\n public void setProfessionalExits(LocalizedString professionalExits) {\n getDegreeInfoFuture().setProfessionalExits(professionalExits);\n }\n\n public void setQualificationLevel(LocalizedString qualificationLevel) {\n getDegreeInfoFuture().setQualificationLevel(qualificationLevel);\n }\n\n public void setRecognitions(LocalizedString recognitions) {\n getDegreeInfoFuture().setRecognitions(recognitions);\n }\n\n public void setSelectionResultDeadline(LocalizedString selectionResultDeadline) {\n getDegreeInfoCandidacy().setSelectionResultDeadline(selectionResultDeadline);\n }\n\n public void setTestIngression(LocalizedString testIngression) {\n getDegreeInfoCandidacy().setTestIngression(testIngression);\n }\n\n public boolean hasOperationalRegime(final Locale language) {\n return getOperationalRegime() !", "= null && getOperationalRegime().getContent(language) !", "= null;\n }\n\n public String getOperationalRegime(final Locale language) {\n return hasOperationalRegime(language) ? ", "getOperationalRegime().getContent(language) : \"\";\n }\n\n public boolean hasAdditionalInfo(final Locale language) {\n return getAdditionalInfo() !", "= null && getAdditionalInfo().getContent(language) !", "= null;\n }\n\n public String getAdditionalInfo(final Locale language) {\n return hasAdditionalInfo(language) ? ", "getAdditionalInfo().getContent(language) : \"\";\n }\n\n public AcademicInterval getAcademicInterval() {\n return getExecutionYear().getAcademicInterval();\n }\n\n @Override\n public LocalizedString getAssociatedInstitutions() {\n LocalizedString associatedInstitutions = super.getAssociatedInstitutions();\n if (associatedInstitutions == null) {\n return new LocalizedString();\n }\n return associatedInstitutions;\n }\n}\n" ]
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[ "Adam Watts (footballer)\n\nAdam James Watts (born 4 March 1988) is an English footballer who plays as a defender and most recently played for Eastbourne Borough.", "\n\nHe has previously played for Fulham, Milton Keynes Dons and Northampton Town, Lincoln City and Gainsborough Trinity.", "\n\nCareer\n\nFulham\nWatts began his professional career at Fulham; however, he never went on to make a first team appearance for Fulham. ", "In 2007, Watts signed his first professional contract with Fulham. ", "Yet, in the League Cup match against Shrewsbury Town, he was an unused substitute. ", "He made a league appearance during a loan spell with Milton Keynes Dons in Football League Two. ", "On 10 September 2008, Watts signed a new contract with Fulham that will keep him at the club until the summer of 2010. ", "In April 2009 he signed for League One side Northampton Town, on loan until the end of the season. ", "He made a handful of appearances, but could not prevent Northampton being relegated, before he returned to Fulham. ", "After starting the 2009/10 season in Fulham's first team squad, making the bench against CSKA Sofia and Manchester City, he departed the club.", "\n\nLincoln City\nOn 2 October 2009 he agreed to join Lincoln City on an initial month's loan, becoming newly installed managed Chris Sutton's first signing for the club. ", "He made his debut in the club's 1-0 home victory over Aldershot Town the following day and, after helping his side to two clean sheets in his first two games, his loan was extended until 2 January 2010. ", "Having impressed during his loan period, on 31 December 2009 the club announced that Watts had agreed terms on a permanent contract with the Imps that will run until the summer of 2012, joining for an undisclosed fee; the paperwork being completed on 5 January 2010. ", "On 20 February 2010 his season was ended when he suffered a fracture of his left fibula in the 2-2 draw at Grimsby Town, the injury seeing him undergo surgery to pin the fracture. ", "The following season, he returned to the side and scored his first and only goal for the club in a 4-3 win at Stockport County.", "\n\nIn May 2011, he was made available on a free transfer by the club, after a mass clear out of players following relegation from the Football League. ", "On 27 December 2011 he departed Sincil Bank by mutual consent.", "\n\nGainsborough Trinity\nWatts signed with Conference North side Gainsborough Trinity on 6 January 2012 He was amongst the Trinity side that missed out on promotion to the Conference National after defeat to Nuneaton Town in the play-off final. ", "He was released with three other players on 18 May 2012.", "\n\nEastbourne Borough\nWatts signed for Eastbourne Borough of the Conference South in October 2012. ", "He received the Manager's player and the Player's player of the year awards in his first season at the club, making 29 appearances in all competitions (26 league). ", "On 26 November 2015, he decided to take a break from the game to allow himself to recover from recurring injury problems.", "\n\nReferences\n\nExternal links\n\nCategory:1988 births\nCategory:Living people\nCategory:Footballers from the London Borough of Hackney\nCategory:English footballers\nCategory:Association football defenders\nCategory:Fulham F.C. players\nCategory:Milton Keynes Dons F.C. players\nCategory:Northampton Town F.C. players\nCategory:Lincoln City F.C. players\nCategory:Gainsborough Trinity F.C. players\nCategory:Eastbourne Borough F.C. players\nCategory:English Football League players" ]
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[ "Q:\n\nNotification Popup on button press using Ajax/Javascript?", "\n\nI'm currently making a site that includes notifications, but I'm not too sure how to show them on button press. ", "Something like \"Show Weather\" will show the notification somewhere in the bottom corner.", "\nhttp://i.stack.imgur.com/v8pEd.png\nHow hard would it be able to do? ", "Is it actually possible?", "\n\nA:\n\nHere is an example to show the Weather by clicking a button. ", "Using this Plugging --- http://simpleweatherjs.com/\nHTML\n<div id=\"weather\"></div>\n<input type=\"submit\" id=\"Show\" value=\"Current Weather\" />\n\nJQUERY\n// Docs at http://simpleweatherjs.com\n$(document).ready(function() {\n\n $(\"#weather\").hide();\n\n $.simpleWeather({\n location: 'Nicosia, CY',\n woeid: '',\n unit: 'f',\n success: function(weather) {\n html = '<h2><i class=\"icon-'+weather.code+'\"></i> '+weather.temp+'&deg;'+weather.units.temp+'</h2>';\n html += '<ul><li>'+weather.city+', '+weather.region+'</li>';\n html += '<li class=\"currently\">'+weather.currently+'</li>';\n html += '<li>'+weather.wind.direction+' '+weather.wind.speed+' '+weather.units.speed+'</li></ul>';\n\n $(\"#weather\").html(html);\n },\n error: function(error) {\n $(\"#weather\").html('<p>'+error+'</p>');\n }\n });\n});\n\n$(\"#Show\").click(function(){\n $(\"#weather\").show();\n});\n\nDEMO\nhttp://jsfiddle.net/LW3S9/4/\nAnd here is Demo with a popup using Jquery UI.", "\nhttp://jsfiddle.net/LW3S9/5/\nSo you will need Click functions and if something Specific like Weather its worh using a Plugging.", "\n\n" ]
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[ "rock al parque\n\n\"You Oughta Know\" is a series that highlights favorite artists, groups, movies, and many other things... You Oughta Know!", "\n\nBy:Ellen Flores\n\nThis week in You Oughta Know we are going to rock out with Consulado Popular . ", "From Bogotá, Colombia, these guys have been making lots of noise in the Latin rock scene this past year. ", "From playing...Read more" ]
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[ "Costs and Trends of Emergency Department Utilization Pre-ACA and Post-ACA: Evidence From a Rural Georgia Hospital.", "\nA high volume of emergency department (ED) visits in the rural United States may be the result of barriers to accessing primary care. ", "The Affordable Care Act (ACA) increased the number of insured, which may improve patient access to primary care and therefore reduce ED utilization. ", "The objective of this study is to estimate the trends and cost of ED utilization pre-ACA and post-ACA implementation in a rural United States. ", "We use 2009-2013 ED utilization data from a rural Georgia hospital to estimate trends and costs by demographic characteristics, referring source, and payor information. ", "T tests and log-linear regression models are used to assess the sociodemographic factors impacting ED inflation-adjusted costs before (2009-2010) and after ACA (2011-2013) implementation. ", "During 2009-2013, 39,970 ED encounters were recorded with an average cost (AC) of $2002 per visit. ", "Results indicate that during pre-ACA, on average, 8702 encounters were recorded per year with an AC of $1759. ", "During post-ACA, there were 7521 annual visits, with an annual AC of $2241. ", "Regression model results indicate that AC were significantly higher for men, older adults, nonblack patients, those with private insurance, and during the post-ACA period. ", "Results suggest that post-ACA, declining ED visits may be due to more patients with insurance accessing primary care instead of ED. ", "We further hypothesize that increased AC during this period may be due to ED visits being of an emergent nature, which require more resources to treat. ", "Further comprehensive investigation is warranted to study the impact of ACA on ED utilization for nonemergency purposes among rural and nonrural hospitals." ]
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[ "Introduction {#H1-1-ZOI190385}\n============\n\nA significant proportion of homeless individuals experience mental illness.^[@zoi190385r1]^ Housing First (HF), which provides immediate access to subsidized housing together with support services, has proven to be the most effective approach at helping such individuals access and maintain permanent housing.^[@zoi190385r2],[@zoi190385r3]^ Previous analyses,^[@zoi190385r4]^ using mostly before-and-after comparisons or quasi-experimental designs, have reported significant cost offsets associated with the provision of HF. ", "To our knowledge, only 1 cost-effectiveness analysis,^[@zoi190385r5]^ conducted alongside a randomized clinical trial, has been published.", "\n\nThe multiple-site At Home/Chez Soi trial compared outcomes of the scattered-site variant of HF, in which participants receive income-related rent supplements for private market apartments of their choice, with those of treatment as usual (TAU). ", "The trial tested, in parallel, HF with Assertive Community Treatment for people who had more severe mental illness and functional difficulties and HF with Intensive Case Management (ICM) for those whose needs were less acute.^[@zoi190385r6]^ Summary results of cost analyses, but not cost-effectiveness analyses, were included in the main trial reports.^[@zoi190385r7],[@zoi190385r8]^ Herein we report on the cost-effectiveness of HF with ICM compared with TAU.", "\n\nMethods {#H1-2-ZOI190385}\n=======\n\nThe cost-effectiveness analysis was performed in conformity with the published protocol of the At Home/Chez Soi study.^[@zoi190385r6]^ The analysis followed the Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards ([CHEERS](http://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/cheers/)) reporting guideline.^[@zoi190385r9]^ The analysis began in 2013 and underwent successive refinements until 2019. ", "The study protocol is available elsewhere.^[@zoi190385r6]^ The trial was conducted in the Canadian cities of Vancouver, British Columbia; Winnipeg, Manitoba; Toronto, Ontario; Montreal, Québec; and Moncton, New Brunswick. ", "Ethics approval was obtained from the local ethics review board at each data-collection site and from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, where the coordinating center was based.^[@zoi190385r6]^ Participants provided written informed consent after the screening interview.", "\n\nParticipants {#H2-1-ZOI190385}\n------------\n\nDetails on sample recruitment are available elsewhere.^[@zoi190385r6],[@zoi190385r7]^ Briefly, potential participants were referred from various sources or found through street outreach. ", "Individuals were eligible if they were adults with legal status in their province of residence; had at least 1 of 6 current mental disorders, including psychotic disorder, major depressive disorder, or posttraumatic stress disorder; and were absolutely homeless or precariously housed with previous episodes of absolute homelessness. ", "Individuals who were currently receiving services from an Assertive Community Treatment or ICM team (similar to what the experimental interventions offered, minus the access to rent supplements and dedicated housing staff) were not eligible.", "\n\nInitial Assessment and Randomization {#H2-2-ZOI190385}\n------------------------------------\n\nUsing data collected online during the baseline interview, a computerized algorithm classified individuals as high or moderate need. ", "To be classified as high need, individuals needed to (1) have a lower level of functioning (score of ≤62 on the Multnomah Community Ability Scale)^[@zoi190385r10]^; (2) have a diagnosis of current psychotic disorder or bipolar disorder; and (3) meet at least 1 of the following criteria: 2 or more hospitalizations for mental illness during a 1-year period within the previous 5 years; comorbid substance use; or 1 or more arrests or incarcerations in the past 6 months. ", "Others were classified as moderate need. (", "In Moncton, high-need and moderate-need individuals were classified as high need, because of the relatively small pool of individuals eligible for the study.^[@zoi190385r6]^ Accordingly, data from Moncton are not included in this analysis.) ", "Moderate-need individuals were randomized to receive HF plus ICM or other services normally available to them (TAU).^[@zoi190385r7]^ An adaptive randomization algorithm^[@zoi190385r11]^ with allocation concealment was used. ", "From October 2009 through June 2011, 1198 moderate-need individuals were recruited.", "\n\nInterventions {#H2-3-ZOI190385}\n-------------\n\nParticipants in the HF plus ICM group received recovery-oriented supports from an ICM team with about 17 participants per case manager. ", "Each ICM team worked in collaboration with housing specialists, also paid by the project, to help participants find housing of their choice, usually an apartment on the private rental market, and respond to housing issues as they arose. ", "Participants were required to pay 25% or 30% of their income toward the rent, depending on whether it covered heating costs. ", "The project paid the remainder of the rent, with this supplement ranging from a mean of \\$375 in Montreal to \\$600 in Vancouver. ", "Periodic evaluation of the fidelity of the interventions to the program model, combined with feedback and ongoing coaching, aided standardization of the interventions across sites.^[@zoi190385r12]^\n\nAlthough their intervention did not include HF, participants assigned to the TAU group had access to substantial supports, especially in the larger cities.^[@zoi190385r13]^ These supports included emergency response services, such as shelters and hospital emergency departments, and some rehabilitative services, such as drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers and transitional housing. ", "A small number of participants also were able to access ICM or Assertive Community Treatment services after they were recruited into the study.", "\n\nData Collection {#H2-4-ZOI190385}\n---------------\n\nStudy participants were followed up for as long as 24 months. ", "At baseline, interviewers used the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview^[@zoi190385r14]^ and other sources such as medical records to ascertain diagnosis, assess whether abuse or dependence of alcohol or other substances was present, and document homelessness, hospitalization, and arrest history, among others. ", "At baseline and every 6 months thereafter, a battery of standardized questionnaires was administered. ", "The Multnomah Community Ability Scale, the only interviewer-rated measure, was completed at the end of the interview. ", "Measures also included 3 questionnaires adapted for this study and designed to assess use of services.^[@zoi190385r6],[@zoi190385r13]^ Participants completed the Health Services and Justice Services Use questionnaire at baseline and every 6 months thereafter. ", "The Health Services and Justice Services Use questionnaire documented all non--overnight health- and justice-related services.^[@zoi190385r6]^ The Residential Time-Line Follow-Back instrument was administered every 3 months starting 3 months after baseline and asked participants where they had spent every night since the previous interview (or since 3 months before baseline).^[@zoi190385r6]^ To enable estimation of costs associated with service use, the Residential Time-Line Follow-Back instrument allowed coding of simultaneous places of residence; for example, if a participant had a subsidized apartment and was hospitalized, costs were associated with both places concurrently. ", "Finally, the Vocational Time-Line Follow-Back questionnaire asked about income received month by month and any regular or casual work obtained during the previous 3 months.^[@zoi190385r6]^ Due to the nature of the intervention and the inclusion of measures on service use and housing, participants and interviewers could not be blinded.", "\n\nChoice of Outcome Measure {#H2-5-ZOI190385}\n-------------------------\n\nDays of stable housing (as assessed by the Residential Time-Line Follow-Back instrument) served as the outcome measure. ", "Places where people stayed were classified as stable (own apartment, social housing, or staying with one's family if this could be maintained for ≥6 months) or unstable. ", "Thus, all other housing situations, for this purpose, were deemed unstable.", "\n\nPerspective of the Economic Analysis {#H2-6-ZOI190385}\n------------------------------------\n\nAs discussed in detail elsewhere,^[@zoi190385r13]^ cost elements were collected and analyzed from the perspective of society.^[@zoi190385r15]^ We modified this perspective slightly, following Weisbrod et al,^[@zoi190385r16]^ in that we included social assistance and disability benefits as costs. ", "This modified societal perspective may be viewed as consistent with a social cost impact analysis.^[@zoi190385r17],[@zoi190385r18]^\n\nCalculation of Costs per Individual {#H2-7-ZOI190385}\n-----------------------------------\n\nWe calculated many unit costs at a high level of specificity, distinguishing, for example, among supportive housing providers with different staffing levels. ", "Whenever possible, we used financial statements and activity reports to estimate a fully allocated average cost of each service.^[@zoi190385r19]^ The unit costs that we used and the methods that we used to derive them have been published.^[@zoi190385r13]^\n\nUnit costs for the intervention were based on reported expenses of each clinical team and housing provider. ", "Program expenses were distributed among participants based on their own time receiving services from their clinical team, as estimated using the Health Services and Justice Services Use questionnaire, and on the number of nights that they had a subsidized apartment or housing unit provided by the project.", "\n\nAll unit costs were originally in 2011 Canadian dollars or adjusted to 2011 Canadian dollars. ", "For this analysis, we used the city-specific Consumer Price Index to convert costs into 2016 Canadian dollars.^[@zoi190385r20]^ We calculated costs per individual by multiplying frequencies by the corresponding unit cost, including the intervention cost for experimental group participants, adding to that social assistance and other contributions by society to their income, and finally subtracting income earned.^[@zoi190385r13]^\n\nDiscounting {#H2-8-ZOI190385}\n-----------\n\nFor each participant, costs as well as days of stable housing were estimated for a 2-year period. ", "Costs and days of stable housing in the second year were discounted at a 3% rate, a common rate for a base case analysis.^[@zoi190385r19]^\n\nStatistical Analysis {#H2-9-ZOI190385}\n--------------------\n\nAll analyses used multiple imputation with chained equations (20 imputations) to account for missing data.^[@zoi190385r21]^ Mean costs per year after randomization, aggregated across sites but grouped into different categories,^[@zoi190385r13]^ were compared between the HF and TAU groups at baseline and during each of the 2 years after baseline. ", "Mean total costs per year were then compared site-by-site between the HF plus ICM and TAU groups.", "\n\nConfidence intervals for incremental cost-effectiveness ratios were computed via bootstrapping, with 500 bootstrap resamples.^[@zoi190385r21],[@zoi190385r22]^ We plotted the bootstrap resamples on the cost-effectiveness plane.", "\n\nWe used the net-benefit approach to describe further the effect of sampling uncertainty.^[@zoi190385r19]^ The intervention is deemed cost-effective if λμ~ΔE~ -- μ~ΔC~ \\> 0, where λ is the threshold ratio (in dollars per additional day of stable housing) above which the decision-maker no longer finds the intervention cost-effective; μ~ΔE~, the mean difference in effectiveness between the 2 groups; and μ~ΔC~, the mean difference in costs. ", "Using the bootstrap resamples, we plotted the cost-effectiveness acceptability curve, showing the estimated probability that the intervention is cost-effective as a function of λ.", "\n\nWe then regressed, using values of λ ranging from \\$0 to \\$100, each individual's net monetary benefit on several variables selected a priori as potentially relevant, including group assignment, site, age, sex, presence of psychotic disorder, Multnomah Community Ability Scale score, duration of longest previous episode of homelessness, and number of hospital days in the year before study entry. ", "Linear regression was used in each case. ", "To evaluate how participant characteristics might mediate the cost-effectiveness of HF,^[@zoi190385r19],[@zoi190385r23]^ and in the absence of any strong a priori hypotheses about which characteristics might be relevant, we then tested, one by one, interactions between all these variables and the group assignment variable. ", "Interaction terms with 2-sided *P* \\< .10 were retained for a final model with interactions. ", "Fitted models were checked for misspecification by plotting the residuals against the fitted value of the dependent variable as well as continuous covariates. ", "The Rubin rule was used to derive 95% CIs.^[@zoi190385r21]^ Statistical analyses were performed using Stata, version 15 (StataCorp).", "\n\nSensitivity Analyses {#H2-10-ZOI190385}\n--------------------\n\nWe tested the robustness of the results to the choice of discount rate by using 0% and 5% instead of 3%. ", "We also checked the effects of adjusting for baseline differences in costs using a regression-based method^[@zoi190385r24]^ and performed a 2-way sensitivity analysis on these factors.", "\n\nResults {#H1-3-ZOI190385}\n=======\n\nOf 1198 individuals originally randomized (795 \\[66.4%\\] male, 390 \\[32.6%\\] female, and 13 \\[1.1%\\] other; 696 \\[58.1%\\] aged 30 to 49 years), 1160 (96.8%) provided usable data for this analysis. ", "eFigure 1 in the [Supplement](#note-ZOI190385-1-s){ref-type=\"supplementary-material\"} describes the flow of participants into and through the trial and shows the available sample size by group and by site.", "\n\n[Table 1](#zoi190385t1){ref-type=\"table\"} provides descriptive statistics for the sample at baseline. ", "Values for other variables not used in this analysis have been reported elsewhere.^[@zoi190385r7]^ Their mean (SD) longest period of homelessness was 29.0 (42.6) months (median, 12 months \\[interquartile range, 5-36 months\\]).", "\n\n###### Baseline Characteristics of Participants, Stratified by Randomization Group\n\n Characteristic Study Randomization Group \n --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- ------------------\n Age group, y, No. (%) ", " \n \\<30 118 (17.1) 91 (17.9)\n 30-49 398 (57.8) 298 (58.4)\n ≥50 173 (25.1) 120 (23.6)\n Sex, No. (%) ", " \n Women 236 (34.3) 154 (30.3)\n Men 449 (65.2) 346 (68.0)\n Other 4 (0.6) 9 (1.8)\n Alcohol abuse or dependence, No. (%)[", "^a^](#zoi190385t1n1){ref-type=\"table-fn\"} 296 (43.0) 224 (44.0)\n Substance abuse or dependence, No. (%)[", "^a^](#zoi190385t1n1){ref-type=\"table-fn\"} 321 (46.6) 242 (47.5)\n Alcohol or substance abuse or dependence, No. (%)[", "^a^](#zoi190385t1n1){ref-type=\"table-fn\"} 424 (61.5) 321 (63.1)\n Hospitalization history, No. (%)[", "^b^](#zoi190385t1n2){ref-type=\"table-fn\"} 155 (22.5) 129 (25.3)\n Arrest history, No. (%)[", "^c^](#zoi190385t1n3){ref-type=\"table-fn\"} 200 (29.0) 154 (30.3)\n Longest period homeless, mo \n Mean (SD) 29.7 (46.4) 28.1 (37.0)\n Median (IQR) 12 (6-36) 12 (5-36)\n MCAS score[^d^](#zoi190385t1n4){ref-type=\"table-fn\"} \n Mean (SD) 64.7 (6.2) 64.7 (6.2)\n Median (IQR) 65.0 (63.0-68.0) 65.0 (63.0-68.0)\n Study site, No. (%) ", " \n Montreal, Québec 204 (29.6) 102 (20.0)\n Toronto, Ontario 204 (29.6) 174 (34.2)\n Winnipeg, Manitoba 181 (26.3) 133 (26.1)\n Vancouver, British Columbia 100 (14.5) 100 (19.6)\n\nAbbreviations: HF, Housing First intervention; IQR, interquartile range; MCAS, Multnomah Community Ability Scale; TAU, treatment as usual.", "\n\nEvaluated using the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview.^[@zoi190385r14]^\n\nIndicates 2 or more hospitalizations within 1 year during the 5 years before baseline.", "\n\nIndicates 1 or more arrests or incarcerations during the 6 months before baseline.", "\n\nScores range from 17 to 85, with higher values indicating better functioning.", "\n\n[Table 2](#zoi190385t2){ref-type=\"table\"} shows baseline and first- and second-year costs by type of cost for the HF and TAU groups. ", "During the 2-year follow-up period, meaningful cost offsets (mean reductions in costs attributable to the intervention) were observed for shelters (−\\$2627; 95% CI, −\\$3232 to −\\$2079), substance use treatment (−\\$1148; 95% CI, −\\$1658 to −\\$638), supportive housing (−\\$1861; 95% CI, −\\$2540 to −\\$1222), and ambulatory visits (−\\$2375; 95% CI, −\\$3226 to −\\$1523). ", "For other cost categories, the 95% CIs for offsets for other cost categories included zero, or the point estimate was less than \\$1000. ", "Excluding the intervention cost, the total mean cost offset was −\\$6629 (95% CI, −\\$10 199 to −\\$2969). ", "However, after including the mean cost of the intervention (\\$14 496, inferred from [Table 2](#zoi190385t2){ref-type=\"table\"}), the mean total cost for HF participants exceeded that for TAU by \\$7868 (95% CI, \\$4409-\\$11 405). ", "Thus, 46% of the cost of the intervention was offset. ", "For most services as well as in total, the cost difference was less favorable to HF in the second year than in the first.", "\n\n###### Mean (Unadjusted) Costs per Person per Year by Time and Cost Category[^a^](#zoi190385t2n1){ref-type=\"table-fn\"}\n\n Cost Category Study Randomization Group, Mean (95% CI), 2016 Can\\$ \n -------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------- --------------------------\n Shelters \n Baseline 9595 (8680 to 10 434) 8915 (8204 to 9650) −679 (−1876 to 425)\n First year 5476 (4803 to 6184) 2244 (1940 to 2535) −3233 (−4037 to −2537)\n Second year 2879 (2348 to 3479) 857 (626 to 1084) −2022 (−2625 to −1404)\n Mean of first and second years 4177 (3684 to 4773) 1550 (1320 to 1762) −2627 (−3232 to −2079)\n Substance use treatment \n Baseline 3553 (2580 to 4750) 3320 (2358 to 4335) −233 (−1692 to 1264)\n First year 2400 (1724 to 3149) 986 (733 to 1279) −1414 (−2190 to −697)\n Second year 1666 (1130 to 2123) 785 (561 to 1074) −881 (−1377 to −304)\n Mean of first and second years 2033 (1580 to 2521) 886 (687 to 1105) −1148 (−1658 to −638)\n Supportive housing[^b^](#zoi190385t2n2){ref-type=\"table-fn\"} \n Baseline 2476 (1805 to 3195) 3461 (2823 to 4279) 985 (0 to 2073)\n First year 3353 (2727 to 4097) 1517 (1263 to 1812) −1835 (−2550 to −1137)\n Second year 2938 (2243 to 3656) 1052 (706 to 1476) −1886 (−2691 to −1081)\n Mean of first and second years 3145 (2549 to 3769) 1285 (1036 to 1573) −1861 (−2540 to −1222)\n Ambulatory visits \n Baseline 14 920 (12 580 to 17 358) 11 629 (10 146 to 13 586) −3291 (−6026 to −450)\n First year 7572 (6520 to 8663) 4545 (3904 to 5219) −3028 (−4237 to −1653)\n Second year 5708 (4833 to 6661) 3986 (3423 to 4709) −1722 (−2802 to −587)\n Mean of first and second years 6640 (5987 to 7435) 4266 (3809 to 4755) −2375 (−3226 to −1523)\n ED visits \n Baseline 2207 (1870 to 2590) 2092 (1789 to 2444) −115 (−611 to 377)\n First year 1862 (1500 to 2261) 1239 (1077 to 1418) −623 (−1055 to −237)\n Second year 1279 (1033 to 1572) 981 (856 to 1105) −299 (−641 to −22)\n Mean of first and second years 1571 (1325 to 1876) 1110 (995 to 1238) −461 (−775 to −186)\n Hospitalizations (physical) \n Baseline 1621 (624 to 2990) 1567 (612 to 2864) −54 (−1649 to 1688)\n First year 2493 (1533 to 3669) 2025 (1226 to 2943) −468 (−1906 to 975)\n Second year 2786 (1443 to 5106) 2421 (1456 to 3546) −365 (−2840 to 1376)\n Mean of first and second years 2640 (1722 to 4005) 2223 (1586 to 2939) −417 (−2060 to 799)\n Hospitalizations (psychiatric) \n Baseline 4285 (2153 to 6554) 4507 (2660 to 6516) 222 (−2776 to 3450)\n First year 3392 (1876 to 5328) 3670 (2442 to 5334) 278 (−2185 to 2579)\n Second year 1644 (975 to 2578) 4414 (2714 to 6443) 2770 (904 to 4890)\n Mean of first and second years 2518 (1600 to 3550) 4042 (2832 to 5700) 1524 (−80 to 3404)\n Other (eg, helplines, day centers) \n Baseline 3304 (2933 to 3761) 2986 (2669 to 3311) −317 (−902 to 200)\n First year 1638 (1442 to 1853) 1117 (980 to 1251) −521 (−786 to −290)\n Second year 1195 (1048 to 1348) 902 (784 to 1003) −293 (−512 to −109)\n Mean of first and second years 1417 (1276 to 1574) 1009 (896 to 1114) −407 (−616 to −231)\n Police contacts and court appearances \n Baseline 9222 (7571 to 11 062) 7987 (6634 to 9395) −1235 (−3310 to 996)\n First year 6925 (5300 to 8784) 6572 (5529 to 7720) −352 (−2474 to 1733)\n Second year 5871 (4600 to 7210) 4996 (4178 to 5994) −875 (−2496 to 679)\n Mean of first and second years 6398 (5149 to 7782) 5784 (4955 to 6627) −613 (−2247 to 977)\n Incarcerations \n Baseline 2084 (1210 to 3108) 2365 (1556 to 3452) 281 (−940 to 1529)\n First year 1675 (1076 to 2334) 2820 (2125 to 3672) 1146 (210 to 2159)\n Second year 3064 (2063 to 4192) 3963 (2980 to 5266) 899 (−544 to 2444)\n Mean of first and second years 2369 (1666 to 3131) 3392 (2642 to 4284) 1022 (−66 to 2198)\n Welfare and disability benefits \n Baseline 2758 (2588 to 2911) 2869 (2761 to 2991) 111 (−94 to 322)\n First year 8641 (8233 to 9060) 9154 (8861 to 9489) 512 (−14 to 1053)\n Second year 9480 (9049 to 9956) 9574 (9298 to 9863) 94 (−449 to 619)\n Mean of first and second years 9061 (8679 to 9507) 9364 (9095 to 9661) 303 (−175 to 823)\n Income earned \n Baseline 343 (243 to 454) 146 (83 to 227) −197 (−329 to −70)\n First year 1129 (854 to 1399) 517 (395 to 669) −611 (−905 to −330)\n Second year 1111 (868 to 1375) 863 (671 to 1062) −248 (−579 to 75)\n Mean of first and second years 1120 (906 to 1360) 690 (553 to 835) −430 (−696 to −141)\n Total (excluding intervention cost) \n Baseline 53 015 (48 870 to 56 809) 49 062 (45 971 to 52 654) −3954 (−8843 to 1479)\n First year 44 299 (41 018 to 47 592) 35 372 (33 159 to 37 857) −8927 (−13 373 to −4895)\n Second year 37 398 (34 445 to 40 598) 33 068 (30 612 to 36 188) −4330 (−8157 to 53)\n Mean of first and second years 40 849 (38 374 to 43 538) 34 220 (32 175 to 36 695) −6629 (−10 199 to −2969)\n Total (including intervention cost) \n First year 44 299 (41 018 to 47 592) 50 554 (47 801 to 53 221) 6255 (1617 to 10 425)\n Second year 37 398 (34 445 to 40 598) 46 879 (44 243 to 50 135) 9480 (5772 to 13 888)\n Mean of first and second years 40 849 (38 374 to 43 538) 48 716 (46 593 to 51 072) 7868 (4409 to 11 405)\n\nAbbreviations: ED, emergency department; HF, Housing First; TAU, treatment as usual.", "\n\nTwenty-seven elements (1 per month and 3 before the baseline interview) were included for days of stable housing. ", "Missing rates (addressed using multiple imputation) were 14.8% for the TAU group and 9.4% for the HF group. ", "For costs, 279 elements were included; missing rates were 13.0% and 9.2%, respectively.", "\n\nThis category includes rooms in buildings with on-site support staff and, notably for Toronto, subsidized rooms in buildings without on-site support staff.", "\n\n[Table 3](#zoi190385t3){ref-type=\"table\"} disaggregates costs by site rather than by cost category. ", "The magnitude of the net cost, including the cost of the intervention, ranged from \\$5218 (95% CI, −\\$983 to \\$11 385) per person per year in Montreal to \\$11 702 (95% CI, \\$5196-\\$18 873) per person per year in Toronto.", "\n\n###### Total Unadjusted Mean Costs per Person per Year by Site\n\n Cost by Site TAU Group HF Group Difference, Mean Cost (95% CI) \n ----------------------------------- ----------- --------------------------- -------------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------\n ICM team \n Montreal NA NA 200 7375 (6679 to 8075) NA\n Toronto NA NA 200 6825 (5850 to 7914) NA\n Winnipeg NA NA 177 7613 (6194 to 9148) NA\n Vancouver NA NA 100 5533 (4199 to 7211) NA\n Housing team and rent supplements \n Montreal NA NA 200 7345 (7026 to 7702) NA\n Toronto NA NA 200 8752 (8248 to 9184) NA\n Winnipeg NA NA 177 5336 (4903 to 5797) NA\n Vancouver NA NA 100 9093 (8310 to 9848) NA\n Total without intervention \n Montreal 102 41 699 (36 752 to 47 040) 200 32 197 (28 598 to 36 031) −9502 (−16 072 to −3280)\n Toronto 159 41 108 (36 436 to 45 935) 200 37 234 (33 096 to 41 897) −3875 (−10 353 to 3136)\n Winnipeg 126 38 961 (34 248 to 43 498) 177 33 987 (30 590 to 37 551) −4975 (−10 365 to 740)\n Vancouver 96 41 992 (35 752 to 48 308) 100 32 653 (27 222 to 40 155) −9339 (−18 250 to 1008)\n Total with intervention \n Montreal 102 41 699 (36 752 to 47 040) 200 46 917 (43 389 to 50 542) 5218 (−983 to 11 385)\n Toronto 159 41 108 (36 436 to 45 935) 200 52 811 (48 171 to 57 341) 11 702 (5196 to 18 873)\n Winnipeg 126 38 961 (34 248 to 43 498) 177 46 935 (43 045 to 51 066) 7974 (1985 to 14 335)\n Vancouver 96 41 992 (35 752 to 48 308) 100 47 279 (41 497 to 55 015) 5287 (−3816 to 15 428)\n\nAbbreviations: HF, Housing First; ICM, Intensive Case Management; NA, not applicable; TAU, treatment as usual.", "\n\nDays with stable housing were higher by 140.34 (95% CI, 128.14-153.31) days in the HF group, with a cost difference of \\$7867.73 (95% CI, \\$4408.81-\\$11 404.79). ", "Thus, the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio was \\$56.08 (95% CI, \\$29.55-\\$84.78) per day of stable housing.", "\n\neFigure 2 in the [Supplement](#note-ZOI190385-1-s){ref-type=\"supplementary-material\"} shows 500 bootstrap replicates of mean incremental cost and the corresponding mean incremental number of days of stable housing on the cost-effectiveness plane. ", "All the points lie in the quadrant corresponding to higher effectiveness and higher costs, indicating that taking all sites together, the intervention unambiguously increases days of stable housing and costs.", "\n\nThe cost-effectiveness acceptability curve shown in the [Figure](#zoi190385f1){ref-type=\"fig\"} indicates that if the decision-maker is willing to pay \\$67 per night of stable housing, there is an 80% chance that HF is cost-effective compared with TAU. ", "If the decision-maker is willing to pay approximately \\$100 per day of stable housing, then the probability that the intervention is cost-effective increases to 100%.", "\n\n![", "Cost-effectiveness Acceptability Curve\\\nThe probability that the Housing First (HF) intervention is cost-effective compared with treatment as usual as a function of the value that the decision-maker attributes to an additional day of stable housing.](jamanetwopen-2-e199782-g001){#zoi190385f1}\n\neTable 1 in the [Supplement](#note-ZOI190385-1-s){ref-type=\"supplementary-material\"} shows the results of net benefit regressions that do not include interactions. ", "As the decision-maker's willingness to pay for an additional day of stable housing (represented by λ) rises from \\$0 to \\$100, the adjusted net benefit of receiving HF is initially negative (net cost of −\\$8604 per person per year; 95% CI, −\\$12 027 to −\\$5181) but increases quickly so that at \\$100 the net benefit is positive, reaching \\$5269 (95% CI, \\$1352-\\$9186). ", "Only 1 other variable appeared to be associated with a meaningful difference in net benefit: people who had been arrested or incarcerated in the 6 months before baseline had a lower net benefit. ", "Age, sex, alcohol or substance abuse or dependence, and level of functioning were not associated with net benefit, regardless of λ, after adjusting for site and the other factors.", "\n\n[Table 4](#zoi190385t4){ref-type=\"table\"} shows the results of adding interactions between group assignment and the variables identified using the procedure described above. ", "None of the site variables or interactions with site were meaningfully different from zero, suggesting that the cost-effectiveness of HF with ICM did not vary by site. ", "Costs appeared to vary with arrest history; the addition of the interaction terms had little effect on estimated coefficients. ", "A higher level of functioning was associated with a higher net benefit at higher levels of λ: at λ = \\$100, a (clinically meaningful) 10-point increase in the Multnomah Community Ability Scale score was associated with an increase in net benefit of \\$6901 (95% CI, \\$1839-\\$11 962) per person per year, indicating that a higher level of functioning was associated with more days of stable housing. ", "The results suggest that HF yielded a net benefit lower by approximately \\$7000 for people who had had 2 or more hospitalizations for mental illness during a 1-year period during the previous 5 years; the amount varied from −\\$6820 (95% CI, −\\$12 673 to −\\$967) at λ = 0 to −\\$7456 (95% CI, −\\$14 065 to −\\$847) at λ = 100. ", "None of the other interaction terms appeared to meaningfully alter costs at any value of λ. ", "Thus, no individual-level baseline variable, except possibly hospitalization history, and no site appeared to make HF with ICM more or less cost-effective.", "\n\n###### Net Benefit Regression Results Assigning Different Values to an Additional Day of Stable Housing With Interaction Terms[^a^](#zoi190385t4n1){ref-type=\"table-fn\"}\n\n Term Estimated β Coefficient (95% CI), 2016 Can\\$[^b^](#zoi190385t4n2){ref-type=\"table-fn\"} \n ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- ------------------------------- ------------------------------- ------------------------------- -------------------------------\n HF intervention 36 433 (−3860 to 76 726) 39 828 (−1193 to 80 850) 43 223 (1304 to 85 143) 46 618 (3643 to 89 594) 50 013 (5834 to 94 193) 53 409 (7890 to 98 927)\n Toronto 1088 (−6472 to 8649) 1575 (−6104 to 9254) 2062 (−5770 to 9894) 2548 (−5470 to 10 566) 3035 (−5200 to 11 270) 3522 (−4959 to 12 002)\n Winnipeg 1798 (−6198 to 9794) 1453 (−6688 to 9595) 1109 (−7215 to 9432) 764 (−7776 to 9304) 419 (−8370 to 9208) 74 (−8993 to 9142)\n Vancouver 1397 (−7020 to 9813) 620 (−7951 to 9192) −156 (−8920 to 8608) −932 (−9925 to 8061) −1708 (−10 964 to 7548) −2484 (−12 034 to 7065)\n Aged 30-49 2833 (−4575 to 10 241) 2781 (−4764 to 10 326) 2729 (−4985 to 10 444) 2677 (−5238 to 10 592) 2625 (−5519 to 10 770) 2574 (−5826 to 10 973)\n Aged ≥50 y 431 (−8243 to 9104) 276 (−8571 to 9124) 122 (−8937 to 9181) −32 (−9339 to 9275) −186 (−9773 to 9400) −341 (−10 237 to 9556)\n Female −4015 (−7765 to −265) −3818 (−7634 to −1) −3621 (−7520 to 278) −3424 (−7421 to 573) −3226 (−7335 to 882) −3029 (−7263 to 1205)\n Alcohol or substance abuse or dependence 427 (−3477 to 4331) 457 (−3508 to 4423) 488 (−3556 to 4532) 519 (−3619 to 4656) 549 (−3697 to 4795) 580 (−3788 to 4947)\n MCAS score/10[^d^](#zoi190385t4n4){ref-type=\"table-fn\"} 4859 (377 to 9341) 5267 (705 to 9830) 5676 (1013 to 10 338) 6084 (1304 to 10 864) 6492 (1579 to 11 405) 6901 (1839 to 11 962)\n Hospitalization history[^e^](#zoi190385t4n5){ref-type=\"table-fn\"} −3730 (−7940 to 479) −3547 (−7834 to 741) −3363 (−7746 to 1021) −3179 (−7676 to 1317) −2996 (−7620 to 1629) −2812 (−7579 to 1956)\n Arrest history[^f^](#zoi190385t4n6){ref-type=\"table-fn\"} −9895 (−13 836 to −5954) −10 467 (−14 481 to −6453) −11 038 (−15 143 to −6934) −11 610 (−15 820 to −7399) −12 181 (−16 513 to −7850) −12 753 (−17 219 to −8287)\n Longest period homeless[^g^](#zoi190385t4n7){ref-type=\"table-fn\"} −13 (−54 to 28) −16 (−58 to 25) −19 (−62 to 23) −22 (−66 to 22) −25 (−70 to 20) −28 (−75 to 18)\n Interaction terms \n Toronto × HF −5737 (−15 338 to 3864) −6198 (−15 966 to 3570) −6658 (−16 637 to 3321) −7119 (−17 349 to 3111) −7579 (−18 099 to 2940) −8040 (−18 884 to 2804)\n Winnipeg × HF −969 (−11 033 to 9095) −1755 (−12 008 to 8498) −2542 (−13 029 to 7946) −3328 (−14 091 to 7435) −4114 (−15 192 to 6964) −4901 (−16 329 to 6528)\n Vancouver × HF −1612 (−12 640 to 9415) −1218 (−12 457 to 10 021) −824 (−12 325 to 10 677) −429 (−12 239 to 11 380) −35 (−12 196 to 12 126) 359 (−12 192 to 12 911)\n Age 30-49 × HF 181 (−9395 to 9756) 683 (−9077 to 10 443) 1185 (-8803 to 11 173) 1687 (−8568 to 11 943) 2190 (−8371 to 12 750) 2692 (−8208 to 13 592)\n Age ≥50 × HF 5640 (−5515 to 16 795) 6454 (−4920 to 17 828) 7268 (−4374 to 18 911) 8082 (−3874 to 20 039) 8896 (−3417 to 21 209) 9710 (−2998 to 22 418)\n Hospitalization history × HF −6820 (−12 673 to −967) −6947 (−12 906 to −989) −7075 (−13 163 to −986) −7202 (−13 443 to −960) −7329 (−13 745 to −914) −7456 (−14 065 to −847)\n Constant −69 214 (−100 884 to −37 544) −69 254 (−101 614 to −36 893) −69 175 (−100 284 to −38 065) −69 293 (−102 466 to −36 120) −69 333 (−103 431 to −35 234) −69 372 (−104 500 to −34 244)\n\nAbbreviations: HF, Housing First intervention; MCAS, Multnomah Community Ability Scale.", "\n\nIncludes 1160 participants. ", "Models estimated with net monetary benefit are not adjusted for baseline differences in costs. ", "Dependent variable is (d~i~ × λ) -- c~i~, where λ is the threshold ratio (in Canadian dollars per additional day of stable housing), d~i~ is participant i's annualized number of days of stable housing, and c~i~ is the corresponding total cost.", "\n\nReference categories include Montreal site, younger than 30 years, and no alcohol or substance abuse or dependence.", "\n\nDecision-maker's willingness to pay for an additional day of stable housing.", "\n\nCoefficients indicate partial association with a 10-point increase in MCAS score.", "\n\nIndicates 2 or more hospitalizations for mental illness during a 1-year period within the 5 years before baseline.", "\n\nIndicates 1 or more arrests or incarcerations during the 6 months before baseline.", "\n\nIndicates during lifetime, in months.", "\n\nSensitivity analyses shown in eTable 2 in the [Supplement](#note-ZOI190385-1-s){ref-type=\"supplementary-material\"} indicate that our results are robust to changes in the discount rate and only somewhat sensitive to the adjustment for baseline differences or a combination of both. ", "Adjusting for baseline differences increases the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio from \\$56.08 to \\$60.18. ", "Changes in the discount rate have a minimal effect. ", "The largest change is obtained by adjusting for baseline differences, without altering the discount rate: the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio becomes \\$60.18 (95% CI, \\$35.27-\\$86.95).", "\n\nDiscussion {#H1-4-ZOI190385}\n==========\n\nThis cost-effectiveness analysis relies on data from the largest trial of scattered-site HF with ICM for people with mental illness and moderate needs, to our knowledge, conducted to date. ", "The intervention costs a mean of \\$14 496 per person per year. ", "Cost offsets on a wide range of other services reduced the net cost to \\$7868, a 46% reduction. ", "An additional day of stable housing cost \\$56.08. ", "Cost-effectiveness seemed to be about the same regardless of participant characteristics, with the possible exception of hospitalization history.", "\n\nIn previous reports of the At Home/Chez Soi study,^[@zoi190385r7],[@zoi190385r25]^ the intervention cost was reported as Can\\$14 177 per participant annually (in 2011 dollars), and the mean net cost offset was Can \\$4849, or 34% of the cost of the intervention. ", "Although qualitatively similar, the numerical estimates presented herein differ from the earlier ones for several reasons. ", "Most important, in the present study, we did not adjust for baseline differences in costs, whereas the earlier reports used a relatively simple difference-in-differences method, applied to mean costs per person per site. ", "Second, we allocated the cost of the intervention to individual study participants. ", "Third, we refined several unit cost calculations compared with the earlier report.", "\n\nCost-effectiveness analyses, including for the treatment of mental health conditions, often use quality-adjusted life-years as an outcome measure,^[@zoi190385r19]^ despite their known limitations.^[@zoi190385r26]^ In the present report, consistent with the only published cost-effectiveness analysis of a related intervention published to date,^[@zoi190385r5]^ we used days of stable housing instead. ", "Hierarchical linear models estimated on the EQ-5D, a common instrument from which to derive quality-adjusted life-years,^[@zoi190385r27]^ showed no significant difference between the experimental and TAU groups.^[@zoi190385r7]^ This finding is not surprising because HF is in significant measure a social care intervention, with health effects that may only become apparent during a longer period. ", "Qualitative interviews conducted on a 10% sample of study participants showed that participants in the HF group were much more likely to experience positive changes in their life trajectories than those in the TAU group during the 2 years of the study.^[@zoi190385r28]^\n\nThe only comparable cost-effectiveness analysis in the literature^[@zoi190385r5]^ was performed at Veterans Affairs medical centers in 4 US cities using data collected in the early to middle 1990s. ", "The most similar intervention in that study was a less intensive form of case management than herein, with as many as 25 participants per case manager. ", "This intervention was combined with Section 8 vouchers (rent subsidies). ", "Fully half of participants in that study^[@zoi190385r5]^ had no psychiatric diagnosis other than alcohol or drug use disorder. ", "The study found that, from a societal perspective, the intervention cost \\$45 more per additional day of housing, compared with standard care. ", "Adjusting for the effects of inflation^[@zoi190385r29]^ and using purchasing power parity in 2016 to convert US into Canadian dollars,^[@zoi190385r30]^ that amount is equivalent to about Can\\$79. ", "Our somewhat lower estimate may reflect the greater potential for cost offsets with a group of participants with greater illness.", "\n\nIn this trial, careful attention was paid to implementation fidelity.^[@zoi190385r3]^ Fidelity was found to be fair to excellent across sites.^[@zoi190385r12]^ Other work has reported an association between higher fidelity and housing stability, quality of life, and community functioning^[@zoi190385r31]^ as well as other positive outcomes.^[@zoi190385r32],[@zoi190385r33]^ Not all HF implementations are as careful to follow the Pathways model as those of the At Home/Chez Soi trial; for instance, caseloads may be increased or rent supplements may be reduced. ", "Although such changes will reduce the cost of the intervention itself, the magnitude of the cost offsets observed herein may not remain the same.", "\n\nThe fact that HF with ICM did not dominate the intervention---that it did not prove more effective and less costly---does not mean that it should not be implemented. ", "Most health and social interventions do not pay for themselves. ", "Rather, they yield benefits judged sufficient to merit their cost. ", "The cost of the intervention itself, which was approximately \\$40 per participant per day, is well within the range of the costs of many currently funded forms of emergency shelter and supported housing.^[@zoi190385r13]^ Allowing for some budgetary reallocations and reflecting the reductions in costs of these and other services in which the delivery of HF with ICM results, the overall budgetary impact of a significant expansion of HF with ICM capacity is likely to be quite reasonable.", "\n\nOur study found little evidence of HF being more or less cost-effective for different subgroups. ", "This finding may be attributable to the fact that clinical teams adjust the nature and intensity of their interventions according to each participant's needs and preferences. ", "Cost-effectiveness may have been lower for people with more previous hospitalizations for mental illness, possibly because the teams expended more effort on clients more prone to prior hospitalizations but could not sufficiently alter participants' propensity to be hospitalized more often. ", "Our findings give no ground for any selection of participants on characteristics such as current alcohol or substance abuse or previous justice services involvement.", "\n\nStrengths and Limitations {#H2-11-ZOI190385}\n-------------------------\n\nOur study presents several strengths. ", "The sample size was large and drawn from several sites. ", "It evaluated a carefully defined and implemented intervention. ", "Attrition, and in particular differential attrition, was modest. ", "Service use was measured in a much more comprehensive way than is typical in cost-effectiveness studies. ", "Unit costs were carefully estimated.", "\n\nSeveral limitations need to be noted as well. ", "Service use data were based on participant self-reports. ", "Although these reports are subject to recall biases, the most costly components of costs are based on self-reports gathered at 3-month intervals, which have been shown to have good validity.^[@zoi190385r34]^ The validity of self-reports in the At Home/Chez Soi study has also been corroborated directly.^[@zoi190385r35],[@zoi190385r36]^ The costs of medications were not included, owing to the difficulty of obtaining reliable and sufficiently detailed information on medications taken by participants by questionnaire and restrictions on sharing of participant-level administrative data, including on medication use, across provinces. ", "The ICM teams, however, do not typically focus on increasing medication adherence. ", "The follow-up period was 2 years, and we do not know how cost-effectiveness would evolve for a longer duration. ", "We did not estimate the administrative costs of transfer payments,^[@zoi190385r15]^ but because most participants in both groups received social assistance payments, doing so would have had little effect.", "\n\nConclusions {#H1-5-ZOI190385}\n===========\n\nIn this large, multiple-site trial, we found that about half of the costs of an HF with ICM intervention were offset by reductions in the costs of shelters, ambulatory visits, emergency department visits, and other services. ", "Even if these cost offsets do not result in reductions in budgetary outlays, they translate into greater availability of resources for others in need. ", "The net cost was modest in relation to current expenditures on individuals who are homeless. ", "Furthermore, we found little evidence of cost-effectiveness varying according to participant characteristics. ", "These results support more widespread implementation of scattered-site HF with ICM programs for homeless people with characteristics comparable to those of the participants included in this trial.", "\n\n###### \n\n**eFigure 1.** ", "Flowchart Showing Selection of Study Participants\n\n**eFigure 2.** ", "Bootstrap Replicates on the Cost-effectiveness Plane\n\n**eTable 1.** ", "Net Benefit Regression Results, Assigning Different Values to an Additional Day of Stable Housing Without Interaction Terms\n\n**eTable 2.** ", "Two-Way Sensitivity Analysis: ICER and 95% CI as a Function of Discount Rate and Whether an Adjustment Is Made for Baseline Differences\n\n###### \n\nClick here for additional data file.", "\n" ]
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[ "Q:\n\nSYMFONY 4 - How can the user be redirected to the next part of the same form? (", "On another page)\n\nGood morning, everyone, \nAs a beginner in Symfony 4, you will risk seeing me regularly ask basic but essential questions for my understanding of this language. ", "\nToday I have a rather embarrassing problem.... I would like to make sure that as soon as the person has clicked on \"Next\", they are redirected to another page in order to continue the questionnaire. ", "\nCould you please explain to me how to change the page person after clicking on the next button and make sure the checks are correct. ", "\nThis is what I thought of: \n -> Put all my form in SimulationController.php and display what I want with my Javascript. ", "\n-> Create another page in order to navigate to it and display the rest of my form. ", "\nThank you for your understanding. ", "\nHere are the files: \nSimulationController.php\n<?", "php\n// src/Controller/SimulationController.php\n\nnamespace App\\Controller;\n\nuse App\\Model\\Client;\nuse Symfony\\Bundle\\FrameworkBundle\\Controller\\AbstractController;\nuse Symfony\\Component\\Form\\Extension\\Core\\Type\\IntegerType;\nuse Symfony\\Component\\Form\\Extension\\Core\\Type\\SubmitType;\nuse Symfony\\Component\\HttpFoundation\\Request;\nuse Symfony\\Component\\HttpFoundation\\Response;\nuse Symfony\\Component\\Routing\\Annotation\\Route;\nuse Twig\\Environment;\nuse Symfony\\Component\\Form\\Extension\\Core\\Type\\ChoiceType;\n\nclass SimulationController extends AbstractController\n{\n\n /**\n * @Route(\"/simulation\", name=\"simulation\")\n * @param Environment $twig\n * @param Request $request\n * @return Response\n */\n public function situation(Environment $twig, Request $request): Response\n {\n\n $Client = new Client();\n $simulateur = $this->createFormBuilder($Client)\n\n /* Situation */\n ->add(\"famille\", ChoiceType::class, [\n 'label' => 'Votre situation familliale ?',", "\n 'choices' => [\n 'Célibataire' => 'celibataire',\n 'Marié(e)' => 'marie',\n 'Pacsé(e)' => 'pacse',\n 'En concubinage' => 'concubinage',\n 'Divorcé(e)' => 'divorce',\n 'Veuf/Veuve' => 'veuf'\n ],\n 'attr' => [\n 'class' => 'situation_familliale input']\n ])\n ->add('anneeDeNaissance', IntegerType::class, [\n 'label' => 'Quelle est votre année de naissance ?',", "\n 'required' => True,\n 'attr' => [\n 'class' => 'naissance input',\n 'placeholder' => 'Ex : 1950']\n ])\n ->add('enfant', ChoiceType::class, [\n 'label' => 'Avez vous des enfants ?',", "\n 'choices' => array(\n 'Non' => False,\n 'Oui' => True,\n ),\n 'attr' => [\n 'class' => 'enfant']\n ])\n ->add('enfant_nombre', IntegerType::class, [\n 'label' => 'Combien avez-vous d\\'enfants ?',", "\n 'required' => True,\n 'attr' => [\n 'class' => 'enfant_nombre input',\n 'placeholder' => 'Ex : 3']])\n ->add('enfant_foyer', IntegerType::class, [\n 'label' => 'Combien sont encore dans votre foyer fiscal ?',", "\n 'required' => True,\n 'attr' => [\n 'class' => 'enfant_foyer input',\n 'placeholder' => 'Ex : 3']])\n ->add('pension', ChoiceType::class, [\n 'label' => 'Payez vous une pension ?',", "\n 'choices' => array(\n 'Non' => False,\n 'Oui' => True,\n ),\n 'attr' => [\n 'class' => 'pension']\n ])\n ->add('pension_tarif', IntegerType::class, [\n 'label' => 'Combien vous coûte cette pension mensuellement?',", "\n 'required' => True,\n 'attr' => [\n 'class' => 'pension_tarif input',\n 'placeholder' => 'Ex : 450€']])\n\n /* Patrimoine */\n ->add('submit', SubmitType::class,[\n 'label' => \"Suivant\",\n 'attr' => [\n \"class\" => \"envoyer show\",\n \"onClick\" => \"pageSuivante()\",\n ]\n ])\n\n ->getForm();\n\n /* Récupération des données afin de les garder en mémoire */\n\n $simulateur->handleRequest($request);\n $simulateur->getData();\n dump($Client);\n return $this->render('/content/simulation.html.twig', [\n 'SituationForm'=>$simulateur->createView()\n ]);\n\n }\n}\n\nClient.php\n<?", "php\n\nnamespace App\\Model;\n\nuse Symfony\\Component\\Validator\\Constraints as Assert;\n\nclass Client{\n\n public $famille;\n\n /**\n * @Assert\\NotBlank\n * @Assert\\Range(\n * min = 1900,\n * max = 2019,\n * minMessage = \"Merci de rentrer une valeur correcte. \",", "\n * maxMessage = \"Merci de rentrer une valeur correcte.\"", "\n * )\n *\n\n */\n public $anneeDeNaissance;\n\n public $enfant;\n\n /**\n * @Assert\\NotBlank\n * @Assert\\Range(\n * min = 0,\n * max = 200,\n * minMessage = \"Merci de rentrer une valeur correcte. \",", "\n * maxMessage = \"Merci de rentrer une valeur correcte.\"", "\n * )\n *\n */\n public $enfant_nombre;\n\n /**\n * @Assert\\NotBlank\n * @Assert\\Range(\n * min = 0,\n * max = 200,\n * minMessage = \"Merci de rentrer une valeur correcte. \",", "\n * maxMessage = \"Merci de rentrer une valeur correcte.\"", "\n * )\n *\n */\n public $enfant_foyer;\n\n public $pension;\n\n /**\n * @Assert\\NotBlank\n * @Assert\\Range(\n * min = 0,\n * max = 9999999999,\n * minMessage = \"Merci de rentrer une valeur correcte.\",", "\n * maxMessage = \"Merci de rentrer une valeur correcte.\"", "\n * )\n *\n */\n public $pension_tarif;\n}\n\nsimulation.html.twig\n{% extends \"home.html.twig\" %}\n\n{% block title %} Simulimmo - Simulateur{% endblock %}\n{% block stylesheet_content %}<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"css/simulateur.css\"> {% endblock %}\n\n{% block contact %} {% endblock %}\n{% block nous %} {% endblock %}\n{% block simulation %} {% endblock %}\n\n {% block naviguation %}\n\n <div class=\"container-naviguation\">\n <div class=\"content-naviguation\">\n <div class=\"colonne-naviguation\">\n <div class=\"numero-naviguation situation_naviguation active\"><p>1</p></div>\n <div class=\"texte-naviguation\"> <strong> SITUATION </strong> </div>\n </div>\n\n <div class=\"colonne-naviguation separation-naviguation patrimoine_separation\"></div>\n\n <div class=\"colonne-naviguation\">\n <div class=\"numero-naviguation patrimoine_naviguation\"><p>2</p></div>\n <div class=\"texte-naviguation\"><strong> PATRIMOINE </strong> </div>\n </div>\n\n <div class=\"colonne-naviguation separation-naviguation epargne_separation\"></div>\n\n <div class=\"colonne-naviguation\">\n <div class=\"numero-naviguation epargne_naviguation\"><p>3</p></div>\n <div class=\"texte-naviguation\"> <strong>ÉPARGNE</strong> </div>\n </div>\n\n <div class=\"colonne-naviguation separation-naviguation objectifs_separation\"></div>\n\n <div class=\"colonne-naviguation\">\n <div class=\"numero-naviguation objectifs_naviguation\"><p>4</p></div>\n <div class=\"texte-naviguation\"> <strong>OBJECTIFS</strong> </div>\n </div>\n\n <div class=\"colonne-naviguation separation-naviguation resultats_separation\"></div>\n\n <div class=\"colonne-naviguation\">\n <div class=\"numero-naviguation resultats_naviguation\"><p>5</p></div>\n <div class=\"texte-naviguation\"> <strong>RÉSULTATS</strong></div>\n </div>\n </div>\n </div>\n {% endblock %}\n\n{% block body %}\n\n <!--", "\n\n Partie questionnaire\n\n -->\n <div class=\"container-questionnaire\">\n <div class=\"content-questionnaire\">\n <div class=\"section\">\n <div class=\"situation section show\">\n <h1> SITUATION </h1>\n {{ form_start(SituationForm) }}\n {{ form_row(SituationForm.famille) }}\n {{ form_row(SituationForm.anneeDeNaissance)}}\n {{ form_row(SituationForm.enfant)}}\n {{ form_row(SituationForm.enfant_nombre) }}\n {{ form_row(SituationForm.enfant_foyer) }}\n {{ form_row(SituationForm.pension) }}\n {{ form_row(SituationForm.pension_tarif) }}\n {{ form_end(SituationForm) }}\n </div>\n\n <!-- ", "Section 2 | patrimoine -->\n <div class=\"patrimoine section hidden\">\n <h1>PATRIMOINE </h1>\n {% block patrimoine %} {% endblock %}\n </div>\n\n <!-- ", "Section 3 | epargne -->\n <div class=\"epargne section hidden\">\n <h1>ÉPARGNE </h1>\n {% block epargne %} {% endblock %}\n </div>\n\n <!-- ", "Section 4 | objectifs -->\n <div class=\"objectifs section hidden\">\n <h1>OBJECTIFS </h1>\n {% block objectifs %} {% endblock %}\n </div>\n\n <!-- ", "Section 5 | resultats -->\n <div class=\"resultats section hidden\">\n <h1>RÉSULTATS </h1>\n {% block resultats %} {% endblock %}\n </div>\n\n <div class=\"button\">\n <a><button onClick=\"pagePrecedente()\" class=\"precedent hidden\">Précédent</button></a>\n </div>\n </div>\n </div>\n </div>\n{% endblock %}\n\n{% block javascript %}\n /*\n function changerElement(section){\n hidden = document.getElementsByClassName(section);\n show = document.getElementsByClassName(section);\n\n }\n\n function afficherConsole(section, hidden, show){\n console.log(section);\n console.log(hidden);\n console.log(show);\n }\n\n function sectionSuivante(section, section_precedente){ //CSS modification\n\n $(\".\" ", "+ section_precedente).css(\"display\", \"none\"); // Enleve la partie d'avant\n $(\".\" ", "+ section).css(\"display\", \"inherit\"); // Affiche la page d'après\n }\n\n function naviguationSuivante(section){ // CSS modification\n\n $(\".\" ", "+ section + \"_naviguation\").addClass(\"active\"); // Changement de la boule (Grâce à ACTIVE)\n $(\".\" ", "+ section + \"_separation\").addClass(\"active\"); // Changement de la séparation\n $(\".precedent\").addClass(\"show\").removeClass(\"hidden\"); // Affiche le bouton pour retourner en arrière\n }\n\n var suivant = 2;\n var situation = \"situation\";\n var patrimoine = \"patrimoine\";\n var epargne = \"epargne\";\n var objectifs = \"objectifs\";\n var resultats = \"resultats\";\n\n /**\n * La fonction suivant() s'occupe d'afficher la nouvelle partie du questionnaire\n */\n /* function pageSuivante(){\n /*Sélection de votre page */\n /*switch(suivant){\n case 1: /* Situation */\n /* changerElement(situation);\n sectionSuivante(situation, resultats);\n naviguationSuivante(situation);\n afficherConsole(situation);\n break;\n case 2: /* Patrimoine */\n /* changerElement(patrimoine);\n sectionSuivante(patrimoine, situation);\n naviguationSuivante(patrimoine);\n afficherConsole(patrimoine);\n break;\n case 3: /* Epargne */\n /* changerElement(epargne);\n sectionSuivante(epargne, patrimoine);\n naviguationSuivante(epargne);\n afficherConsole(epargne);\n break;\n case 4: /* Objectifs */\n /* changerElement(objectifs);\n sectionSuivante(objectifs, epargne);\n naviguationSuivante(objectifs);\n afficherConsole(objectifs);\n break;\n case 5: /* Résultat */\n /*changerElement(resultats);\n sectionSuivante(objectifs, resultats);\n naviguationSuivante(resultats);\n afficherConsole(resultats);\n break;\n default:\n suivant = 0;\n break;\n }\n\n suivant += 1;\n return suivant;\n }\n\n /**\n * La fonction precedent() s'occupe d'afficher la partie précédente du questionnaire\n */\n /* function pagePrecedente(){\n suivant -= 2;\n pageSuivante();\n return suivant;\n\n }\n\n{% endblock %}\n\nA:\n\nI recommend you to use CraueFormFlowBundle to handle multi-steps form flows in an easy way.", "\nIt has very nice features and the setup is a piece of cake. ", "\nThey provide some form flow examples here, where you can access the examples source codes too.", "\n\n" ]
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[ "Q:\n\nSprite.position.x/y in pySFML read-only?", "\n\nI can't move a sprite, changes to Sprite.position.x/y are ignored. ", "I'm doing something wrong or this is a bug in pySFML?", "\nIn [1]: import sfml\n\nIn [2]: texture = sfml.", "Texture.from_file('fire.png')\n\nIn [3]: sprite = sfml.", "Sprite(texture)\n\nIn [4]: sprite.position\nOut[4]: sf.", "Vector2(0.0x, 0.0y)\n\nIn [5]: sprite.position.x = 300 # Doesn't work?", "\n\nIn [6]: sprite.position\nOut[6]: sf.", "Vector2(0.0x, 0.0y)\n\nI'm using Python 3.3, SFML 2.0 and pySFML 1.3.", "\n\nA:\n\nAs someone mentioned in other forum, it's limitation of pySFML (or SFML). ", "Shortest workaround would be this:\nsprite.position = 300, sprite.position.y\n\n" ]
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[ "Floral Fantasy Outdoor Accent Pillows, Set of 2\n\nShip to Home\n\nStandard delivery orders are shipped via ground service. ", "Estimated to arrive within 3-7 business days. ", "Select oversized items have an additional delivery surcharge; this charge is listed in parentheses after the item price. ", "We are currently unable to ship US Territories, international locations, Alaska, Hawaii, or PO Box addresses.", "\n\nNever go out of style with the Floral Fantasy Outdoor Accent Pillows! ", "If you're looking to create a bright, inviting outdoor space then these bright, orange and pink pillows are perfect for you!", "\n\nSet includes two (2) matching pillows\n\nEach pillow measures 17L x 17H in.", "\n\nMade of 100% polyester with polyester fiber fill\n\nHues of pink, red, orange, and yellow\n\nFloral pattern\n\nDurable construction made for outdoor use\n\nUV protected, mildew resistant fabric\n\nCare: Spot clean as needed. ", "Store inside during winter.", "\n\nThis item is available at Kirklands.com only, not available in stores.", "\n\nFloral Fantasy Outdoor Accent Pillows, Set of 2 is rated\n5.0 out of\n5 by\n1.", "\n\nRated 5 out of\n5 by\nMeMaw2623 from\nBright Colorful PillowsI own russet colored patio furniture and thought the pillows would be a perfect accent, and they are perfect. ", "Look as pictured. ", "Excellent quality. ", "Fabric seems strong and durable. ", "I may even buy more for other pieces on my patio. ", "If these are the colors you are looking for, you will not be disappointed; I know I wasn't." ]
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[ "Detecting charge noise with a Josephson junction: a problem of thermal escape in presence of non-Gaussian fluctuations.", "\nMotivated by several experimental activities to detect charge noise produced by a mesoscopic conductor with a Josephson junction as on-chip detector, the switching rate out of its zero-voltage state is studied. ", "This process is related to the problem of thermal escape in presence of non-Gaussian fluctuations. ", "In the relevant case of weak higher than second order cumulants, an effective Fokker-Planck equation is derived, which is then used to obtain an explicit expression for the escape rate. ", "Specific results for the rate asymmetry due to the third moment of current noise allow to analyze experimental data and to optimize detection circuits." ]
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[ "Phaeohyphomycosis in a snow leopard (Uncia uncia) due to Cladophialophora bantiana.", "\nPhaeohyphomycosis caused by Cladophialophora bantiana was diagnosed in a 5-month-old snow leopard with spastic paralysis of the hind legs and inability to defaecate or urinate. ", "At post-mortem examination, a greenish soft mass resembling an abscess was found on one side of the epidural space at the fourth lumbar vertebral body. ", "Histological examination revealed a purulent meningitis with myelomalacia. ", "Dematiaceous fungal hyphae, present within the inflammatory infiltrate, were identified as C. bantiana by culture and sequence analysis of the 18S ribosomal RNA gene. ", "This neurotropic fungus rarely affects organs other than the brain in human beings and cats, and has been reported only occasionally in Europe. ", "The case described suggests that phaeohyphomycosis due to C. bantiana infection may be recognized more frequently in the future and the possible involvement of organs other than the brain should be borne in mind." ]
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[ "Conferencing capability is an essential part of any voice communication network. ", "Wide-area conferencing facilitates group collaborations, such as between businesses, educational institutions, government organizations, the military, etc. ", "Typical traditional conferencing techniques often rely on time division multiplexing (TDM) techniques to bridge and mix voice traffic streams. (", "TDM-based systems are fully conventional and well known to those of ordinary skill in the art.)", "\nRecently, a great deal of effort has gone into Internet-based voice communication systems (commonly referred to as voice-over-IP systems) and in particular to the development of Internet Protocol (IP) based media severs, which can offer advanced and cost-effective conferencing services in such voice-over-IP environments. ", "One of the key portions of an voice-over-IP based conferencing media sever is the audio signal mixer whose functionality is to mix a plurality of inbound voice streams from multiple users and then send back to each user a mixed voice stream, thereby enabling each user to hear the voices of the other users.", "\nTraditionally, such audio signal mixing has been accomplished through the use of a straightforward mixing algorithm which merely combines (i.e., sums) all of the plural voice traffic streams together and then normalizes the aggregate signal to an appropriate range (in order to prevent it from clipping). ", "This method has been widely adopted in the currently available conferencing systems because of its computational efficiency and implementation simplicity.", "\nHowever, the voice quality of the mixed streams with such a simplistic method is often not acceptable due to various reasons such as, for example, differing voice levels, unbalanced voice qualities, and unequal signal-to-noise ratios (SNR) among different channels. ", "In addition, when too many channels are mixed together (e.g., when too many users are speaking simultaneously), the listener cannot easily distinguish one particular speaker from the others.", "\nTherefore, to limit the number of channels present at a time in the mixed signal, the functionality of a “loudest N selection” has been added to the above-described straightforward mixing algorithm. ", "In this modified approach, the energy level of each inbound channel is estimated and is then used as a selection criterion. ", "Those channels with energy above a certain threshold, for example, are selected and mixed into the output signal, while all of the other channels are merely discarded (i.e., ignored).", "\nAlthough this modified method does in fact improve the perceptual quality of the mixed speech signal (by limiting the number of mixed channels), using the signal volumes as the selection criterion does not necessarily provide a high quality solution to the problem. ", "High volume does not necessarily indicate the importance of the channel. ", "For example, the use of this method may block important speakers with low voice volume. ", "In addition, due to the inherent fluctuation of the energy estimation, the presence of a certain channel in the mixed signal may not be continuous and consistent (even though it should be). ", "Thus, in general, the improvement in the quality of the mixed signal over the simple summing technique with use of this method is somewhat limited." ]
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[ "List of card games by number of cards\n\nThis list arranges card games by the number of cards used. ", "The description \"classic\" refers to traditional playing cards that are well established today and which are divided into card suits. ", "Cards which are not divided into traditional suits, are listed under \"games with proprietary cards\".", "\n\nWhere two or more packs are listed, games may be predominantly played with just one pack as indicated at the relevant article.", "\n\nGames played with classic packs\n\nGames played with 16 cards \nFrench pack shortened to: (4 suits of 4 cards: Ace, Queen, Jack, Ten)\n Baśka\n Kop\n\nGames played with 20 cards \nGerman pack (4 suits of 5 cards: Deuce, King, Ober, Unter, Ten)\nor French pack shortened to: (4 suits of 5 cards: Ace, King, Queen, Jack, Ten)\n Bauernfangen\n Bauernschnapsen\n Dreierschnapsen\n Schnapsen\n\nGames played with 24 cards \nGerman pack shortened to: (4 suits of 6 cards: Deuce, King, Ober, Unter, Ten, Nine)\n German Solo (modern Hombre)\n Mucken (shortened pack)\n Schafkopf (shortened pack)\n Sechsundsechzig (Sixty-Six)\n\nGames played with 32 cards \nGerman pack (Schafkopf: 4 suits of 8 cards: Deuce, King, Ober, Unter, Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven)\nor French/Skat/Piquet pack (Skat: 4 suits of 8 cards: Ace, King, Queen, Jack, Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven)\n Bassadewitz\n Belote\n Bezique\n Blattla\n Bohemian Schneider\n Bräus/Brus\n Brusquembille\n Coinche\n Écarté\n Einwerfen\n Elfern\n Fingerkloppe\n Fünfzehnern\n German Schafkopf\n German Solo\n Grasobern\n Klaberjass\n Mau Mau\n Manille\n Mariage\n Mariáš\n Marjolet\n Officers' Skat\n Oma Skat\n Préférence\n Piquet\n Quodlibet\n Réunion\n Schafkopf (long pack)\n Schwimmen (Einunddreißig, Knack, Schnauz, Wutz, Bull, Hosn obi)\n Sedma\n Sheepshead\n Siebzehn und Vier\n Skat\n Tippen\n Ulti\n Wallachen\n Wendish Schafkopf\n\nGames played with 33 cards \nGerman pack (William Tell/Double German: 4 suits of 8 cards: Deuce, King, Ober, Unter, Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven plus the Weli)\n Bieten\n Perlaggen\n Watten\n\nGames played with 36 cards \nGames played with 36 cards may be of considerable antiquity as the standard German card pack reduced to 32 cards during the 19th century (see Dummett 1980). ", "Several of these games are attempts to play Tapp Tarock with standard French- or German-suited cards.", "\nFrench pack (Jass: 4 suits of 9 cards: Ace, King, Queen, Jack, Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six),\nGerman pack (Tarock: 4 suits of 9 cards: Deuce, King, Ober, Unter, Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six)\nor Swiss pack (Jass: 4 suits of 9 cards: Ace, King, Ober, Unter, Banner, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six)\n Bauerntarock\n Bavarian Tarock\n Dobbm\n Durak\n Hintersche\n Schieber\n Tapp\n Tschau Sepp\n\nGames played with 40 cards \nItalian pack (4 suits of 10 cards: Re, Cavallo, Fante, 7-2, Aceo) or\nSpanish pack (4 suits of 10 cards)\n Bestia\n Briscola\n Lansquenet\n L’Hombre\n Mus\n Quadrille\n Scopa\n Sette e mezzo\n Tressette\nTarot/Tarock pack shortened to 19 trump cards, Fool and 4 suits of 5 cards:\n Zwanzigerrufen\n\nGames played with 42 cards \nShortened Tarock pack:\n Hungarian Tarock\n\nGames played with 48 cards \nGerman pack or French pack (2 packs each of 4 suits of 6 cards):\n Binokel\n Doppelkopf\n Gaigel\n\nGames played with 52 cards \nFrench pack (Poker/Bridge) or Anglo-American pack (Poker): (4 suits of 13 cards)\n Badugi\n Barbu\n Battle or Battle Royal\n Belle, Fluss and Einunddreißig\n Bridge\n Hearts\n King\n Poker\n Whist\n\nGames played with 54 cards \nTarot/Tarock pack shortened to 21 trump cards, Fool and 4 suits of 8 cards:\n Cego\n Dreiertarock\n Illustrated Tarock\n Königrufen\n Neunzehnerrufen\n Point Tarock\n Strohmandeln\n Tapp Tarock\n\nGames played with 58 cards \nFrench pack (Zwicker): (4 suits of 13 cards and 6 Jokers) \n Zwicker\n\nGames played with 62 cards \n78-card Swiss 1JJ Tarot pack minus the 1-4 of Swords and Batons and 7-10 of Cups and Coins:\n Troggu\n\nGames played with 66 cards \n78-card French-suited tarot pack minus the 3 lowest cards of each suit:\n Droggn\n\nGames played with 78 cards \nTarot/Tarock pack (21 trumps, Fool and 4 suits of 14 cards):\n French Tarot\n Großtarock\n Scarto\n Troccas\n\nGames played with 97 cards \nMinchiate pack (40 trumps, Fool and 4 suits of 14 cards):\n Minchiate\n\nGames played with 104 cards \nFrench pack (Poker/Bridge): 2 packs of 52 cards:\n Spite and Malice\n\nGames played with 108 cards \nFrench pack (Canasta): 2 packs of 52 cards and 4 Jokers:\n Canasta\n\nGames played with 110 cards \nFrench pack (Rommé): 2 packs of 52 cards and 6 Jokers:\n Rommé\n\nGames played with 312 cards \n(6 packs of 52 cards)\n Baccara\n Blackjack\n\nGames played with proprietary packs - no additional equipment\n\nGames played with 31 cards \n Schwarzer Peter (variant: 2 × 15 pairs, 1 Schwarzer Peter)\n\nGames played with 37 cards \n Schwarzer Peter (variant: 2 × 18 pairs, 1 Schwarzer Peter)\n\n Tichu (4 suits of 13 cards, 4 special cards)\n\nGames played with 60 cards \n Wizard (4 suits of 13 cards, 8 special cards)\n\nGames played with 80 cards \n The Great Dalmuti (78 number cards, 2 Jokers)\n Elfer Raus (4 suits of 20 cards)\n\nGames played with 81 cards \n Set\n\nGames played with 108 cards \n Uno\n\nGames played with 160 cards \n Ligretto\n\nGames played with 162 cards \n Skip-Bo\n\nGames played with 500 cards \n Dominion\n\nGames played with proprietary packs - additional equipment\n\nGames played with 16 cards \n Love Letter\n\nGames played with 55 cards \n Jaipur\n\nGames played with 60 cards \n Hanabi\n\nGames played with 63 cards \n Caylus Magna Carta\n\nGames played with 66 cards \n 23 (number cards 1–23 in quantity of their value (1x1, 2x2 … 23x23), 12 bonus chips, 50 penalty chips)\n\nGames played with 157 cards \n 7 Wonders\n\nGames played with 160 cards \n Race for the Galaxy\n\nReferences \n\n+\nCard games sorted by number of cards" ]
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[ "2020-06-18 2019-09-12 September 12, 2019\n\nThe BLAST Pro Series Moscow is the first LAN event after the Starladder Berlin Major. ", "The tournament has a prize pool of $250,000 and will take place at the VTB Arena in Moscow.", "\n\nWith many teams undergoing roster changes, this tournament will give us a glimpse into the next few months.", "\n\nNinjas in Pyjamas: One Last Hurrah!", "\n\nTACO and Get_Right exchanging jerseys. ", "Image Credit: NIP\n\nThe Swedish superstar player Christopher “GeT_RiGhT” Alesund will play two more events for NiP starting with the BLAST Pro Series Moscow. ", "While it is good news for GeT_RiGhT fans, the roster itself is on a deadline as NiP continues their search for their elusive fifth player.", "\n\nOh yes, Mr @GeT_RiGhT is indeed playing @BLASTProSeries as a Ninja and a few more! ", "We’re not going to rush any roster moves and we’ll let the team take their time on this one.#GONINJAS #CSGO pic.twitter.com/Gm7S8ellS9 — Ninjas in Pyjamas ???????? (", "@NiPGaming) September 10, 2019\n\nThe Ninjas could not win a single match at the Berlin Major going 0-3 in the New Legends stage.", "\n\nWhile BLAST Pro Series is not technically Get_RiGhT’s last tournament, it would make for a fitting farewell to one of the all-time greats in CS:GO. ", "GeT_RiGhT will also play for NIP at the V4 Future Sports Festival in Budapest.", "\n\nThe Ninjas are not the strongest team at the tournament and the chances of them winning the entire event are slim to none.", "\n\n\n\nAVANGAR: The Major Grand Finalists\n\nAVANGAR’s team stayed together after the Berlin Major.", "\n\nImage Via prosports.kz\n\nThe Berlin Major Grand finalists have a mixture of young talent in players such as Dzhami “Jame” Ali, Alexey “qikert” Golubev and Timur “buster” Tulepov and the experience of Dauren “AdreN” Kystaubayev, the PGL Krakow Major winner. ", "While AdreN is not the top fragger on the team, he brings a winning mentality to the team, something crucial to their performance at the Berlin Major.", "\n\nAVANGAR have a good map pool including their trump card in Vertigo. ", "However, the BLAST Pro Series has fixed maps for the Group stage which negates this small advantage and evens the playing field. ", "As one of the few teams with no roster changes, AVANGAR is the only proven roster in this tournament.", "\n\nThey can leverage their stability and synergy to prove that their Major Finals appearance was no fluke.", "\n\nForZe: The Kingmaker\n\nThe Russian roster (along with AVANGAR) received a direct entry into the main event due to Vitality’s decision to withdraw from the tournament. ", "Vitality announced their decision to withdraw from the event due to an incomplete roster.", "\n\nFollowing recent change, we’re unable to present a complete CS:GO roster for the @BLASTProSeries. ", "We apologize to the organisation & the supporters for the inconvenience. ", "We were looking forward competing at our 1st BLAST event and hope to be able to be part of one in the future. — ", "Team Vitality (@TeamVitality) September 11, 2019\n\nForZe is the weakest team present at the BLAST Pro Series and they do not pose a challenge for a spot in the finals. ", "However, since the tournament has BO1 matches in the Group stage, Forze can play the kingmaker and spoil other team’s chances in the tournament.", "\n\nAny team caught sleeping on ForZe will have to learn from their mistakes and this team is not a walkover.", "\n\nENCE: Life without AleksiB\n\nThe ENCE roster reached Top Eight at the Berlin Major. ", "Image Via @ENCE\n\nENCE’s decision to replace Aleksi “AleksiB” Virolainen with Miikka “suNny” Kemppi was as surprising to the fans as it was to AleksiB, their former In-Game Leader. ", "AleksiB’s leadership has been a crucial reason for the Finnish team’s rise in CS:GO. ", "After their excellent performance at IEM Katowice 2019, where they lost to Astralis in the Grand finals, ENCE’s inconsistency in results prompted this roster change.", "\n\nBLAST Pro Series will be the first tournament with the new lineup, and a tough challenge for the young Finnish players. ", "Their opening match is against ForZe as the inaugural match of the event.", "\n\nMIBR: A New Force with kNgV-\n\nMIBR added kNgV- to their CS:GO roster. ", "Image Credits: Starladder\n\nMIBR added Vito “kNgV-” Giuseppe- to replace Marcelo “coldzera” David on their team. ", "There is no doubt about the player’s skill; however, his attitude has been a thorn in his career. ", "Despite reaching the PGL Krakow Grand Finals, kNgV-‘s story is one rough ride for the 26-year-old player.", "\n\n.@kngvito is officially the new @mibr player, we’ve been waiting for! ", "His first tournament will be #BLASTProSeries #Moscow next week! ", "Welcome onboard, Vito ???????? ", "https://t.co/Vn70W6itRf — BLAST Pro Series (@BLASTProSeries) September 6, 2019\n\nColdzera’s frustration with the team’s lack of results is justified as the Brazilians could not support him even after a strong year for the player on an individual level. ", "Despite Coldzera being #10 in the HLTV Top 20, MIBR did not win a single event of any importance in 2018.", "\n\nNatus Vincere: A new IGL with New Opportunities\n\nBoombi4 will take on the role of an IGL for Na’Vi. ", "Image Credits: ESL\n\nDanylo “Zeus” Teslenko announced his retirement from professional CS:GO and Na’Vi is on the search for a fifth player. ", "The BLAST Pro Series Moscow will be the last event for Zeus and he will hope to go out with a bang. ", "Na’Vi have nothing to lose in this tournament because their roster will change after Moscow.", "\n\nZeus is the In-Game Leader for the team, however Kirill “Boombl4” Mikhailov is the designated In-Game Leader for Na’Vi in the future. ", "Initial reports suggest Na’Vi aims to bring back Ladislav “GuardiaN” Kovács to their CS:GO roster, which could free Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev to take on the role of a rifler.", "\n\nThe BLAST Pro Series Moscow is a two-day event and kicks off on September 13. ", "All matches will be streamed live on the BLAST Pro Series Twitch Channel.", "\n\nCredit: Rohan Samal" ]
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[ "EIFF 09: Surrogate\n\nIn contrast to the bloated running times of many other festival movies this year, Surrogate clips in at just under an hour. ", "That it is better than many of the longer features playing at this year's EIFF is a testament to the strengths of it's director and the performances she elicits from her stars. ", "That she has had to suffer the indignity of having to face calls for a boycott of her movie by certain hypocritical self-promoting British directors is a pity as it distracts from a fantastic drama about human interaction and intimacy.", "\n\nSurrogate deals with the delicate and controversial issue of what could be crassly called medically-sanctioned prostitution. ", "In order to help him deal with his social disconnect and intimacy issues, Eily's psychiatrist arranges for him to start seeing a sex surrogate, tasked with the job of reintroducing Eily to having physical relationships in a safe and controlled environment. ", "Difficulties arise when his sessions start to bring to the surface the reasons behind his problems and as he opens up, he starts pushing the boundaries of what is supposed to be nothing more than a professional service. ", "His surrogate, Hagar is an intelligent and sensitive woman who cares about her job and the difference she can make to people's lives in doing it, lends a weight and credibility to the defense against the moral high-ground argument that it is nothing more than sanctioned prostitution.", "\n\nSurrogate deals delicately with a lot of issues that could easily be turned tacky and exploitative in lesser hands. ", "Instead it takes a quiet, studied and more mature approach and, vitally, trusts in the audience's intelligence. ", "Small moments make the movie, rather than dramatic climaxes or shocking scenes. ", "The reasons for Eily's problems are cliched but not illogical or handled in a patronizing manner. ", "The “relationship” between Eily and surrogate Hagar is allowed to develop realistically without ever descending in to twee Hollywood style nonsense. ", "Surrogate marks Israeli director Tali Shalom-Ezer as someone to watch and for once in this year's EIFF, this is a film that could only have benefitted from being longer." ]
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[ "REGINA — Duron Carter‘s time playing corner may not be done yet.", "\n\nCFL.ca’s Jamie Nye tweeted on Wednesday that while Kacy Rodgers will return to play defensive back for the Saskatchewan Roughriders this week, Carter is still expected to rotate at both corner and receiver:\n\nCameron Marshall, Sam Eguavoen, Naaman Roosevelt won’t play. ", "Rodgers back at corner. ", "Duron Carter will rotate in at CB/WR. #", "Riders — Jamie Nye (@jamienye) October 25, 2017\n\nNye added that running back Cameron Marshall, linebacker Sam Eguavoen and receiver Naaman Roosevelt won’t play.", "\n\nMarshall returned from injury only recently and will have a chance to get healthy as Head Coach and General Manager Chris Jones leans on first-year CFL running back Trent Richardson.", "\n\nThe Riders take on the Montreal Alouettes on Friday night, one week after defeating the Calgary Stampeders 30-7 in a streak-busting win at McMahon Stadium.", "\n\nIn that game, Carter played only on the defensive side of the ball, helping shut down the Stamps’ offence while returning an interception off Bo Levi Mitchell for six points the other way.", "\n\nWhile the Riders cannot host a playoff game in the highly-competitive West, they can still move as high as third place in the division. ", "Should they fail to catch Edmonton, they’ll become the crossover team and play in the East in the playoffs. ", "The Esks currently hold a two-point edge in the standings, with the two clubs colliding in the Week 20 finale." ]
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[ "Nemesvid\n\nNemesvid is a village in Somogy county, Hungary.", "\n\nExternal links \n Street map (Hungarian)\n\nReferences \n\nCategory:Populated places in Somogy County" ]
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[ "Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging of Haab Striae.", "\nThe authors present a case series demonstrating the anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) findings of Haab striae in three patients with congenital glaucoma. ", "The use of AS-OCT in the assessment of Haab striae in pediatric glaucoma is novel, previously undescribed, and possibly allows differentiation between acute and chronic corneal changes." ]
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[ "1. ", "Introduction\n===============\n\nPilar cysts are identified by Pinkus as the keratinization of the outer root sheath of hairs,^\\[[@R1]\\]^ which were originally called sebaceous cysts. ", "The cysts are characterized by smooth, round nodules with solid texture and good mobility. ", "It cannot be distinguished from epidermal cysts clinically, except that 90% of pilar cysts are found on the scalp where hair follicles are abundant. ", "Other less common locations include face, trunk and extremities. ", "Lesions rarely arise in palms, genitalia, axillary and groin.^\\[[@R2]\\]^ As far as we know, pilar cyst on the hand has rarely been reported before. ", "The present study reports one such case on dorsum of hand in a male patient.", "\n\n2. ", "Case report\n==============\n\nA 76-year-old man presented with a flesh-colored, dome-shaped nodule on the opisthenar of his right hand (Fig. [", "1](#F1){ref-type=\"fig\"}), which had gradually increased in size for two months. ", "The patient did not have any subjective symptoms. ", "There is no history of trauma or chronic irritation at the site of the lesion and no similar lesion in his family members. ", "He did not receive any treatment before he came to our hospital. ", "The patient is generally in good condition. ", "No changes in diet, sleep, urination, defecation, or body weight could be found. ", "Physical examination showed that the patient possessed stable vital signs. ", "The systematic examination revealed no evident abnormalities. ", "A dermatological examination revealed a skin-colored nodule with smooth surface on dorsum of his right hand. ", "This soybean-sized nodule was tough in texture with clear boundary and no hair follicle.", "\n\n![", "Appearance of the lesion on the back of right hand.](medi-99-e21519-g001){#F1}\n\n2.1. ", "Auxiliary examination\n--------------------------\n\nThere were no obvious abnormalities in blood routine, coagulation and liver and kidney function. ", "A histopathological examination was conducted and the pathology showed that the cyst was in the reticular dermis (Fig. [", "2](#F2){ref-type=\"fig\"}), with surrounding basal cells arranged as a fence. ", "The cytoplasm of cells above the basal layer was lightly stained, swollen, and eosinophilic with fuzzy borders. ", "The cells of stratified epithelium lost their nuclei abruptly without an intermediated granular cell layer. ", "The innermost cells seemed to have fallen off into the cavity (Fig. [", "3](#F3){ref-type=\"fig\"}).", "\n\n![", "Hematoxylin-eosin (H&E) staining of the lesion, showing a cyst in the reticular dermis and eosinophilic material. ", "Bar length = 6 mm.](medi-99-e21519-g002){#F2}\n\n![", "No granular layer is observed at the wall of cyst (H&E). ", "Bar length = 200 μm.](medi-99-e21519-g003){#F3}\n\n2.2. ", "Diagnosis\n--------------\n\nClinically, it was considered as dermatofibroma at first. ", "Based on histopathological examination, a diagnosis of pilar cyst was made.", "\n\n2.3. ", "Therapeutic intervention and follow up\n-------------------------------------------\n\nComplete excision under local anesthesia was done. ", "After the treatment, the patient achieved complete recovery with no relapse during the 6 months of clinical follow-up.", "\n\n3. ", "Discussion\n=============\n\nPilar cyst is derived from external root sheath of the follicular isthmus, which is also referred to as isthmus-catagen cyst. ", "Pilar cyst accounts for 20% of epithelial cysts and the others are epidermal.^\\[[@R3]\\]^ Compared with epidermal cysts, the lesions of pilar cyst do not have an overlying punctum and tend to be more mobile and firmed. ", "Clinically, pilar cyst is indistinguishable from epidermal cyst, histopathological examination is indispensable to make a definite diagnosis. ", "Pilar cysts are intradermal cysts with distinctive histological features. ", "The cells of the cyst wall are composed of epithelial cells without obvious intercellular bridges. ", "The inner cells suddenly transform into solid eosinophilic-staining keratin with no intervening granular layer. ", "Nuclei of cells that fall into the cystic cavity generally disappear, but some cells still have nuclei. ", "The cyst contents are homogeneous. ", "Calcification exists in about 25% of cases. ", "If the capsule wall is ruptured, a granulomatous reaction may occur. ", "The cyst can therefore partially or completely disintegrate.^\\[[@R4]\\]^\n\nPilar cyst often occurs in middle age with an obvious female preference and inheritance pattern of multiple cysts manifests as autosomal dominance.^\\[[@R5],[@R6]\\]^ Shimomura et al et al propose a monoallelic mutation in phospholipase C delta 1 (PLCD1) that result in formation of multiple pilar cysts.^\\[[@R7]\\]^ Although pilar cyst is derived from follicular, several cases have indicated that pilar cyst can arise in non-hair bearing areas. ", "The onset of pilar cyst was thought to be induced by inflammation and trauma.^\\[[@R8]--[@R10]\\]^ In addition, infection of the human papilloma virus may be related to the pathogenesis of pilar cyst.^\\[[@R9]\\]^ In very rare cases, pilar cyst can develop into malignant proliferative lump which clinically present as progressively enlarged lobulated masses, similar to squamous cell carcinoma.^\\[[@R11]\\]^ It is very important to distinguish pilar cysts from proliferating pilar cysts,^\\[[@R12]\\]^ since the later can undergo malignant transformation. ", "Complete excision of the cyst is curative, but it is not recommended to remove surgically when the cyst is inflamed. ", "Proliferating pilar cysts might need radiation therapy and/ or chemotherapy after surgical excision^\\[[@R4]\\]^.\n\nThe specificity of our case lies in its location. ", "Compared to the incidence of scalp, pilar cyst on hand is extremely uncommon. ", "To our knowledge, there are four cases of pilar cyst reported on hand previously, of which three are in finger tips and the other one is on the dorsum of the thumb. ", "They were all proximal to the nail bed, which aroused the speculation that pilar cyst may be derived from nail matrix.^\\[[@R13]--[@R16]\\]^ The pilar cyst of our patient arose in the dorsum of right hand, a rare location and away from nail bed. ", "No hair follicle was found. ", "In other words, it can neither originate from hair follicles nor from nail matrix. ", "Our case urges rethinking of the origin of pilar cyst. ", "Meanwhile, it reminds dermatologist that a similar lesion on the dorsum of hand can not rule out the possibility of pilar cyst.", "\n\nAuthor contributions\n====================\n\nML and YF diagnosed and treated the patient. ", "HH, YZ and SX conducted histopathological examination. ", "ML and YF wrote the manuscript. ", "All authors have approved the final article be true.", "\n\nAbbreviation: PLCD1 = phospholipase C delta 1.", "\n\nHow to cite this article: Liu M, Han H, Zheng Y, Xiao S, Feng Y. Pilar cyst on the dorsum of hand: a case report and review of literature. *", "Medicine*. ", "2020;99:31(e21519).", "\n\nThe authors have no funding and conflicts of interest to disclose.", "\n\nThis study was approved by the institutional review board of Xi'an Jiaotong University. ", "Informed written consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this case report and accompanying images.", "\n\nThe datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are publicly available.", "\n" ]
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[ "Q:\n\nwhat languages expose IEEE 754 traps to the developer?", "\n\nI'd like to play with those traps for educational purpose.", "\nA common problem with the default behavior in numerical calculus is that we \"miss\" the Nan (or +-inf) that appeared in a wrong operation. ", "Default behavior is propagation through the computation, but some operation (like comparisons) break the chain and loose the Nan, and the rest of the treatment continue without acknowledging the singularity in previous steps of the algorithm.", "\nSometimes we have ways to react to this kind of event : prolongating a function (\"0/0 = 12 in my case\"), or in time-domain simulation throwing the step away and trying with other settings (like the predictor, the step size or whatever).", "\nSo here is my question : do you know languages that expose the IEEE754 traps to the developer ? ", "I don't feel like messing with ASM for that.", "\n\nA:\n\nAs far as I know, you have two choices for floating point exception handling in C and C++:\nFirst, if you disable/mask floating point exceptions (which most environments do by default), you can see whether any floating point exceptions have occurred by calling fetestexcept. ", " fetestexcept isn't available in Visual C++, but you can steal the MinGW Runtime's implementation easily enough. ", " (It's in the public domain.) ", " Once an exception has been flagged, it's not cleared until you call feclearexcept, so you can call fetestexcept at the end of a series of calculations to see if any of them raised an exception. ", " This doesn't give you the traps that you asked for, but it does let you test if problems like NaN or +/-inf have occurred and react as needed.", "\nSecond, you can enable/unmask floating point exceptions by calling feenableexcept in Linux or _controlfp in Windows. ", " How the operating system handles a processor-generated floating point exception depends on your operating system.", "\n\nIn Linux, the OS sends a SIGFPE signal, so you can install a signal handler to catch that and set a flag that tells your routine to react appropriately.", "\nIn Windows, the OS invokes Structured Exception Handling to convert the processor exception into a language exception that you can catch using a __try / __catch block in C or try / catch block in C++.", "\nUpdate: For Mac OS X, as described in this answer, you should be able to enable/unmask exceptions using _MM_SET_EXCEPTION_MASK from xmmintrin.h, and as long as you use the default compiler options (i.e., don't disable SSE), you should be able to catch exceptions using SIGFPE. ", "\n\n(I've written a bit more on this and other floating point issues in C and C++ in this blog posting if you're curious.)", "\n\n" ]
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[ "Newsfeeds\n\nUntil now, iPad users were automatically redirected to the mobile version of Netvibes — which works great on any mobile device. ", "But we wanted to go a step further to offer a version specifically designed for the iPad, optimized with a smooth touch experience and even more features.", "\n\nGrab your iPad, log on to www.netvibes.com and see for yourself. ", "We made a lot of code & cosmetic improvements to allow our iPad users to enjoy the full power of our dashboards:\n\nDrag & drop apps or tabs easily with the touch of your finger\n\nPersonalize your dashboard design and layouts, just like on your computer\n\nNow you can enjoy the full Netvibes experience, right from your iPad, including the Widget view that our desktop users love so much. ", "See all your apps, move them around, simply create the perfect dashboard for you, with the tip of your fingers. ", "Or stick to the Reader view if your prefer to display your newsfeeds. ", "You now have the choice!", "\n\nThis is just the tip of the iceberg. ", "We are embarking on a journey to bring a unified user experience across all devices and all screen sizes — with native-like UI features. ", "Imagine being able to access your Netvibes apps and dashboard anytime, from any device, seamlessly. ", "Perfectly in sync. ", "Perfectly designed.", "\n\nShare this:\n\nEver wish you could save time and automate reports to your team or clients? ", "Want to quickly export social analytics from Netvibes Premium to your spreadsheet or presentation? ", "Now it’s easy with our new visual reporting and exporting features for Netvibes Premium.", "\n\nNow you can get automated, custom designed reports sent to your team, clients or yourself – including your latest social analytics charts.", "\n\nShare this:\n\nTo all our users, thank you for your quick feedback about our new idle mode. ", "I wanted to take a brief moment to discuss a little bit about why we created this feature, a workaround for those that don’t want it, and what our commitment is to you and all our users.", "\n\nThe real-time Web is a balancing act. ", "Everyone remembers Twitter’s early days with frequent service interruptions. ", "Speed often comes at an expense, obviously, in server costs, but also in terms of reliability. ", "In the not too distant past, traditional websites only had to serve one page per pageview. ", "Today, real-time Web services and live updates can mean continually serving hundreds or thousands of updates for each pageview.", "\n\nOur challenge:What makes Netvibes so great is that we ping all your feeds and services for updates minute by minute, so you can see a live river of content. ", "We aggregate multiple real-time Web services, from Twitter to Facebook, and more than 1,000,000 different newsfeeds – all constantly updated automatically for our users. ", "This represents about 10,000,000 new items to collect, every day.", "\n\nOur solution: idle mode. ", "We wanted to create a solution that would be transparent (so our users are aware) and invisible (so as not to cause annoyance). ", "In our first iteration last week, idle mode would kick in after 20 min of inactivity and required users to click to reconnect. ", "Thanks to your feedback, we quickly realized that this was interrupting the user experience – we heard ya!", "\n\nOur dev team immediately worked around the clock to make it more unobtrusive. ", "Now users can restore their session simply by moving their mouse. ", "Moreover, we continue to count and update your feeds in the background–you can still see the number of new articles climb, even when in idle mode.", "\n\nThis is a critical issue of fairness for all users. ", "Without idle mode, our inactive or “away” users would inadvertently slow down the network for active users. ", "We feel this is the best and fairest solution for maintaining speed and reliability all our users.", "\n\nWhy did Netvibes implement idle mode?", "\n\nSpeed. ", "Less load means greater speed and reliability for users that are active. ", "By implementing idle mode for users that are inactive for 20 min or more, we can save nearly 2/3 of our server load – which means more resources are liberated for our active users.", "\n\nEconomics. ", "We are committed to keeping Netvibes.com free and ad free. ", "We do this in by generating revenue from our business Dashboard Intelligence products. ", "And we do this by being efficient with our bandwidth and distributing it fairly to active users who need it most.", "\n\nWorkaround?", "\nWe realize that there is an elite population of Netvibes users who need idle mode turned off. ", "This includes professionals and organizations who want to monitor feeds all day on dedicated second monitors. ", "These types of users would benefit from the Netvibes VIP service. ", "Netvibes VIP members can disable idle mode and they also benefit from personalized project support and guaranteed service agreements – for only €29,90/year, which is just $0.10/day.", "\n\nLet’s be perfectly clear: This is by no means an attempt to brick our service and force users to become Netvibes VIPs (especially at 10 cents a day!). ", "This is an issue of fairness, speed, sustainability and economics to continue to provide our free users with an ad free service and to empower professional users who want customized support to get what they need. ", "By so doing, we hope to meet the needs of all our different types of users.", "\n\nAgain, thank you for all your patience, understanding and honest feedback." ]
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