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diff --git a/59911-8.txt b/59911-0.txt index f0c5691..0e18656 100644 --- a/59911-8.txt +++ b/59911-0.txt @@ -1,29 +1,7 @@ -The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Rock Ahead. (Vol. 1 of 2), by Edmund Yates +*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 59911 *** -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most -other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. 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 -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. -Title: The Rock Ahead. (Vol. 1 of 2) - A Novel -Author: Edmund Yates - -Release Date: July 15, 2019 [EBook #59911] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ROCK AHEAD. (VOL. 1 OF 2) *** - - - - -Produced by Charles Bowen @@ -755,7 +733,7 @@ as that sandy-haired and youthful general practitioner was called by his not numerous clients, he saw a female figure bending over the bed. It was not that of Mrs. Bush; he had passed her loitering on the stairs,--ostensibly that she might conduct the gentlemen to the scene -of action, really because she dared not reënter the room unsupported +of action, really because she dared not reënter the room unsupported by a medical presence. The figure did not change its attitude as they entered, and Dr. Muxky approached the patient with a professional gliding step. He was followed by Lloyd; who, however, stopped abruptly @@ -951,7 +929,7 @@ nerves." "That's just the point, Mrs. Bush," said Mr. Muxky, who was not going to lose the chance; "nothing to fear; but yet, some temperaments so -constituted that--like the Æolian harp--the--the slightest breath of +constituted that--like the Æolian harp--the--the slightest breath of fright has an effect on them. If my poor services now could be of any use--" @@ -1984,7 +1962,7 @@ in long vistas. But under the dire pressure of necessity the woodman's axe has been frequently at work lately in these "cool colonnades," and the avenues are consequently much shorn of their fair proportions. The house is a big incongruous mass of two distinct styles of -architecture--a grafting of Inigo Jones's plain façade and Corinthian +architecture--a grafting of Inigo Jones's plain façade and Corinthian pillars on a red-brick Elizabethan foundation, with projecting mullioned windows, octagonal turrets, quaintly-carved cornices, and ornamental doorways. Round the house runs a broad stone terrace @@ -3016,7 +2994,7 @@ The best people? The very best. It was the fashion in certain circles to talk of "the mixture" which you met at Carabas House; and the young Duchess of Taffington (whose father was old Bloomer the banker of Lombard-street, and whose -grandfather was old Bloöm the money-lender and diamond-merchant of +grandfather was old Bloöm the money-lender and diamond-merchant of Amsterdam) and old Lady Clanronald, with whom her husband, then the Hon. Ulick Strabane, fell in love, from seeing her looking over the blind in her father's (the apothecary's) window in Drogheda,--both @@ -3111,7 +3089,7 @@ many hours before his limp glazed card was on the hall-table at Carabas House. Baton, the _chef d'orchestre_, would as soon have thought of being absent from his conductor's stool on a Saturday night as from Lady Carabas's luncheon-table on a Sunday afternoon. There the -most promising pupils of the Academy of Music made their _débuts_ in +most promising pupils of the Academy of Music made their _débuts_ in cantatas or operettas, written by distinguished amateurs, and thereby considered themselves entitled ever after to describe themselves as "of the nobility's concerts;" and there, on festival nights, could you @@ -3153,7 +3131,7 @@ have no claim upon her thoughts." "My dear fellow," said Lord Sandilands, "you will very soon see that Lady Carabas interests herself about everybody and everything. That is -her _métier_. She will talk to the Bishop of Boscastle about the +her _métier_. She will talk to the Bishop of Boscastle about the Additional Curates' Fund, and to Sir Charles Chifney about his chance for the Leger. She knows what price Scumble got for his Academy picture; and can tell you the plot of Spofforth's five-act play, which @@ -3241,7 +3219,7 @@ have similar pleasant resorts at his command, felt the oppressive thoughts, the dull, dead level of world-weariness and vapidity, gradually slipping from him. His eyes brightened, he looked round him eagerly, and his whole demeanour was so fresh and spirited and -youthful as to seriously annoy several _blasé_ young men of two or +youthful as to seriously annoy several _blasé_ young men of two or three-and-twenty, who had long since used up all signs of youth, and who inquired of each other who was the rustic, gushing person that old Sandilands had brought with him. @@ -3317,7 +3295,7 @@ continuous ripple of sound, such as is seldom heard in human voice. Few notes had been uttered before their effect became visible on the whole assemblage--amongst the foreigners first; on the back benches, where were gathered the hirsute professionals honoured with the -_entrée_ to Lady Carabas' concerts, there was an immediate movement, a +_entrée_ to Lady Carabas' concerts, there was an immediate movement, a simultaneous pricking of ears and elevation of eyebrows, culminating into a general impossible-to-be-suppressed "A--h!" of intense delight. Then the enthusiasm spread. Impressible young girls with the @@ -3351,7 +3329,7 @@ tremblingly-proffered arm, and disappeared from public view. Ten minutes' interval now, much needed. Impossible, after such a display, to keep the coterie quiet, and it breaks up at once into twenty little knots, all with the same refrain of praise, differently expressed: -"_Das ist aber'was Schönes!" "Tiens, tiens, Jules! v'là donc un +"_Das ist aber'was Schönes!" "Tiens, tiens, Jules! v'là donc un rossignol charmant!_" "That's what I call good singing, for an Englishwoman, that is, Veluti! _Capisco, signor!_" "Tell you what it is, old fella; since poor Bosio, you know, never heard anything like @@ -3451,7 +3429,7 @@ himself not sufficiently appreciated, and thirsting for Miss Lambert's blood--both, however, consoled by old Piccolo, the fashionable music-master, who is popularly supposed to have been allied with Auber and Offenbach in writing Mr. Wisk's operetta, and who tells them that -Miss Lambert's triumph is a mere _succès d'estime_, and that she will +Miss Lambert's triumph is a mere _succès d'estime_, and that she will "go out like that--pouf!" Piccolo snapping his fingers and blowing out an imaginary candle in explanation. Foreigners having been fed, and a proper quantity of champagne and seltzer-water having been duly drunk, @@ -4024,7 +4002,7 @@ struck him. He was a known connoisseur in music, a known patron of musical art; everyone who was anyone in the musical world sought an introduction to Lord Sandilands. In the case of Miss Grace Lambert, his generally extended patronage had been especially requested by Lady -Carabas for her _protégée_. Here was a fair and legitimate expedient +Carabas for her _protégée_. Here was a fair and legitimate expedient within his reach for securing access to Miss Lambert, without the slightest risk of awakening suspicion, either in her mind or in that of sharp-sighted observers, that he was actuated by any particular @@ -4177,7 +4155,7 @@ established himself in a pleasant little bedchamber in the bachelor's wing of the Badischer Hof, and proceeded to commence operations. The language, the appearance, the manners of the regular turfite he at once discarded, though an occasional hint dropped in conversation at -the _table d'hôte_ or in the Kursaal, at both of which places he soon +the _table d'hôte_ or in the Kursaal, at both of which places he soon made many promiscuous acquaintances, conveyed a notion that the _arcana_ of the Ring were, or had been, sufficiently familiar to him. At the tables he played nightly, with varying fortune it was thought, @@ -4251,7 +4229,7 @@ and he had carefully avoided being presented or becoming known to Lord Ticehurst in an inferior position. When Gilbert arrived at the Badischer Hof, the first person he saw at -the late _table d'hôte_ was Lord Ticehurst; the second was Plater +the late _table d'hôte_ was Lord Ticehurst; the second was Plater Dobbs, who acted as his lordship's henchman, Mentor, and confidential upper servant. A stout short man, Plater Dobbs (his real name was George, and he was supposed once to have been a major in something, @@ -4298,7 +4276,7 @@ unexpected fluke at _trente et quarante_. Let him only hook Ticehurst, and--_rien ne va plus!_ An ordinary sharper would have taken advantage of the frequent -opportunities afforded by the _table d'hôte_ and continental life +opportunities afforded by the _table d'hôte_ and continental life generally, have spoken to Lord Ticehurst, and managed to secure a speaking acquaintanceship with him. But Gilbert Lloyd was not an ordinary sharper, and he saw clearly enough how little that course @@ -4311,7 +4289,7 @@ that chance came thus. Among the frequenters of the Kursaal was a French gentleman of some thirty-five years of age, black-bearded, bright-eyed, and -thin-waisted. André de Prailles was this gentleman's name, Paris was +thin-waisted. André de Prailles was this gentleman's name, Paris was his nation, and, to carry out the old rhyme, the degradation of England and her children was apparently his vocation. In private and in public he took every opportunity of saying unpleasant things about @@ -4328,7 +4306,7 @@ feature" in the society of the place. M. de Prailles' Anglophobia had contented itself with disdainful glances at the representatives of the land which he detested, and with muttering with bated breath at all they said and did, until the arrival at Baden of Mdlle. de Meronville, -the celebrated _ingénue_ of the Vaudeville, with whom M. de Prailles +the celebrated _ingénue_ of the Vaudeville, with whom M. de Prailles had an acquaintance, and for whom he professed an adoration. Mdlle. de Meronville was a bright lithe little woman, with large black @@ -4344,11 +4322,11 @@ the entire novelty of her style and conduct that gave her such a charm in the eyes of Lord Ticehurst, for charm she undoubtedly had. A devotion to the opposite sex had never hitherto been classed among the weaknesses of that amiable nobleman; but he was so completely overcome -by the fascinations of Eugénie de Meronville, that no youth ever +by the fascinations of Eugénie de Meronville, that no youth ever suffered more severely from "calf-love" than this reckless roisterer. He followed her about like her shadow; when in her company, after he had obtained an introduction to her, he would address to her the most -flowery compliments in a curious _mélange_ of tongues; and when absent +flowery compliments in a curious _mélange_ of tongues; and when absent from her he would sit and puff his cigar in moody silence, obstinately rejecting all efforts to withdraw him from his sentimental abstraction. Plater Dobbs regarded this new phase in his pupil's @@ -4361,22 +4339,22 @@ beauties: an English grass-widow whose husband was in India, and a Russian lady, who regarded the fact of her liege lord's being ruined, and sinking from a position of affluence into that of a hotel-keeper, as quite enough to excuse her leaving him for ever. But Ticehurst -sulked through the banquet, and the ladies agreed in voting him _bête_ +sulked through the banquet, and the ladies agreed in voting him _bête_ and _mauvais ton_. The fact was that the man was madly in love with -Eugénie de Meronville, and cared for nothing but her society. +Eugénie de Meronville, and cared for nothing but her society. What one does and where one goes and with whom one passes one's time is, of course, very easily known in a small coterie such as that assembled in the autumn at Baden; and it is not to be wondered at that -M. André de Prailles suffered many a bad quarter of an hour as he +M. André de Prailles suffered many a bad quarter of an hour as he witnessed and heard of the amicable relations between his fair compatriot and one of the leading representatives of that nation which he detested. What added to M. de Prailles' anger was the fact that whereas in Paris, where he was known to be the friend of certain _feuilletonistes_ with whom it was well for every actress to be on good terms, he had had cause for believing himself to be well thought -of by the _ingénue_ of the Vaudeville, at Baden, where no such -inducement existed, he had been completely snubbed by Eugénie, and +of by the _ingénue_ of the Vaudeville, at Baden, where no such +inducement existed, he had been completely snubbed by Eugénie, and treated with a _hauteur_ which set his blood boiling in his veins. M. de Prailles resented this after his own fashion. First, he addressed a passionate letter to his idol, reproaching her for her perfidy. To @@ -4397,7 +4375,7 @@ about." At last, one night, the long-threatened explosion took place. A sudden storm of wind and rain swept down from the Black Forest, and the -curious vehicle attached to the Hôtel d'Angleterre was sent for to +curious vehicle attached to the Hôtel d'Angleterre was sent for to convey Mdlle. de Meronville from the Kursaal to her rooms. The little actress had been playing with great ill-luck, and had been duly waited upon by Lord Ticehurst; but at the moment when the arrival of the @@ -4411,7 +4389,7 @@ backwards and fell forward himself. He had scarcely recovered himself when the roll of the departing vehicle was in his ears, and M. de Prailles was standing before him fuming. -"An accident? nothing of the sort! _Exprès! tout à fait exprès!_" +"An accident? nothing of the sort! _Exprès! tout à fait exprès!_" A crowd gathered at the ominous words and at the tone of voice in which they were uttered: Plater Dobbs and Gilbert Lloyd foremost among @@ -4420,13 +4398,13 @@ collected; Lord Ticehurst, very pale, and with an odd twitching in the muscles of his month. "It was no accident, that tumble!" shrieked M. de Prailles. "It was a -studied insult offered to a lady by a barbarian! _Exprès, -entendes-vous, messieurs, exprès?_" +studied insult offered to a lady by a barbarian! _Exprès, +entendes-vous, messieurs, exprès?_" Then, seeing that his opponent stood motionless, the little Frenchman drew himself on tiptoes, and hissed out, -"_Et il ne dit rien? Décidément, milor, vous êtes un lâche!_" and he +"_Et il ne dit rien? Décidément, milor, vous êtes un lâche!_" and he made a movement as though he would have struck Lord Ticehurst with his open hand. @@ -4438,7 +4416,7 @@ want any rough-and-tumble here! _Ally, party, mossoo!_" "_Au diable, ivrogne!_" was all the response which M. de Prailles chose to make to this elegant appeal; but he turned to some of his -compatriots, and said, "_Regardez donc la figure de ce milor là!_" And +compatriots, and said, "_Regardez donc la figure de ce milor là !_" And in truth Lord Ticehurst was almost livid, and the chair against which he was leaning trembled in his grasp. At that moment Gilbert Lloyd stepped forward. @@ -4468,7 +4446,7 @@ served me so well; it would have been impossible for your lordship to have gone out with such a fellow." -M. André de Prailles left Baden very early the next morning: but the +M. André de Prailles left Baden very early the next morning: but the events of that night affected more than him. Although he was not of a grateful or recognisant nature, Lord Ticehurst felt keenly the material assistance which Gilbert Lloyd afforded him at what in his @@ -4491,7 +4469,7 @@ which Lord Ticehurst set himself at once, and carried out with great speed and success. He found little opposition from the Plater. That worldly-wise old person had seen how matters stood--"how the cat jumped," as he phrased it--from the first, and was perfectly prepared -to receive his _congé_. Nor, indeed, was he altogether displeased at +to receive his _congé_. Nor, indeed, was he altogether displeased at the arrangement. His good qualities were few enough, but among them was the possession of personal pluck and courage, and a horror of anyone in whom these were lacking. "I always knew Etchingham was a @@ -4683,13 +4661,13 @@ evening, before he got to Carabas House? Ticehurst was wonderfully enthusiastic for him--such a face, such a figure, such a lovely voice! These raptures meant nothing serious, Gilbert supposed; at all events he intended to take care that they should mean nothing serious. That -affair of Eugénie de Meronville, when Ticehurst's admiration very +affair of Eugénie de Meronville, when Ticehurst's admiration very nearly brought him under an infuriated Frenchman's fire, had been of infinite service, Gilbert reflected with a grin, in cooling his lordship's love ardour, and indeed had kept him very much aloof from the sex. It was better so; if Lord Ticehurst married, more than half Gilbert Lloyd's influence would be gone, if indeed the turf were not -abandoned, and the "confederate" _chasséd_; and any other arrangement +abandoned, and the "confederate" _chasséd_; and any other arrangement in which a woman might be concerned would be equally unsatisfactory. Fancy his having seen Miles, and heard the old name too! How much did Miles know? He turned on his heel as if--and yet the old man would @@ -4809,7 +4787,7 @@ produced a second edition of them for the benefit of Mrs. Bloxam, when Miss Lambert had left the room, and evinced so much curiosity concerning Miss Lambert's future plans, throwing out hints of the advantage to be derived from the judicious promulgation of reports as -_avant-coureurs_ of a _débutante_, that Mrs. Bloxam felt convinced of +_avant-coureurs_ of a _débutante_, that Mrs. Bloxam felt convinced of his sincerity, and forthwith began to form a pleasant scheme for the future in her fancy. @@ -4998,7 +4976,7 @@ And now that success seemed to be assured indeed. The little coterie which was wont to assemble almost daily at the villa would rejoice hugely on the morrow of the grand concert at Carabas House, and the grand Carabas Marchioness would no doubt speed the fame of her -_protégée's_ success far and wide in the most profitable directions. +_protégée's_ success far and wide in the most profitable directions. The Marchioness had "taken up" Signer da Capo's favourite pupil, concerning whom the gushing Italian was wont to tell wonderful things, @@ -5017,7 +4995,7 @@ amiable determination to bring her out at Carabas House, and so at once serve Miss Lambert, and prevent Lady Lowndes, who was her intimate enemy, and a rival patroness of genius, art, literature, and fashionable religion, from "getting hold of" the promising young -_débutante_. The pleasure of the honest signor--who was truly +_débutante_. The pleasure of the honest signor--who was truly interested in his young friend, and who religiously believed every word he had said in her favour--when Lady Carabas announced her intention of making Miss Lambert's acquaintance, was genuine and @@ -5049,14 +5027,14 @@ slightest "tendre." "How very charming!" said the Marchioness of Carabas to herself, a day or two before the grand concert at Carabas House; "this young -creature's heart has evidently never spoken. She will be a _débutante_ +creature's heart has evidently never spoken. She will be a _débutante_ in every sense." The heart of the most noble had spoken so frequently, that it might fairly be supposed to be a little hoarse. Hence her admiration of the inarticulatism of that organ in the case of Grace Lambert. As she drove in the Park that day, she actually meditated upon the expediency -of introducing to the special notice of her charming _protégée_ a +of introducing to the special notice of her charming _protégée_ a delightful man in the Blues, who had up to a late period "understood" her, but who had had the misfortune to bore her lately, and the bad taste to take his dismissal in dudgeon. @@ -5064,7 +5042,7 @@ taste to take his dismissal in dudgeon. "He knows about music," thought her ladyship; "yes, that will do;" and then she pulled the deck-string, and gave the order "home," and had scribbled half-a-dozen notes of invitation to a little dinner _en -petit comité_ on the following Sunday, before post-hour. One of the +petit comité_ on the following Sunday, before post-hour. One of the half-dozen notes was addressed to Lord Sandilands, a second to the man in the Blues, and a third to Miss Grace Lambert. The destination of the other three is no concern of ours. @@ -5218,13 +5196,13 @@ he owned a tongue which could make itself felt "doosid unpleasantly, don't you know!--kind of rough side of it, and all that sort of thing, you know!" To women he was always scrupulously attentive, and was in consequence in the greatest favour amongst them. The fact of his -wearing the willow for his old love, Lady Lucy Beecher, was _répandu_ +wearing the willow for his old love, Lady Lucy Beecher, was _répandu_ from Belgrave- to Grosvenor-squares; and the story, which had won for him such affectionate interest amongst those who were young at the time when, as all supposed, he was jilted by the fair one, and bore his jilting so manfully, yet lived amongst their descendants, and caused Lord Sandilands to be regarded as "a sweet old thing," who had -suffered in Love's cause, by _débutantes_ who were unborn when John +suffered in Love's cause, by _débutantes_ who were unborn when John Borlase first won Gertrude Gautier's childish heart. And yet Lord Sandilands was by no means a representative man. For @@ -5239,13 +5217,13 @@ Treasury. Many years had elapsed since he had arrayed himself in the charming court-costume which intelligence has retained from the customs of the dark ages, and presented himself at the levees of his sovereign. At flower-shows and races, at afternoon Park or morning -Row, at garden-parties or _fêtes champêtres_, at none of those +Row, at garden-parties or _fêtes champêtres_, at none of those gatherings where pleasant Frivolity rules, was Lord Sandilands known--at none, rather, save one--the Opera. There he was _facile princeps_; there he was king of the place. The check-takers and the box-keepers knew him as well as they knew the lessee, and stood in as much awe of him. The principal librarians, Messrs. Ivory, MacBone, and -Déloge, prostrated themselves before him, and were always most anxious +Déloge, prostrated themselves before him, and were always most anxious to learn his opinion of any novelty, as on that opinion they were accustomed to base their calculation of profit or loss. With Schrink, the critic of the _Statesman_--a cynical, humpbacked man, who had @@ -5337,7 +5315,7 @@ her ten stone, and looked more like a cook than Lucia; and there was Miss Greenwood--Miss Bellenden Greenwood, I beg her pardon--with her saucy black eyes, and her red-and-white complexion, and her corkscrew ringlets--gad, how horrible! But this child is marvellously -_distinguée_ and bred-looking; the way her head is set on her +_distinguée_ and bred-looking; the way her head is set on her shoulders, the shape of her head, the curve of her nostrils, and the delicacy of her hands--I'm always telling myself that blood's all bosh, as they say in their modern slang; but 'pon my word, one finds @@ -5363,12 +5341,12 @@ her service in advancing her interests in the profession which she had chosen, and in which she was evidently destined to take a high position, and in being of use to her in society. And in both these ways the old nobleman was of the greatest assistance to the -_débutante_. As has been before said, his verdict in musical matters +_débutante_. As has been before said, his verdict in musical matters was immensely thought of; while, though it must be acknowledged that the open and avowed support of many elderly noblemen would be anything but fortunate in securing the interests of a young musical lady with the members of her own sex, that of such a known Galahad as Lord -Sandilands had due weight, and his protégée, duly escorted by Mrs. +Sandilands had due weight, and his protégée, duly escorted by Mrs. Bloxam, "went everywhere." "Everywhere" included Lady Lowndes'; and the Marchioness of Carabas knew of this, as how could she do otherwise? being a diligent student of the _Morning Post_, in addition @@ -5387,7 +5365,7 @@ had been specially introduced with the view of eliciting the speaking of her heart, declared she was "doosid hard nut to crack," and something which had beaten him, the delightful creature in the Blues, "by chalks." So that Lady Carabas, carefully noting all the phases of -society, felt more bound than ever to "keep in" with the _protégée_ +society, felt more bound than ever to "keep in" with the _protégée_ whom she had introduced; and the ambrosial footmen with the powdered locks went more frequently than ever between the halls of Carabas and the Bayswater villa, and the much-monogramed notes which they conveyed @@ -5427,7 +5405,7 @@ indeed, and only on one or two occasions subsequent to his introduction did Miles avail himself of the hospitality of Carabas House. On none of these occasions did he meet Mr. Gilbert Lloyd. The same reason which induced Lady Carabas to manoeuvre in keeping her -friend for the time being from meeting her handsome protégée suggested +friend for the time being from meeting her handsome protégée suggested to her the expediency of preventing any possible collision between the actual and the intended sharers of her Soul; collision, as Lady Carabas thought, by no means unlikely to occur, as she was a shrewd @@ -5464,7 +5442,7 @@ desirable for a girl in Gertrude's position. But Lord Sandilands knew that any question of his natural daughter's marriage would entail the disclosure of the relation in which he stood to her; and he dreaded the ridicule of the world, dreaded the banter of the club, dreaded -more than all the elucidation of the fact that the _répandu_ notion of +more than all the elucidation of the fact that the _répandu_ notion of his wearing the willow for Lady Lucy Beecher had been all nonsense, and that he had consoled himself for her ladyship's defalcation by an intrigue of a very different calibre. @@ -5572,7 +5550,7 @@ have her entirely to himself, he being the only young man admitted there, with the exception occasionally of some musical professor, native or foreign; the delightful creature in the Blues, and other delightful creatures who had made Miss Lambert's acquaintance in -society, having tried to obtain the _entrée_ in vain. +society, having tried to obtain the _entrée_ in vain. So Miles went on pleasantly in a happy dream, which was very shortly to come to an end; for Lord Sandilands, thinking it full time that @@ -5620,16 +5598,16 @@ many people, to think a matter over means to discuss it with someone else. Lord Sandilands was of this class; and though he accepted the commission so glibly from Gertrude, he never had the smallest intention of deciding upon it without taking excellent advice. That -advice he sought at the hands of Mr. Déloge, the "librarian" of +advice he sought at the hands of Mr. Déloge, the "librarian" of Jasmin-street. -An odd man, Mr. Déloge--a character worth a passing study. His father, +An odd man, Mr. Déloge--a character worth a passing study. His father, who had been a "librarian" before him, had amassed a large sum of money in those good old days when speculations in opera-boxes and stall-tickets were highly remunerative to those who knew how to work them, had given his son an excellent education abroad, and had hoped to see him take a superior position in life. But, to his parent's -disappointment, young Déloge, returning from the Continent with a +disappointment, young Déloge, returning from the Continent with a knowledge of several languages, and an acquaintance with life and the world which serves anyone possessing it better than any other knowledge whatsoever, determined to follow the family business, adding @@ -5640,7 +5618,7 @@ son's decision, and at the time of our story there was no more thriving man in London. The old-fashioned shop in Jasmin-street bore the name over the door still; but that name was now widely known throughout England and Europe. No Secretary of State was harder worked -than Mr. Déloge, who yet found time to hunt once or twice a week, to +than Mr. Déloge, who yet found time to hunt once or twice a week, to live at Maidenhead during the summer, and at Brighton during the autumn, and generally to enjoy life. In person he was a tall thin man, with an excellently-made wig and iron-gray whiskers, always calm and @@ -5657,7 +5635,7 @@ drove to the house in his perfectly-appointed brougham, and the door was opened by a strange footman, to whom he gave his card for transmission to her grace. The footman led the way into the library, poked the fire, wheeled the largest arm-chair in front of it, and -placed the _Morning Post_ in the visitor's hands. Mr. Déloge had +placed the _Morning Post_ in the visitor's hands. Mr. Déloge had scarcely finished smiling at the extreme empressement of the man's manner, when the door was opened, and the same servant pushed his head in. "Her grace don't want no hop'ra-box to-night," were his charming @@ -5665,7 +5643,7 @@ words, delivered in his most offensive manner. The scales had fallen from his eyes, and the great creature found he had deceived himself into being civil to a "person in business." -Mr. Déloge had gone through what to many men would have been an entire +Mr. Déloge had gone through what to many men would have been an entire day's business in the morning before Lord Sandilands called upon him. He had read through an enormous mass of letters, and glanced over several newspapers--had pencilled hints for answers on some, and @@ -5676,10 +5654,10 @@ basso, tenor, and baritone, who were a little used up and bygone in England, but who were the greatest creatures that had ever visited Australia--so at least said the _Wong-Wong Kangaroo_, a copy of which the agent forwarded with his letter; in America, where Schlick's -opera, in which Mr. Déloge possessed as much copyright as the +opera, in which Mr. Déloge possessed as much copyright as the large-souled American music-sellers could not pillage him of, was a great success; in India, whence he had that morning received a large -order for pianos--for Mr. Déloge is not above the manufacture and +order for pianos--for Mr. Déloge is not above the manufacture and exportation of musical instruments, and, indeed realises a handsome yearly revenue from that source alone. Before eleven o'clock he had come to terms, and signed and sealed an agreement with Mr. McManus, @@ -5688,7 +5666,7 @@ throughout the provinces, thus giving the "serious" people who objected to costume and gas a quasi-theatrical entertainment which they swallowed eagerly; he had sent a cheque for ten pounds to Tom Lillibullero, who was solacing his imprisonment in Whitecross-street -by translating a French libretto for the house of Déloge; he had given +by translating a French libretto for the house of Déloge; he had given one of his clerks a list of a few friends to be asked down to Maidenhead the next Sunday--all art people, writers, painters, singers, who would have a remarkably jolly day, and enjoy themselves, @@ -5700,7 +5678,7 @@ publish Mr. Ferdinand Wisk's operetta, which had been performed with such success at Carabas House, but that he must stipulate that the operetta must be dedicated to her ladyship, and that each _morceau_ must have a vignette from her ladyship's portrait on the cover. Mr. -Déloge had not half completed his business for the day when he was +Déloge had not half completed his business for the day when he was informed, through the snake-like elastic pipe that lay at the right-hand of his writing-table, that Lord Sandilands was in the shop and asking to see him, but he gave orders that his visitor should at @@ -5710,22 +5688,22 @@ to feel the smallest slight, if indeed there had not been, as there was, a feeling of respect between the two men, which, had they been on the same social footing, would have been strong friendship. -"How d'ye do, Déloge?" said Lord Sandilands, walking up and heartily +"How d'ye do, Déloge?" said Lord Sandilands, walking up and heartily shaking hands; "this is very kind of you, my good fellow, to allow me to come and bother you when you're over head and ears in business, as you always are--very kind indeed." -"I don't want to say a pretty thing, my dear lord," said Mr. Déloge, +"I don't want to say a pretty thing, my dear lord," said Mr. Déloge, "but when I can't find leisure from my business to attend to you when you want to see me, I'd better give that business up." "Thanks, very much. Well, what's the news? Been to Tenterden-street lately? Any very promising talent making itself heard up there, eh?" -"No, my lord, none indeed--I'm glad to say," replied Déloge with a +"No, my lord, none indeed--I'm glad to say," replied Déloge with a laugh. -"Glad to say! eh, Déloge? that's not very patriotic, is it?" +"Glad to say! eh, Déloge? that's not very patriotic, is it?" "O, I did not mean to confine my gladness to the dearth of native talent. If you only knew, my dear lord, how I'm hunted cut of life by @@ -5733,7 +5711,7 @@ promising talent, or by talent which considers itself promising and wants to perform, you would know fully how to appreciate, as I do, good steady-going mediocrity." -"By Jove, Déloge! this is not very encouraging for me! I came to ask +"By Jove, Déloge! this is not very encouraging for me! I came to ask your advice on the question of bringing out a young lady of unquestionable genius." @@ -5777,7 +5755,7 @@ she intended to take to the profession." in her, I have come to ask your advice. Now, should she select the concert-room or the stage as her arena?" -"The stage! the stage!" cried Déloge excitedly; "there can be no +"The stage! the stage!" cried Déloge excitedly; "there can be no question about it, my dear lord! With that personal appearance and that voice, she must have the whole world at her feet, and make her fortune in a very few years. Any dumpy little woman who can sing @@ -5789,10 +5767,10 @@ with that head and that charming figure!" "My good friend!" said the delighted old nobleman, "you are becoming positively enthusiastic. In these days of total suppression of feelings, it does one good to hear you. I am charmed to see you think -so highly of my _protégée_. Now tell met what's the first step to be +so highly of my _protégée_. Now tell met what's the first step to be taken towards bringing her out?" -"I should let Munns hear her," said Mr. Déloge. +"I should let Munns hear her," said Mr. Déloge. And Lord Sandilands' face fell, and he looked very grave. Why? Well, the mention of Mr. Munns' name was the first thing that had jarred @@ -5805,7 +5783,7 @@ dozen different sets of society, and received a different answer in each. What was his birth or parentage no one, even the veriest club scandal-monger, ever assumed to know; and as to his education, he had none. He had been so long "before the public" that people ad forgotten -whence he came, or in what capacity his _début_ was made. Only a very +whence he came, or in what capacity his _début_ was made. Only a very few men remembered, or cared to remember, that when Peponelli's management of the Grand Scandinavian Opera came to smash disastrously, by reason of Miramella, Jacowski, Courtasson, and Herzogenbusch, the @@ -5838,7 +5816,7 @@ conversation, made a point of letting Mr. Munns know as soon as possible that if he, Mr. Munns, should get the theatre it would be owing entirely to his, Mr. Leader's, representations,--a statement made by Mr. Leader with a view to the future acquisition of gratuitous -private boxes, and that much coveted _entrée_ known as "going behind." +private boxes, and that much coveted _entrée_ known as "going behind." So Mr. Boulderson Munns became the tenant of the Grand Scandinavian Opera House, and took up his position in society, which at once began @@ -5871,10 +5849,10 @@ Scandinavian Opera House, he continued all these eccentricities of pleasure, but mixed with them some excellent business habits. On the secession of Miramella, Jacowski, and all the rest, the public pronounced the Scandinavian Opera to be utterly dead and done for; but -after the first few weeks of his season Mr. Munns produced Fräulein -Brödchen, from the Stockholm Theatre, who fairly routed everyone else +after the first few weeks of his season Mr. Munns produced Fräulein +Brödchen, from the Stockholm Theatre, who fairly routed everyone else off their legs, and took London by storm. Never had been known such a -triumph as that achieved by the Brödchen; boxes and stalls fetched a +triumph as that achieved by the Brödchen; boxes and stalls fetched a fabulous price, and were taken weeks in advance. It began to be perceived that the right thing was that Norma should have bright red hair; and people wondered how they had for so long endured any @@ -5883,10 +5861,10 @@ the classic profile and the raven locks was nowhere. Jacowski the organ-voiced bellowed in vain. The swells of the Young-England party--guardsmen and impecunious youths, who were on the free list at the Regent--tried to get up an opposition; but Munns ran over to -Barcelona, and came back with the Señorita Ciaja, whose celebrated +Barcelona, and came back with the Señorita Ciaja, whose celebrated back-movement in the Cachuca finished the business. The people who really understood and cared for music were delighted with the -Brödchen; the occupants of the stalls and the omnibus-box--crabbed age +Brödchen; the occupants of the stalls and the omnibus-box--crabbed age and youth, who, despite the old song, manage to live together sometimes, and on each other a good deal--revelled in the Ciaja, and the trick was done. Mr. Munns realised an enormous sum of money, and @@ -5911,13 +5889,13 @@ small keen eyes. To such a man as this, Lord Sandilands, the polished old nobleman, had naturally a strong antipathy; and yet Lord Sandilands was almost the -only man of his _clientèle_ to whom Mr. Munns showed anything like +only man of his _clientèle_ to whom Mr. Munns showed anything like real respect. "There's something about that old buffer," he would say, "which licks me;" and he could not have paid a greater compliment. The -Brödchen had retired into private life before this, and the Ciaja had +Brödchen had retired into private life before this, and the Ciaja had gone to America on a starring tour; but Mr. Munns had replaced them with other attractions, had well maintained his ground: and when Mr. -Déloge told Lord Sandilands that from Mr. Munns it would be best to +Déloge told Lord Sandilands that from Mr. Munns it would be best to obtain the information and the opinion he sought, the old nobleman knew that the librarian was right; though he hated Mr. Munns from the bottom of his heart, yet he made up his mind to get the great @@ -5965,13 +5943,13 @@ Scandinavian Opera House; and if she ain't a success, I'll swallow my Lincoln and Bennett!" There was a pause for a minute, and then Lord Sandilands said: "Do you -mean that Miss Lambert should make her _début_ on the Italian stage?" +mean that Miss Lambert should make her _début_ on the Italian stage?" -"Not a bit of it," shrieked Mr. Munns; "keep her _début_ for here! A +"Not a bit of it," shrieked Mr. Munns; "keep her _début_ for here! A gal like that, who can walk up to the piano and sing away before me, won't have any stage-fright, I'll pound it! Let her go to Florence, to old Papadaggi--which you know him well, my lord, and can make it all -square there; let her take lessons of him, and make her _début_ with +square there; let her take lessons of him, and make her _début_ with me. I'm a man of my word, as you know, and I see my way." Within a fortnight from that time Miles Challoner, who had been out of @@ -6148,7 +6126,7 @@ as understood her passionate devotion to art, her untiring exertions in its interests, and to its professors, she spoke in raptures of her "dear Grace Lambert," carefully avoiding the distant precision of the "Miss" and the too fond familiarity of the "Grace;" she read what she -called "pet bits" of her young _protégée's_ letters, which were +called "pet bits" of her young _protégée's_ letters, which were neither numerous nor lengthy; predicted the future value of those precious autographs, and contrived to keep a flickering flame of interest in Grace Lambert alive, which her appearance would readily @@ -6179,7 +6157,7 @@ positively pined for Bayswater--drew near. There had not been seen such a house at the Grand Scandinavian Opera for years; there had not been heard such long-continued thunders of -applause, such rounds of cheering, since the Brödchen's _début_. Lady +applause, such rounds of cheering, since the Brödchen's _début_. Lady Carabas and Mr. Munns had each "worked the oracle," according to their lights; but the discrimination of her ladyship's friends rendered the managerial _claque_ quite unnecessary. The opera was the _Trovatore_, @@ -6197,7 +6175,7 @@ shop!" The lobbies and the refreshment-room were emptying of the crowds which had been raving to each other after the first act of the beauty and -talent of the _débutante_, when Lord Ticehurst, who had been among the +talent of the _débutante_, when Lord Ticehurst, who had been among the loudest demonstrators in the omnibus-box, whither he was returning, met Gilbert Lloyd quietly ascending the stairs. @@ -6221,7 +6199,7 @@ When the roar of applause announced the reappearance of the evening's heroine, he looked up still leisurely; but the next instant his glass was fixed to his eyes, and then his hand shook and his cheeks were even whiter than usual, and his nether-lip was firmly held by his -teeth, as in Miss Grace Lambert, the successful _débutante_, he +teeth, as in Miss Grace Lambert, the successful _débutante_, he recognised his wife. @@ -6264,7 +6242,7 @@ the young lady who had succeeded to the laurels erst won so gallantly and worn so gracefully by these two great English singers, and came back loud in her praise. The _Mirror_--the weekly journal of theatricals and music--uplifted its honest, ungrammatical, kindly -voice in favour of the _débutante_, and gossiped pleasantly of Kitty +voice in favour of the _débutante_, and gossiped pleasantly of Kitty Stephens, Vestris, and the few other English-women who have ever sung in time and tune. The _Illustrated News_ published Miss Lambert's portrait on the same page with the portrait of the trowel with which @@ -6319,7 +6297,7 @@ possibly obtain from the Government, which he has always earnestly supported, a commissionership of five hundred a-year. We can do better than that, we others! So, let us say, with the French actress, "_Qu'on leur donne des grimaces pour leur argent et vivons hereux!_" and in a -modified and anglicised sense, "_Vive la vie de Bohème!_" +modified and anglicised sense, "_Vive la vie de Bohème!_" Did Gertrude care much for this kind of cheap incense burnt in her honour? Truth to tell, she cared for it very little indeed. When she @@ -6338,7 +6316,7 @@ time was spent very much as it was before her departure to Italy. The drawing-room of the little Bayswater villa was gorgeous and fragrant with anonymous bouquets, offerings left the previous night at the stage-door; but Miss Lambert had not made one single new acquaintance -since the night of her _début_. Occasionally on "off-nights" she would +since the night of her _début_. Occasionally on "off-nights" she would be seen at Carabas House, or at one or two of the other houses which she had been in the habit of visiting before the commencement of her professional career; but though she was inundated with invitations, @@ -6385,7 +6363,7 @@ her aunt? well, Bloxam; you know who I mean--go about to Lady Carabas', and all the right sort of people, and the more she won't know the wrong sort of people, the more they want to know her, and the 'let's' tremendous. The other shop's done up, sir; chawed up, smashed! -MacBone and Ivory and Déloge, and the rest of 'em, tell me they can't +MacBone and Ivory and Déloge, and the rest of 'em, tell me they can't sell a stall for the Regent; and I hear that Miramella threatened Jacowski with a fork at dinner the other day, because he spoke of Miss Lambert, and swore she'd go to America. Best thing she could do, @@ -6427,8 +6405,8 @@ borne away before her. She was "thoroughly proper, my dear," they told each other in confidence; and the obvious result of propriety being marriage, they waited for that result with great impatience. -The successful _début_ of the young lady whom the world regarded as -his _protégée_, but whom he in his secret soul acknowledged as his +The successful _début_ of the young lady whom the world regarded as +his _protégée_, but whom he in his secret soul acknowledged as his daughter, had given Lord Sandilands unmitigated satisfaction! Unmitigated, because his worldly knowledge had given him sufficient insight into Gertrude's character to enable him to perceive that she @@ -6488,7 +6466,7 @@ she was surrounded. And Lady Carabas, who was necessarily apprised of all that happened in Grace Lambert's life, was by no means annoyed at or jealous of her -_protégée's_ introduction to the Dowager Duchess of Broadwater, of +_protégée's_ introduction to the Dowager Duchess of Broadwater, of whom, in truth, her ladyship stood somewhat in awe; not that she ever confessed this for an instant, speaking of her always as a "most charming person," and "quite the nicest old lady of the day;" but @@ -6502,7 +6480,7 @@ stony glances from under very rigid eyebrows by the Broadwater faction. Lady Carabas had somewhat more than a dim idea of all this, and had quite sufficient sense of the fitness of things to be aware that it was more politic in her to accept the position than to fight -against it--to know that for a recognised _protégée_ of hers to be +against it--to know that for a recognised _protégée_ of hers to be received by the Broadwater clique tacitly reflected credit on her; and so, while she shrugged her shoulders when she heard of Lady Lowndes, and undisguisedly expressed her scorn at the attempts made by other @@ -6617,7 +6595,7 @@ prosed wearily for three or four hours; and he went out occasionally. He dined with Lord Boscastle, the lord-lieutenant and principal grandee of the county, where he met all "the best people," but where his attention was principally concentrated on his hostess; for Lady -Boscastle was _née_ Amelia Milliken, and, as Amelia Milliken, had been +Boscastle was _née_ Amelia Milliken, and, as Amelia Milliken, had been the great attraction for two seasons at the Theatre Royal Hatton Garden, during the lesseeship of the great Wuff. Miles could hardly realise to himself that the mild, elegant, dried-up, @@ -6674,7 +6652,7 @@ dogged determination which we call "British," and are extremely proud of (though, like the man who "treated resolution," in the end we often do the thing which we have so stubbornly refused to do); and although he knew that Miss Lambert had returned, and was about making her -_début_ in public, he remained stationary at Rowley Court. He received +_début_ in public, he remained stationary at Rowley Court. He received letters regularly from Lord Sandilands, but none of them ever contained a hint or a suggestion that he should come up to town; indeed, Miles guessed that Miss Lambert would be far too much occupied @@ -6704,9 +6682,9 @@ know all about it; and I know that there's nothing more horrible. There must be _beaux yeux_ somewhere, when a man voluntarily accepts that kind of life; and, by Jove! it's a kind of life to make one find the most ordinary eyes _beaux_. That confounded country life has -produced more _mésalliances_, and more--hem! What are you going to do +produced more _mésalliances_, and more--hem! What are you going to do with yourself to-day?" The old nobleman stopped his discourse -abruptly; with the reflection, perhaps, that _mésalliances_ scarcely +abruptly; with the reflection, perhaps, that _mésalliances_ scarcely fitted him for a theme. Answering him, Miles said that he had nothing to do, and that he was entirely at his friend's disposal. @@ -6758,7 +6736,7 @@ knocked up with all their work just now; and as it was such a long way Park-lane quite out of bounds), she had asked her nephew Etchingham to drive her over. Lord Sandilands bowed very grimly, and Miles Challoner then came forward. Lady Carabas was enchanted to see him; rallied him -on his absence on the night of the _début_; hoped to have him +on his absence on the night of the _début_; hoped to have him constantly at Carabas House, and was overwhelmingly gracious. Then Lord Ticehurst and Gertrude came in, and after a few conventional remarks, the young patrician, after a casual glance out of the window, @@ -6834,7 +6812,7 @@ issue of which his position in life depended--he would, after looking at them vigorously with all his power, turn into bed and sleep as calmly as though his mind were entirely free, rising the next morning with renewed health and courage to tackle the difficulties again. Just -at this period of Miss Lambert's _début_, Lloyd happened to be +at this period of Miss Lambert's _début_, Lloyd happened to be particularly busy; the Derby--on which he and his party were even more than usually interested--was close at hand, and all Gilbert's time was absorbed in "squaring" Lord Ticehurst's book and his own. But he knew @@ -6880,10 +6858,10 @@ business; but they were diametrically contradicted by the cigar-boxes, the pipe-rack, the Reynolds proofs, and the Pompeian photographs on the walls; the ivory statuettes and the china monsters on the chimney-piece; the deer-skins and the tiger-skins, the heavy bronzes, -the velvet _portières_, and the luxurious chairs and ottomans; all of +the velvet _portières_, and the luxurious chairs and ottomans; all of which indicated the possession of good taste and the means of gratifying it. Gilbert Lloyd had chosen these rooms--his bedchamber -adjoined his sitting-room--when the _ménage_ was first transplanted to +adjoined his sitting-room--when the _ménage_ was first transplanted to Hill-street from Limmer's--where, during the reign of Plater Dobbs, Lord Ticehurst had resided--and had kept them ever since. He had chosen them because they were pleasant and airy, and so far out of the @@ -6987,7 +6965,7 @@ out. It is not for me to teach etiquette to any lady, especially to Lady Carabas, who despises conventionality, and who, besides, is quite old enough to take care of herself. I should have thought that for a lady to come to a bachelor's house--however, of course she'll have her -maid and her footman, and some one to act as her _âme damnées_--her +maid and her footman, and some one to act as her _âme damnées_--her sheep-dog. Who is the sheep-dog, by the way?" "I don't know about sheep-dog," said Lord Ticehurst, flushing very @@ -7108,7 +7086,7 @@ It will keep him from dangling after any other woman, and it can come to nothing. I know her ladyship of Carabas rather too well to credit her with any desire for Miss Lambert the opera-singer as a relative; as a plaything, an amusement, she's well enough: but Lady Carabas -cries '_Halte là!_' and a hint from me to her would make her speak the +cries '_Halte là !_' and a hint from me to her would make her speak the word. Besides, _I_ am not dead yet, and I might have something to say about my wife's second marriage--that is, of course, supposing that second marriage did not suit my views. But there will be no question @@ -7362,7 +7340,7 @@ figure, the tasteful simplicity of her dress--and he noticed all these details down to the fit of her gloves and the colour of her bonnet-strings--he raged against himself for having been fool enough to relinquish the hold he once had on her. Could that hold be -reëstablished? If he were again to have an opportunity--But while +reëstablished? If he were again to have an opportunity--But while these thoughts were passing through his mind, Gertrude had finished her song and quitted the orchestra, and her glance had not fallen on him again. @@ -7510,7 +7488,7 @@ strict discipline of professional training that she was enabled to get over it so quickly--her thoughts reverted to the subject, and she was able to discuss it calmly with herself. What brought Gilbert Lloyd to that place? She knew him well enough to feel sure that there must have -been some strong inducement, and what could that be? Gilbert was _lié_ +been some strong inducement, and what could that be? Gilbert was _lié_ with Lord Ticehurst; and that that full-flavoured young nobleman was considerably in love with her, Gertrude had never attempted to disguise from herself; but what could that matter to the man from whom @@ -7530,7 +7508,7 @@ him; the marchioness would be only too happy to dilate on such a subject. By the time Miss Lambert was to sing again, she had quite made up her -mind on this point, and the sight of Gilbert Lloyd, _planté là_, did +mind on this point, and the sight of Gilbert Lloyd, _planté là _, did not cause her the slightest emotion. He stood as one rapt, fascinated by her beauty, drinking-in her voice, with one constant idea beating in his brain:--Was the past irrevocable? could not the mischief be @@ -7566,7 +7544,7 @@ while all the time it's all right for _you!_" "There!" said Tommy Toshington, wagging his new wig and his curly-brimmed hat in the direction where Lord Ticehurst was sitting; -"his lordship is _entêté_ with a certain warbler, eh? Fourth finger of +"his lordship is _entêté_ with a certain warbler, eh? Fourth finger of the left hand--death do us part, and all that sort of thing, eh? That wouldn't suit your book, I should think--have to give up your rooms; she persuade him to cut the turf, go to church, and that kind of @@ -7618,363 +7596,4 @@ PRINTING OFFICE OF THE PUBLISHER. End of Project Gutenberg's The Rock Ahead. (Vol. 1 of 2), by Edmund Yates -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ROCK AHEAD. 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