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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at <a -href="http://www.gutenberg.org">www.gutenberg.org</a></p> -<p>Title: Ravenshoe</p> -<p>Author: Henry Kingsley</p> -<p>Release Date: December 16, 2012 [eBook #41636]</p> -<p>Language: English</p> -<p>Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1</p> -<p>***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK RAVENSHOE***</p> <p> </p> -<h4>E-text prepared by sp1nd<br /> - and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team<br /> - (<a href="http://www.pgdp.net">http://www.pgdp.net</a>)<br /> - from page images generously made available by<br /> - Internet Archive<br /> - (<a href="http://archive.org">http://archive.org</a>)</h4> <p> </p> <table border="0" style="background-color: #ccccff;margin: 0 auto;" cellpadding="10"> <tr> @@ -395,7 +379,7 @@ CHAPTER XXXVI.<br /> THE DERBY <span class="tocnum"><a href='#Page_219'>219</a></span><br /> <br /> CHAPTER XXXVII.<br /> -LORD WELTER'S MÉNAGE <span class="tocnum"><a href='#Page_227'>227</a></span><br /> +LORD WELTER'S MÉNAGE <span class="tocnum"><a href='#Page_227'>227</a></span><br /> <br /> CHAPTER XXXVIII.<br /> THE HOUSE FULL OF GHOSTS <span class="tocnum"><a href='#Page_235'>235</a></span><br /> @@ -636,7 +620,7 @@ heads went down, Ambrose Ravenshoe's remained on his shoulders.</p> <p>Petre in 1820. He married Alicia, only daughter of Charles, third Earl of Ascot, and was succeeded by Densil, the first of our dramatis -personæ—the first of all this shadowy line that we shall see in the +personæ—the first of all this shadowy line that we shall see in the flesh. He was born in the year 1783, and married, first in 1812, at his father's desire, a Miss Winkleigh, of whom I know nothing; and second, at his own desire, in 1823, Susan, fourth daughter of Lawrence @@ -673,7 +657,7 @@ the constant companion of the Right Honourable Viscount Saltire, the great dandy of the Radical Atheist set, with whom no man might play picquet and live; that he had been upset in a tilbury with Mademoiselle Vaurien of Drury-lane at Kensington turnpike; that he had fought the -French <i>émigré</i>, a Comte de Hautenbas, apropos of the Vaurien +French <i>émigré</i>, a Comte de Hautenbas, apropos of the Vaurien aforementioned—in short, that he was going on at a deuce of a rate: and so a hurried council was called to deliberate what was to be done.</p> @@ -695,7 +679,7 @@ servant who trifled with a priest, and so he led the way.</p> <p>The lost sheep which the good father had come to find was not exactly sober this evening, and certainly not in a very good temper. He was -playing <i>écarté</i> with a singularly handsome, though supercilious-looking +playing <i>écarté</i> with a singularly handsome, though supercilious-looking man, dressed in the height of fashion, who, judging from the heap of gold beside him, had been winning heavily. The priest trembled and crossed himself—this man was the terrible, handsome, wicked, witty, @@ -774,7 +758,7 @@ thousands. In a short time the great Catholic tradesmen, with whom he had been dealing, began to press for money in a somewhat insolent way; and now Densil began to see that, by defying and insulting the faith and the party to which he belonged, he had merely cut himself off from rank, -wealth, and position. He had defied the <i>partie prêtre</i>, and had yet to +wealth, and position. He had defied the <i>partie prêtre</i>, and had yet to feel their power. In two months he was in the Fleet prison.</p> <p>His servant (the title "tiger" came in long after this), a half groom, @@ -829,7 +813,7 @@ it so lightly away."</p> <p>"<i>You</i> talk like this? Who next? It was your conversation led me to it. Am I worse than you? What faith have you, in God's name?"</p> -<p>"The faith of a French Lycée, my friend; the only one I ever had. I have +<p>"The faith of a French Lycée, my friend; the only one I ever had. I have been sufficiently consistent to that, I think."</p> <p>"Consistent indeed," groaned poor Densil.</p> @@ -840,7 +824,7 @@ enough to bring matters to this pass, than I had that you would burn down Ravenshoe House because I laughed at it for being old-fashioned. Go home, my poor little Catholic pipkin, and don't try to swim with iron pots like Wrekin and me. Make submission to that singularly -<i>distingué</i>-looking old turkey-cock of a priest, kiss your mother, and +<i>distingué</i>-looking old turkey-cock of a priest, kiss your mother, and get your usual autumn's hunting and shooting."</p> <p>"Too late! too late, now!" sobbed Densil.</p> @@ -896,9 +880,9 @@ see, were a thousand times cleverer and better informed than Father Clifford or Father Dennis. In short, he had found out, as a great many others have, that Popery won't hold water, and so, as a <i>pis aller</i>, he adopted Saltire's creed—that religion was necessary for the government -of States, that one religion was as good as another, and that, <i>cæteris +of States, that one religion was as good as another, and that, <i>cæteris paribus</i>, the best religion was the one which secured the possessor -£10,000 a year, and therefore Densil was a devout Catholic.</p> +£10,000 a year, and therefore Densil was a devout Catholic.</p> <p>It was thought by the allied powers that he ought to marry. He had no objection and so he married a young lady, a Miss Winkleigh—Catholic, of @@ -1174,7 +1158,7 @@ the two. Immediately behind again the dark woodlands begin once more, and above them is the moor.</p> <p>The house itself is of grey stone, built in the time of Henry VIII. The -façade is exceedingly noble, though irregular; the most striking feature +façade is exceedingly noble, though irregular; the most striking feature in the north or sea front being a large dark porch, open on three sides, forming the basement of a high stone tower, which occupies the centre of the building. At the north-west corner (that towards the village) rises @@ -1839,7 +1823,7 @@ done, and was raising his eyes to the general's face, when they were arrested half-way by another face, not the general's.</p> <p>It was that of a handsome, grey-headed man, who might have been sixty, -he was so well <i>conservé</i>, but who was actually far more. He wore his +he was so well <i>conservé</i>, but who was actually far more. He wore his own white hair, which contrasted strongly with a pair of delicate thin black eyebrows. His complexion was florid, with scarcely a wrinkle, his features were fine and regular, and a pair of sparkling dark grey eyes @@ -3195,7 +3179,7 @@ were a race of giants. One wonders how the world got through that time at all. Six hundred millions of treasure spent by Britain alone! How many millions of lives lost none may guess. What wonder if there were hell-fire clubs and all kinds of monstrosities. Would any of the present -generation have attended the fête of the goddess of reason, if they had +generation have attended the fête of the goddess of reason, if they had lived at that time, I wonder? Of course they wouldn't.</p> <p>Charles went alone to the poultry-yard; but no one was there except the @@ -3254,7 +3238,7 @@ coarse, and she was sorry she couldn't alter it.</p> <p>Adelaide came rapidly up and kissed her, and then went and stood in the light beside Charles.</p> -<p>She had grown into a superb blonde beauty. From her rich brown crêpé +<p>She had grown into a superb blonde beauty. From her rich brown crêpé hair to her exquisite little foot, she was a model of grace. The nose was delicately aquiline, and the mouth receded slightly, while the chin was as slightly prominent; the eyes were brilliant, and were @@ -3391,7 +3375,7 @@ breezy hill, and they all stood a little together talking and congratulating one another on the beauty of the horse.</p> <p>Charles and Adelaide rode away together over the downs, intending to -make a little détour, and so lengthen their ride. They had had no chance +make a little détour, and so lengthen their ride. They had had no chance of conversation since they parted at the conservatory door, and they took it up nearly where they had left it. Adelaide began, and, I may say, went on, too, as she had most of the talking.</p> @@ -3900,7 +3884,7 @@ care if he kissed her again. Which he immediately did.</p> <p>It was not a very pretty face, but oh! such a calm, quiet, pleasant one. There was scarcely a good feature in it, and yet the whole was so gentle -and pleasing, and withal so shrewd and <i>espiègle</i>, that to look at it +and pleasing, and withal so shrewd and <i>espiègle</i>, that to look at it once was to think about it till you looked again; and to look again was to look as often as you had a chance, and to like the face the more each time you looked. I said there was not a good feature in the face. Well, @@ -4093,7 +4077,7 @@ devotee and the other a sportsman. Let us go in, boys; it gets chill."</p> <p>Charles rose up, and, throwing his arms round his brother's neck, boisterously gave him a kiss on the cheek; then he began laughing and talking at the top of his voice, making the nooks and angles in the grey -old façade echo with his jubilant voice.</p> +old façade echo with his jubilant voice.</p> <p>Under the dark porch they found a group of three—Mackworth;<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_76" id="Page_76">[Pg 76]</a></span> a jolly-looking, round-faced, Irish priest, by name Tiernay; and Mary. @@ -4661,7 +4645,7 @@ hound; there was grouped, on the morning after the day of Charles's arrival, a happy party, every one of whom is already known to the reader. Of which circumstance I, the writer, am most especially glad. For I am already as tired of introducing new people to you as my lord -chamberlain must be of presenting strangers to her Majesty at a levée.</p> +chamberlain must be of presenting strangers to her Majesty at a levée.</p> <p>Densil first, on a grey cob, looking very old and feeble, straining his eyes up the glen whither Charles, and James, the old keeper, had gone @@ -4991,7 +4975,7 @@ forgot Mackworth's defiant look, or Lord Saltire's calm considerate glance, which said as plain as words, "This fellow knows it."</p> <p>This fellow knew it—had known it for years. The footman who had left -Mackworth at the lodge of the French Lycée, the nameless domestic, who +Mackworth at the lodge of the French Lycée, the nameless domestic, who formed the last link with his former life—this man had worn Lord Saltire's livery, and he remembered it.</p> @@ -5049,7 +5033,7 @@ that France and England can really combine for anything more important than a raid against Russia. Not that they will ever fight Russia, you know. There will be no fight. If they threaten loud enough, Russia will yield. Nicholas knows his weakness, and will give way. If he is fool -enough to fight the Western powers, it will end in another <i>duel à +enough to fight the Western powers, it will end in another <i>duel à l'outrance</i> between France and England. They will never work together for long. If they do, Europe is enslaved, and England lost."</p> @@ -5176,7 +5160,7 @@ grind had been slow, but the best that year. L—n was going down, and they said was going to take the Pychley. C—n was pretty safe of his first—so reading men said. Martin, of Trinity, had got his testamur, at which event astonishment, not unmixed with awe, had fallen on the -University generally. That he himself was in for his <i>vivâ voce</i> two +University generally. That he himself was in for his <i>vivâ voce</i> two days after date, and he wished himself out of the hands of his enemies."</p> <p>There was a postscript, which interested Charles as much as all the rest @@ -5193,7 +5177,7 @@ should deny myself the pleasure of my young friend's company at night. Every evening, young gentleman, we are one day older, and one day wiser. I myself have got so confoundedly wise with my many years, that I have nothing left to learn. But it amuses me to hear your exceedingly -<i>naïve</i><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_98" id="Page_98">[Pg 98]</a></span> remarks on things in general, and it also flatters and soothes +<i>naïve</i><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_98" id="Page_98">[Pg 98]</a></span> remarks on things in general, and it also flatters and soothes me to contrast my own consummate wisdom with your folly. Therefore, I will trouble you to come up to my dressing-room every night, and give me your crude reflections on the events of the day."</p> @@ -5381,7 +5365,7 @@ heavy?"</p> <p>"Don't get any more in debt, that's a dear."</p> -<p>"No, Mary dear, I won't. I don't care for the future. I shall have £180 +<p>"No, Mary dear, I won't. I don't care for the future. I shall have £180 a year. That will be enough for William and me. Then I shall go to the bar, and make a deuce of a lot of money, and marry Adelaide. Then you will come to live with us, and we shall have such jolly times of @@ -5500,7 +5484,7 @@ downstairs?"</p> <p>"Demosthenes."</p> <p>"Let me come in and sit with you, Charley dear, and look out the words; -you don't know how clever I am. Is it the 'De Coronâ'?"</p> +you don't know how clever I am. Is it the 'De Coronâ'?"</p> <p>Charles took her hand and kissed it; and so they two poor fools went on with their Demosthenes.</p> @@ -6356,7 +6340,7 @@ cannot get you the wife you love, but I am rich and powerful, and can do much. Not another word. Go to bed, sir—to bed."</p> <p>Marston, sitting on his bedside that night, said aloud to himself, "And -so that is that dicing old <i>roué</i>, Saltire, is it? Well, well; it is a +so that is that dicing old <i>roué</i>, Saltire, is it? Well, well; it is a funny world. What a noble fellow he would have been if he had had a better chance. Nay, what a noble fellow he is. I am ten years older since this morning" (he wasn't, but he thought it). And so he said his @@ -6548,12 +6532,12 @@ had said—</p> <p>"I don't understand it. The devil is abroad. Are you coming into any money at your father's death?"</p> -<p>"I am to have £180 a year."</p> +<p>"I am to have £180 a year."</p> -<p>"I wouldn't give £50 a year for your chance of it. What is this property +<p>"I wouldn't give £50 a year for your chance of it. What is this property worth?"</p> -<p>"£9,000 a year. The governor has lived very extravagantly. The stable +<p>"£9,000 a year. The governor has lived very extravagantly. The stable establishment is fit for a duke now; and, then, look at the servants!"</p> <p>"He is not living up to ten thousand a year now, I should say."</p> @@ -7082,7 +7066,7 @@ and look out of the window. The window looked into the flower-garden. There he saw a young Scotch gardener, looking after his rose-trees. His child, a toddling bit of a thing, four years old (it must have been his first, for he was a very young man), was holding the slips of matting -for him; and glancing up between whiles at the great façade of the +for him; and glancing up between whiles at the great façade of the house, as though wondering<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_135" id="Page_135">[Pg 135]</a></span> what great people were inside, and whether they were looking at him. This was a pretty sight to a good whole-hearted fellow like Charles; but he got tired of looking at that @@ -7297,7 +7281,7 @@ been built by the same happy hand which built the new courts of St. John's, Cambridge (for they are about equally bad). On the right, the Clarendon and the Schools, blocking out the western sky. Still more to the right, a bit of Exeter, and all Brazenose. In front, the Radcliff, -the third dome in England, and, beyond, the straight façade of St. +the third dome in England, and, beyond, the straight façade of St. Mary's, gathering its lines upward ever, till tired of window and buttress, of crocket, finial, gargoyle, and all the rest of it, it leaps up aloft in one glorious crystal, and carries up one's heart with it @@ -8254,7 +8238,7 @@ reminiscences as a boy."</p> who expects a good story. Mackworth went on—</p> <p>"One of my earliest recollections, my lord, is of being at a French -lycée."</p> +lycée."</p> <p>"The fault of those establishments," said Lord Saltire, pensively, "is the great range of subjects which are superficially taught. I ask pardon @@ -8704,7 +8688,7 @@ William's face, saw there a sort of sarcastic smile, which puzzled him amazingly.</p> <p>"I had better," said Charles, "make my will. I should like William to -ride my horse Monté. He has thrown a curb, sir, as you know" he said, +ride my horse Monté. He has thrown a curb, sir, as you know" he said, turning to William; "but he will serve you well, and I know you will be gentle with him."</p> @@ -8719,7 +8703,7 @@ double-barrelled gun left at Venables', in St. Aldate's, at Oxford, for repairs. It ought to be fetched away.</p> <p>"Now, sir," he said, turning to Cuthbert, "I should like to say a few -words about money matters. I owe about £150 at Oxford. It was a great +words about money matters. I owe about £150 at Oxford. It was a great deal more at one time, but I have been more careful lately. I have the bills upstairs. If that could be paid——"</p> @@ -9481,7 +9465,7 @@ held his candle over his head, and looked at Charles; and then went upstairs muttering to himself.</p> <p>Presently was aroused from sleep a young Devonshire giant, half -Hercules, half Antinoüs, who lumbered down the stairs, and into the +Hercules, half Antinoüs, who lumbered down the stairs, and into the room, and made his obeisance to Charles with an air of wonder in his great sleepy black eyes, and departed to get the gig.</p> @@ -10264,7 +10248,7 @@ Belgrave Square.</p> such an amazingly distinct enunciation. But then the bird was not always discreet. Nay, to go further, the bird never <i>was</i> discreet. He had been educated by a convict bullock-driver, and finished off by the sailors on -board H.M.S. <i>Actæon</i>; and really, you know, sometimes he did say things +board H.M.S. <i>Actæon</i>; and really, you know, sometimes he did say things he ought not to have said. It was all very well pretending that you couldn't hear him, but it rendered conversation impossible. You were always in agony at what was to come next. One afternoon, a great many @@ -11723,7 +11707,7 @@ at every stoppage on the road.</p> <hr class="chap" /> <h2>CHAPTER XXXVII.</h2> -<h3 title="">LORD WELTER'S MÉNAGE.</h3> +<h3 title="">LORD WELTER'S MÉNAGE.</h3> <p>There was a time, a time we have seen, when Lord Welter was a merry, @@ -11908,7 +11892,7 @@ with one great, undeniable fact—the immense improvement in morals which has taken place in the last ten years. The very outcry which is now raised against such relations shows plainly one thing at least—that undeniable facts are being winked at no longer, and that some reform is -coming. Every younger son who can command £200 a year ought to be +coming. Every younger son who can command £200 a year ought to be allowed to marry in his own rank in life, whatever that may be. They will be uncomfortable, and have to save and push; and a very good thing for them. They won't lose caste. There are some things worse than mere @@ -11947,7 +11931,7 @@ victorious over the skittle-sharper, beating him easily.</p> <p>In the heyday of his fame, Lord Welter was told of him, and saying, "Give me the daggers," got introduced to him. They had a tournament at -<i>écarté</i>, or billiards, or something or another of that sort, it don't +<i>écarté</i>, or billiards, or something or another of that sort, it don't matter; and Lord Welter asked him up to St. John's Wood, where he saw Ellen.</p> @@ -11975,7 +11959,7 @@ he had known all. But you will be rather inclined to forgive Hornby presently, as Charles did when he came to know everything.</p> <p>But the consequence of Ellen's staying on as servant to Adelaide brought -this with it, that Hornby determined that he would have the <i>entrée</i> of +this with it, that Hornby determined that he would have the <i>entrée</i> of the house at St. John's Wood, at any price. Lord Welter guessed this, and guessed that Hornby would be inclined to lose a little money in order to gain it. When he brushed Charles's knee in Piccadilly he was @@ -11996,7 +11980,7 @@ the attorney blood of his father came out sometimes so strong in him that, although he would have paid any price to be near, and speak to Ellen, yet he could not help winning, to Lord Welter's great disgust, and his own great amusement. Their game, I believe, was generally -<i>picquet</i> or <i>écarté</i>, and at both these he was Lord Welter's master. +<i>picquet</i> or <i>écarté</i>, and at both these he was Lord Welter's master. What with his luck and his superior play, it was very hard to lose decently sometimes; and sometimes, as I said, he would cast his plans to the winds and win terribly. But he always repented when he saw Lord @@ -12031,7 +12015,7 @@ Lady Welter, and the man was Lord Welter's confidential scoundrel. The landlord thought they had robbed Hunt and Roskell's, and were off with the plunder, till he overheard the man say, "I think that is all, my lady;" after which he was quite satisfied. The fact was, that all the -Ascot race plate, gold salvers<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_234" id="Page_234">[Pg 234]</a></span> and épergnes, silver cups rough with +Ascot race plate, gold salvers<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_234" id="Page_234">[Pg 234]</a></span> and épergnes, silver cups rough with designs of the chase, and possibly also some of the Ascot family jewels, were so disgusted with the state of things in England, that they were thinking of going for a little trip on the Continent. What should a @@ -12120,7 +12104,7 @@ strong enough yet.</p> <p>At first he rode quite away from his destination, but by degrees his horse's head got changed into the right direction; then he made another -détour, but a shorter one; at last he put spurs to his horse, and rode +détour, but a shorter one; at last he put spurs to his horse, and rode resolutely up the short carriage-drive before the door, and giving the reins to Charles, walked firmly in.</p> @@ -12691,7 +12675,7 @@ Ravenshoe.</p> <h3 title="">A DINNER PARTY AMONG SOME OLD FRIENDS.</h3> -<p>Lady Hainault (<i>née</i> Burton, not the Dowager) had asked some one to +<p>Lady Hainault (<i>née</i> Burton, not the Dowager) had asked some one to dinner, and the question had been whom to ask to meet him. Mary had been called into consultation, as she generally was on most occasions, and she and Lady Hainault had made up a list together. Every one had @@ -13521,7 +13505,7 @@ dependent on Father Mackworth—the only man in the world he dislikes and distrusts."</p> <p>William uttered a form of speech concerning the good father, which is -considered by foreigners to be merely a harmless national <i>façon de +considered by foreigners to be merely a harmless national <i>façon de parler</i>—sometimes, perhaps, intensive, when the participle is used, but in general no more than expletive. In this case, the speaker was, I fear, in earnest, and meant what he said most heartily.</p> @@ -14106,7 +14090,7 @@ which you really ought to read, James; it would suit you."</p> <p>They both laughed.</p> -<p>"About the seven seals, hey?" said Lord Saltire; "'<i>septem phocæ</i>,' as I +<p>"About the seven seals, hey?" said Lord Saltire; "'<i>septem phocæ</i>,' as I remember Machynleth translated it at Eton once. We called him 'Vitulina' ever after. The name stuck to him through life with some of us. A capital name for him, too! His fussy blundering in this war-business is @@ -14669,7 +14653,7 @@ blundering, thieving hornet as he?</p> drawing-room window, in South Audley Street, alone. He had come in, as his custom was, about eleven, and found her reading her great old Bible; he had taken up the paper and read away for a time, saying that he would -not interrupt her; she, too, had seemed glad to avoid a <i>tête-à-tête</i> +not interrupt her; she, too, had seemed glad to avoid a <i>tête-à -tête</i> conversation, and had continued; but, after a few minutes, he had dropped the paper, and cried—</p> @@ -15220,7 +15204,7 @@ take Mr. Hornby into our confidence." She agreed, and, after the Hainaults and Welters were gone, Hornby remained behind with them, and heard things which rather surprised him.</p> -<p>"Inquiries at the depôts of various regiments would be as good a plan as +<p>"Inquiries at the depôts of various regiments would be as good a plan as any. Meanwhile I will give any assistance in my power.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_299" id="Page_299">[Pg 299]</a></span> Pray, would it not be a good plan to advertise for him, and state all the circumstances of the case?"</p> @@ -15380,7 +15364,7 @@ reason for so doing.</p> <p>Within a fortnight after Hornby's introduction to Lord Saltire and Lady Ascot, he was off with the head-quarters of his regiment to Varna. The -depôt was at Windsor, and there, unknown to Hornby, was Charles, +depôt was at Windsor, and there, unknown to Hornby, was Charles, drilling and drilling. Two more troops were to follow the head-quarters in a short time, and so well had Charles stuck to his duty that he was considered fit to take his place in one of them. Before his moustaches @@ -16606,7 +16590,7 @@ helplessness he had gone through, made this short episode in his life appear the most happy and most beautiful of all. The merest clod of a recruit in the regiment felt in some way ennobled and exalted: but as for Charles, with his intensely, sensitive, romantic nature, he was -quite, as the French say, <i>tête montée</i>. The lowest menial drudgery was +quite, as the French say, <i>tête montée</i>. The lowest menial drudgery was exalted and glorified. Groom his horse and help clean the deck? Why not? That horse must carry him in the day of the merry meeting of heroes. Hard living, hard work, bad weather, disease, death: what were they, @@ -16949,7 +16933,7 @@ of whose talents we have heard so much, and a man personally endeared to us, through the love he bore to one of us who is dead, we give him a threefold welcome."</p> -<p>Lord Saltire used, in his <i>tête-à-têtes</i> with Lady Ascot, to wish to Gad +<p>Lord Saltire used, in his <i>tête-à -têtes</i> with Lady Ascot, to wish to Gad that Hainault would cure himself of making speeches. He was one of the best fellows in the world, but he would always talk as if he was in the House of Lords. This was very true about Lord Hainault; but, although he @@ -17043,7 +17027,7 @@ with his lips slightly parted, and said, "Miss Ravenshoe?" Then he gave a half-smile of intelligence, and said, "Ah! yes; I was puzzled for a moment. Yes, in that case poor Ellen would be Miss Ravenshoe. Yes, and the estate would remain in Catholic hands. What a prospect for the -Church! A penitent heiress! The management of £12,000 a year! Forgive my +Church! A penitent heiress! The management of £12,000 a year! Forgive my being carried away for a moment. You know I am an enthusiastic Churchman. I have been bound, body and soul, to the Church from a child, and such a prospect, even in such remote perspective, has dazzled me. @@ -17387,7 +17371,7 @@ dark and talk to me, instead of reading it."</p> stories."</p> <p>"I want you to sit in the dark," said Lord Saltire, "because I want to -be '<i>vox et præterea nihil</i>.' You will see why, directly. My dear Mary +be '<i>vox et præterea nihil</i>.' You will see why, directly. My dear Mary Corby, I want to have some very serious talk with you. Let us joke no more."</p> @@ -17510,7 +17494,7 @@ say that such a thing is utterly and totally out of the question."</p> must let me call you so), you must contemplate the contingency I have hinted at in the dark. I know that the best way to get a man rejected, is to recommend him; I therefore, only say, that John Marston loves you -with his whole heart and soul, and that he is a <i>protégé</i> of mine."</p> +with his whole heart and soul, and that he is a <i>protégé</i> of mine."</p> <p>"I am speaking to you as I would to my own father. John Marston asked me to be his wife last Christmas, and I refused him."</p> @@ -17566,7 +17550,7 @@ her.</p> <p>He had done it, he said, from Port Philip Heads, in sixty-four days, at last, in consequence of one of his young gentlemen (merchant midshipmen) having stole a black cat in Flinder's-lane, and brought her aboard. He -had caught the westerly wind off the Leuwin and carried it down to 62°, +had caught the westerly wind off the Leuwin and carried it down to 62°, through the ice, and round the Horn, where he had met a cyclone, by special appointment, and carried the outside edge of it past the Auroras. That during this time it had blown so hard, that it was @@ -17687,7 +17671,7 @@ this sort; it was all laid out quite plain.</p> <p>Now, don't call this <i>ex post facto</i> wisdom, but just try to remember what extravagant ideas every non-military man had that autumn about what -our army would do. The ministers of the King of Lernè never laid down a +our army would do. The ministers of the King of Lernè never laid down a more glorious campaign than we did. "I will," says poor Picrochole, "give him fair quarter, and spare his life—I will rebuild Solomon's Temple—I will give you Caramania, Syria, and all Palestine." "Ha! @@ -17903,7 +17887,7 @@ thousand were arriving each moment to help them.</p> <p>His own friends were beside him again, and there was a rally and a charge. At what? he thought for an instant. At guns? No. At men this time, Russian hussars—right valiant fellows, too. He saw Hornby in the -thick of the <i>mêlée</i>, with his sword flickering about his head like +thick of the <i>mêlée</i>, with his sword flickering about his head like lightning. He could do but little himself; he rode at a Russian and unhorsed him; he remembers seeing the man go down, though whether he struck at him, or whether he went down by the mere superior weight of @@ -18082,7 +18066,7 @@ till a gleam of light should come from beyond.</p> <p>William was at Ravenshoe, in full possession of the property. He had been born a gamekeeper's son, and brought up as a groom. He had now -£10,000 a year; and was going to marry the fisherman's daughter, his own +£10,000 a year; and was going to marry the fisherman's daughter, his own true love; as beautiful, as sweet-tempered a girl as any in the three kingdoms. It was one of the most extraordinary rises in life that had ever taken place. Youth, health, and wealth—they must produce @@ -18226,7 +18210,7 @@ innumerable branches of the river; and at the last the trees ran up over the first great heave of the chalk hill: and above the topmost boughs of those which stood in the valley, above the highest spire of the tallest poplar in the water-meadow,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_363" id="Page_363">[Pg 363]</a></span> the old grey house hung aloft, a long -irregular façade of stone. Behind were dark woods, and above all a +irregular façade of stone. Behind were dark woods, and above all a pearl-green line of down.</p> <p>But Cottingdean wouldn't do. His lordship's man Simpson knew it wouldn't @@ -18424,8 +18408,8 @@ To this young man, who was clever and well educated, and, like most Saltire opened the storehouse of his memory, of a memory extending over seventy years; and in a clear, well modulated voice, gave him his recollection of his interviews with great people—conversations with -Sièyes, Talleyrand, with Madame de Staël, with Robespierre, with -Egalité, with Alexander, and a dozen others. George was intensely eager +Sièyes, Talleyrand, with Madame de Staël, with Robespierre, with +Egalité, with Alexander, and a dozen others. George was intensely eager to hear about Marat. Lord Saltire and his snuff-box had not penetrated into the lair of that filthy wolf, but he had heard much of him from many friends, and told it well. When the ladies rose to go to bed, @@ -19247,7 +19231,7 @@ of his having been killed there."</p> <p>"What evidence have we that he enlisted in that regiment at all?"</p> <p>"Lady Hainault's and Mary's description of his uniform, which they never -distinctly saw for one moment," said Hainault. "<i>Violà tout.</i>"</p> +distinctly saw for one moment," said Hainault. "<i>Violà tout.</i>"</p> <p>"And you would not speak to Lord Saltire?"</p> @@ -21322,7 +21306,7 @@ the Tiernays. Have as many of the old circle as we can get."</p> <p>"This is something like life again," said William. "Remember, Charles, I am not spending the revenues of Ravenshoe. They are yours. I know it. I -am spending about £400 a year. When our grandfather's marriage is +am spending about £400 a year. When our grandfather's marriage is proved, you will provide for me and my wife, I know that. Be quiet. But we shall never prove that till we find Ellen."</p> @@ -22044,7 +22028,7 @@ ever knew."</p> <p>"I will introduce you to my wife directly," he said; "but the fact is, she is just now having a row with Madame Tulle, the milliner here. My wife is a deuced economical woman, and she wants to show at the -Ravenshoe wedding in a white moiré-antique, which will only cost fifty +Ravenshoe wedding in a white moiré-antique, which will only cost fifty guineas, and which she says will do for an evening dress in Australia afterwards. And the Frenchwoman won't let her have it for the purpose, because she says it is incorrect. And I hope to Gad the Frenchwoman will @@ -22454,7 +22438,7 @@ of any one of the characters in this book. I have merely made people speak, I think, as they would have spoken. 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