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diff --git a/59927-8.txt b/59927-0.txt index da75e5a..708fffa 100644 --- a/59927-8.txt +++ b/59927-0.txt @@ -1,29 +1,7 @@ -The Project Gutenberg EBook of Black Sheep, by Edmund Yates +*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 59927 *** -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: Black Sheep - A Novel -Author: Edmund Yates - -Release Date: July 16, 2019 [EBook #59927] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BLACK SHEEP *** - - - - -Produced by Charles Bowen from page scans provided by Google Books @@ -282,7 +260,7 @@ remorse at his heart. gives, and no place for her only son! I wonder how she likes it all! No, no, I don't; I know she is not happy, and it's my fault, and HIS." His face grew darker and more angry, and he shook his clenched hand -towards a stately house, whose long lighted façade now became visible. +towards a stately house, whose long lighted façade now became visible. "And _his_--_his_ who married my mother and deceived her, who gave her hopes he never intended to fulfil--my ill conduct the cause of his @@ -1270,16 +1248,16 @@ of high play at cards developing into fact of perpetually sported "oak," non-attendance at chapel, and frequent shirking of classes, lessened the esteem in which Mr. Routh was held by the authorities; and a written confession handed to the dean, after being obtained by -parental pressure, from Mr. Albert Grüntz, of Christ Church, son of -and heir to Mr. Jacob Grüntz, sugar-baker, of St Mary Axe, in the city +parental pressure, from Mr. Albert Grüntz, of Christ Church, son of +and heir to Mr. Jacob Grüntz, sugar-baker, of St Mary Axe, in the city of London, and Balmoral-gardens, Hyde-park, a confession to the effect -that he, Mr. A. Grüntz, had lost the sum of two thousand pounds to Mr. +that he, Mr. A. Grüntz, had lost the sum of two thousand pounds to Mr. S. Routh, at a game played with dice, and known as French hazard, procured the dismissal of Mr. S. Routh from the seat of learning. At Carr Abbey, whither he retired, his stay was shortened by the arrival of another document from Oxford, this time signed by Lord Hawkhurst, gentleman commoner of Christ Church, and Arthur Wardroper, of Balliol, -setting forth that Mr. S. Routh, while playing hazard in Mr. Grüntz's +setting forth that Mr. S. Routh, while playing hazard in Mr. Grüntz's rooms, had been caught there _in flagrante delicto_ in the act of cheating by "securing," _i.e_. retaining in his fingers, one of the dice which he should have shaken from the box. It was the receipt of @@ -1890,7 +1868,7 @@ Present circumstances were more favourable, and he only needed George Dallas's assistance in his schemes. For, Stewart Routh's measures for raising money were of all kinds and of all dimensions; the elephant's trunk of his genius could pick up a five-pound-note bet from a flat at -_écarté_, or could move the lever of a gigantic city swindle. And he +_écarté_, or could move the lever of a gigantic city swindle. And he was "in for a large thing" just at this time. Men attending professionally at the betting-ring at the great steeplechase then coming off, noticed Routh's absence with wonder, and though he @@ -3027,7 +3005,7 @@ shall not regret the price I have paid for it." sit so close to me." "I'm not sure that your voice ought to be heard either, speaking so -familiarly, _tête-à-tête_ with the important Mrs. Carruthers of +familiarly, _tête-à -tête_ with the important Mrs. Carruthers of Poynings--a personage whose sayings and doings are things of note at Amherst," said Mrs. Carruthers with a smile, as he took a seat at a little distance, and placed one of the samples of periodical @@ -3410,7 +3388,7 @@ simplicity, "and, of course, do everything well." This simple exhibition of faith in artists amused Dallas, to whom this girl was a sort of revelation of the possibilities of beauty, -innocence, and _naïveté_. +innocence, and _naïveté_. "Of course," he replied gravely; "nevertheless I fear I shall not do justice to the sycamores." @@ -3545,7 +3523,7 @@ Knellers." "With these disparaging words in his thoughts, George Dallas reached the border of the park, and found himself in front of the house. The -façade was even more imposing and beautiful than he had been led to +façade was even more imposing and beautiful than he had been led to expect by the distant view of it, and the wide arched doorway gave admittance to an extensive quadrangle beyond. A stone terrace stretched away at either side of the entrance, as at Poynings. @@ -3737,7 +3715,7 @@ not only thinking but talking of him. Mr. Carruthers was absent, so was Clare; she had the grand stately house all to herself, and she improved the occasion by having tea in her dressing-room, having dismissed her maid, affianced to a thriving miller in the village, to -a tête-à-tête with her lover, and summoning her trusty friend Mrs. +a tête-à -tête with her lover, and summoning her trusty friend Mrs. Brookes to a confidential conference with her. The two women had no greater pleasure or pain in their lives than talking of George. There had been many seasons before and since her second marriage when Mrs. @@ -3853,10 +3831,10 @@ particularly clever. Dallas looked admiringly at the beautiful creature, who was young, awkward, and supremely happy, and the next instant he heard a voice speaking from the top of the straight walk. -"Here, Cæsar," it said; "come here, sir; who told you I was going that +"Here, Cæsar," it said; "come here, sir; who told you I was going that way?" -Cæsar tossed up his head, somewhat to the detriment of the basket, and +Cæsar tossed up his head, somewhat to the detriment of the basket, and lolloped about with his big black legs, but did not retrace his steps, and the next moment Miss Carruthers appeared. A few yards only divided her from George, who stood outside the gate, his face turned full @@ -3869,10 +3847,10 @@ to himself, in the momentary silence which followed their mutual salutation, and then, in a kind of desperation, he said: "I am fortunate to meet you again, by a lucky accident, Miss -Carruthers. You are out earlier to-day, and this is Cæsar's turn." +Carruthers. You are out earlier to-day, and this is Cæsar's turn." He patted the shiny black head of the Newfoundland, who still -obstructed the entrance to the path, as he spoke, and Cæsar received +obstructed the entrance to the path, as he spoke, and Cæsar received the attention tolerably graciously. "Yes, I generally walk early, and ride in the afternoon." @@ -3886,7 +3864,7 @@ Miss Carruthers blushed again as she replied: walks, and Sir Thomas never rides. Were you going into the park again, Mr. Ward?" -By this time Cæsar had run out into the road, and was in a state of +By this time Cæsar had run out into the road, and was in a state of impatient perplexity, and evidently much inconvenienced by the basket, which he was too well trained to drop, but shook disconsolately as he glanced reproachfully at Clare, wondering how much longer she meant to @@ -3899,7 +3877,7 @@ recall all pleasures." "I--I told my uncle of your visit yesterday, and he said he was sorry to have missed you, and hoped you would see as much of the park as you liked. Did--did you finish your sketch, Mr. Ward? Oh, that horrid -Cæsar, he will have the handle off my basket. Just see how he is +Cæsar, he will have the handle off my basket. Just see how he is knocking it against the stile." She came hurriedly through the open gateway into the road, George @@ -3910,11 +3888,11 @@ following her. "Oh, pray do; there now, he is over the stile, and running through the field." -George rushed away in pursuit of Cæsar, triumphant at his success in +George rushed away in pursuit of Cæsar, triumphant at his success in thus terminating a period of inaction for which he saw no reasonable excuse. Miss Carruthers mounted the stile in a more leisurely fashion, turned into the footpath which led through the field, and in a few -moments met George returning, her basket in his hand, and Cæsar +moments met George returning, her basket in his hand, and Cæsar slouching along beside him, sulky and discontented. She thanked George, told him she was going nearly as far as Amherst by @@ -4027,7 +4005,7 @@ fair pretext for saying it, had she seen Miss Carruthers strolling through the fields which lay between the Sycamores and Amherst, in deep and undisguisedly delighted conversation with a strange young man, who was apparently absorbed in the pleasure of talking to and -listening to her, while Cæsar trotted now by the side of the one, anon +listening to her, while Cæsar trotted now by the side of the one, anon of the other, with serene and friendly complacency. Mrs. Grundy was, however, not destined to know anything about the "very suspicious" circumstance for the present. And George Dallas and Clare Carruthers, @@ -4250,12 +4228,12 @@ she was not conveying a very pleasing impression of her uncle. George understood her, and correctly, to refer to Mr. Carruthers. They had descended the incline by this time, and were close to the -cottage gate. It lay open, and Cæsar ran up to the prim little green +cottage gate. It lay open, and Cæsar ran up to the prim little green door. "Come here, sir," called Clare; "please let him have the basket again, Mr. Ward. Old Willcox reared him for me, from a puppy, and he likes to -see him at his tricks. Thank you. Now then, go on, Cæsar." +see him at his tricks. Thank you. Now then, go on, Cæsar." Her hand was on the open gate, her face turned away from the cottage, towards George--it was no easier to her to say good-bye than to him, @@ -4702,7 +4680,7 @@ begrimed bust, with its hair dust-powdered, and with layers of dust on its highly developed cheek-bones. In the middle of the room a battered old desk covered with blue books, letters opened and unopened, piles of manuscript under paper-weights, baskets with cards of invitations -for all sorts of soirées, entertainments, and performances, and +for all sorts of soirées, entertainments, and performances, and snake-like india-rubber tubes for communication with distant printing-offices or reporters' rooms, a big leaden inkstand like a bath, and a sheaf of pens more or less dislocated. At this desk sat a @@ -7205,7 +7183,7 @@ which the dignity and emoluments of a post-office were attached; glanced up and down the little street, listened to certain desultory sounds which spoke of the commencement of activity in adjacent stable-yards, and to the barking with which some vagabond dogs of her -acquaintance greeted her and Cæsar; satisfied herself that she was +acquaintance greeted her and Cæsar; satisfied herself that she was unobserved, and then retraced her steps as rapidly as possible. The large white-faced clock over the stables at Poynings--an unimpeachable instrument, never known to gain or lose within the memory of man--was @@ -7827,7 +7805,7 @@ suggestive of vermin, hanging from poles protruding from the windows. There every cellar bristles with an array of boots of all kinds and shades, amongst which the little Hebrew children squall and fight, and play at their little games of defrauding each other. There are the -_bric-à-brac_ shops, crammed with cheap odds and ends from every +_bric-à -brac_ shops, crammed with cheap odds and ends from every quarter of the globe, all equally undistinguishable under an impartial covering of dust and dirt; there are the booksellers, with their worm-eaten folios and their copies of the Scriptures, and their @@ -7894,7 +7872,7 @@ under his bushy eyebrows,--"you have never been in a jewel-house?" "Never have been in a jeweller's shop? O yes, often." "Still you fail my meaning. You have never been in a jeweller's shop -as employé, as assistant?" +as employé, as assistant?" "Assistant at a jeweller's--ah! thank you! now I see what you're aiming at. I've never been an assistant in a jeweller's shop, you ask, @@ -7916,7 +7894,7 @@ uncaring which way the discussion ended, that George Dallas could scarcely forbear laughing as he replied, "Ask away!" "Ask away," repeated Mr. Dieverbrug, still with his soft smile. "Well, -then, you are not a jeweller's employé; I can tell that by your +then, you are not a jeweller's employé; I can tell that by your manner, which also shows me that you are not what you call swell-mob-man--rascal---escroc. So you come to me with valuable diamonds to sell; my questions are, How do you get these diamonds? Who @@ -9751,7 +9729,7 @@ That night George Dallas slept for the first time under the roof of the old house at Poynings; but an early hour in the morning found him on his way back to town. -When Clare Carruthers, mounted on Sir Lancelot and escorted by Cæsar, +When Clare Carruthers, mounted on Sir Lancelot and escorted by Cæsar, arrived at Poynings on the following afternoon, she was surprised to find Mrs. Brookes looking well and cheerful. The girl had brought good news. Mrs. Carruthers had borne the journey well, and it was proposed @@ -10860,7 +10838,7 @@ that Mr. Felton might have arrived in England, or even at Poynings, but did not see what George could do in that case. "You can't go and entertain another man at a house where you haven't -the entrée yourself," he said. "I suppose the old woman will let you +the entrée yourself," he said. "I suppose the old woman will let you know if he really comes to Poynings. In the mean time, send the letters on to Mr. Carruthers. You expect to get his address from some girl or other--his niece, I think I understood Harriet--and ask what @@ -10932,7 +10910,7 @@ LOOKING OUT ON THE TAUNUS. It was a beautiful day in the early autumn, and though "all the world" -had not yet mustered at Homburg von der Höhe, though the hotel of +had not yet mustered at Homburg von der Höhe, though the hotel of "Quarter Sessions" had not yet a tithe of the illustrious names for contribution to the visitors' list which it was destined to have, the scene presented by the little white town in its setting of green--a @@ -12262,7 +12240,7 @@ interested her. They were alone. The rooms within filled, and emptied, and filled again, and people rambled about them, went out upon the terrace and -into the gardens; but no one intruded upon the _tête-á-tête_ upon the +into the gardens; but no one intruded upon the _tête-á-tête_ upon the balcony. A momentary pause in the earnest, passionate flow of her companion's @@ -14529,7 +14507,7 @@ start in the morning?" by voice or countenance, "I will have everything ready." -Homburg von der Höhe was graced for only a few days longer by the +Homburg von der Höhe was graced for only a few days longer by the beautiful American. Her pony-carriage and the gray ponies, the French groom, the luxurious wrappings, the splendid vision of satin, and lace, and jewels, all disappeared, and the Schwarzchild mansion was @@ -14558,7 +14536,7 @@ A week later George Dallas wrote to Harriet Routh from Paris as follows: -"Hôtel du Louvre, Paris, October. +"Hôtel du Louvre, Paris, October. "My Dear Mrs. Routh,--I am here with my uncle. My mother and Mr. Carruthers are travelling more slowly. We are all to meet in London. @@ -14605,7 +14583,7 @@ room is No. 80. He undertakes to replace the diamonds, and, as far as I can judge--to be sure it's only a little way--with stones just as fine as those I sold at A--, for a third less than the money his Hebrew Dutch -_confrère_ gave me. I had a mind to tell him the value of the original +_confrère_ gave me. I had a mind to tell him the value of the original diamonds, but I didn't--the honestest of the jewellers is only human, and it might tempt him to raise the price and not the value. But I think he recognized a master-mind in my uncle." @@ -15034,7 +15012,7 @@ Then she turned her head away with an effort and a sigh, and rode on. Clare was going over from the Sycamores to Poynings. She had occasion to see the housekeeper, started early, and, as usual, unattended, save -by Cæsar, who bounded along now by the side of Sir Lancelot, anon a +by Cæsar, who bounded along now by the side of Sir Lancelot, anon a considerable way in advance, doing the distance twice over, after the fashion of dogs, and evidently compassionating the leisurely pace to which his equine friend and comrade was condemned. @@ -17749,7 +17727,7 @@ much respite. Clare, I am a chief witness; I must be there, you know, to tell them about--about my son--" He paused, and closed his eyes for a few minutes. -"The case was called _pro formâ_ this morning, but Mr. Lowther's +"The case was called _pro formâ_ this morning, but Mr. Lowther's partner, his brother, easily procured a delay. George was too ill to appear, but he sent me word that there was nothing seriously wrong." @@ -18728,363 +18706,4 @@ JOHN CHILDS AND SON, PRINTERS. 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