登陆注册
15422500000185

第185章 BREATHING TRANQUILLITY (1)

'And down the sunny beach she paces slowly,With many doubtful pauses by the way;Grief hath an influence so hush'd and holy.'HOOD. 'Is not Margaret the heiress?' whispered Edith to her husband, as they were in their room alone at night after the sad journey to Oxford. She had pulled his tall head down, and stood upon tiptoe, and implored him not to be shocked, before she had ventured to ask this question. Captain Lennox was, however, quite in the dark; if he had ever heard, he had forgotten;it could not be much that a Fellow of a small college had to leave; but he had never wanted her to pay for her board; and two hundred and fifty pounds a year was something ridiculous, considering that she did not take wine. Edith came down upon her feet a little bit sadder; with a romance blown to pieces. A week afterwards, she came prancing towards her husband, and made him a low curtsey: 'I am right, and you are wrong, most noble Captain. Margaret has had a lawyer's letter, and she is residuary legatee--the legacies being about two thousand pounds, and the remainder about forty thousand, at the present value of property in Milton.' 'Indeed! and how does she take her good fortune?' 'Oh, it seems she knew she was to have it all along; only she had no idea it was so much. She looks very white and pale, and says she's afraid of it; but that's nonsense, you know, and will soon go off. I left mamma pouring congratulations down her throat, and stole away to tell you.' It seemed to be supposed, by general consent, that the most natural thing was to consider Mr. Lennox henceforward as Margaret's legal adviser. She was so entirely ignorant of all forms of business that in nearly everything she had to refer to him. He chose out her attorney; he came to her with papers to be signed. He was never so happy as when teaching her of what all these mysteries of the law were the signs and types. 'Henry,' said Edith, one day, archly; 'do you know what I hope and expect all these long conversations with Margaret will end in?' 'No, I don't,' said he, reddening. 'And I desire you not to tell me.' 'Oh, very well; then I need not tell Sholto not to ask Mr. Montagu so often to the house.' 'Just as you choose,' said he with forced coolness. 'What you are thinking of, may or may not happen; but this time, before I commit myself, I will see my ground clear. Ask whom you choose. It may not be very civil, Edith, but if you meddle in it you will mar it. She has been very farouche with me for a long time; and is only just beginning to thaw a little from her Zenobia ways. She has the making of a Cleopatra in her, if only she were a little more pagan.' 'For my part,' said Edith, a little maliciously, 'I am very glad she is a Christian. I know so very few!' There was no Spain for Margaret that autumn; although to the last she hoped that some fortunate occasion would call Frederick to Paris, whither she could easily have met with a convoy. Instead of Cadiz, she had to content herself with Cromer. To that place her aunt Shaw and the Lennoxes were bound. They had all along wished her to accompany them, and, consequently, with their characters, they made but lazy efforts to forward her own separate wish. Perhaps Cromer was, in one sense of the expression, the best for her. She needed bodily strengthening and bracing as well as rest. Among other hopes that had vanished, was the hope, the trust she had had, that Mr. Bell would have given Mr. Thornton the simple facts of the family circumstances which had preceded the unfortunate accident that led to Leonards'

death. Whatever opinion--however changed it might be from what Mr. Thornton had once entertained, she had wished it to be based upon a true understanding of what she had done; and why she had done it. It would have been a pleasure to her; would have given her rest on a point on which she should now all her life be restless, unless she could resolve not to think upon it. It was now so long after the time of these occurrences, that there was no possible way of explaining them save the one which she had lost by Mr.

同类推荐
  • 佛说佛医经

    佛说佛医经

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。
  • 净土必求

    净土必求

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。
  • 麓堂诗话

    麓堂诗话

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。
  • 双江聂先生文集摘

    双江聂先生文集摘

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。
  • 广志

    广志

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。
热门推荐
  • EXO之愿

    EXO之愿

    十二位狼族王子,受命去保护一位人类女孩,据说是狼族公主转世,却不曾想,狼族公主的真正力量,会毁灭整个狼族,王子们该如何抉择呢?
  • 冷君绝宠:医毒王妃很牛掰

    冷君绝宠:医毒王妃很牛掰

    废柴:玄技,武力值零分?花痴:看到男人不管美丑就追?白痴:连最简单的算术都不会?这样蠢笨又烂的女人居然是护国公一字王爷凤家的嫡长孙女!然事实真的如此吗?异世而来的灵魂从这一刻开始璀璨风华!傲视天下!不管是平凡还是大能,夜琉雪只知道一个道理:谁的拳头硬就是王道!一手银针出神入化,活死人医白骨!一手毒术杀敌无形,让人谈之色变!玄技斗气无双天下!萌宠幻兽一箩筐!(宠文一对一,女强男更强;宠爱无极限)
  • 侦探小子的宿命

    侦探小子的宿命

    从小喜欢侦探,偶像是福尔摩斯,梦想做一个侦探,发现现实很难,唯有用自己的名字在小说中推理冒险(当我知道有位大师用自己的笔名给侦探命名的时候其实有点失落——他叫奎因),本书会分主题一直更新,每个主题计划写5个短篇小故事(柯南道尔每批写6个故事,不能超越偶像),希望大家喜欢看。
  • 青春不老

    青春不老

    小城小电台的傻妞回忆大学校园生活,一帮多年好友纷纷登场,活波好动的雍凡,古灵精怪的水瑶,沉稳大气的柏原,聪明伶俐的燕妮,还有大学好友坚强仗义的米琦,好学友善的林影,还有遇到亲爱的恋人余多。毕业之后还怀念那份感情。当往事已过,重新进入爱情生活的时候,才发现无法再度拥有。当青春逝去,年华将老,是否还能以爱相见。
  • 鹿晗一世所爱

    鹿晗一世所爱

    王子与公主的故事,公主叫于茉莉,王子叫鹿晗。
  • 初见love

    初见love

    公主变成灰姑娘,还是难掩公主的气质。即使她不是谌家的那个小千金,她照样能活的潇潇洒洒,即使与王子分离,她也照样有守护她的将军。即使面对恶毒的女人,她仍然坚定初心,总有一天她会把失去的全部夺回来。等着我,最后的最后,王子和将军该选谁呢?
  • 圣源令

    圣源令

    圣源大陆,源力为基,武学至上!落榜考生偶然穿越至异界大陆,原来,所有的挣扎过后,都只是为了拨开那一团惊天迷雾。那么,就看他如何左右逢源,在这崭新的异界悍然崛起!!!!成就不世威名!
  • 火澜

    火澜

    当一个现代杀手之王穿越到这个世界。是隐匿,还是崛起。一场血雨腥风的传奇被她改写。一条无上的强者之路被她踏破。修斗气,炼元丹,收兽宠,化神器,大闹皇宫,炸毁学院,打死院长,秒杀狗男女,震惊大陆。无止尽的契约能力,上古神兽,千年魔兽,纷纷前来抱大腿,惊傻世人。她说:在我眼里没有好坏之分,只有强弱之分,只要你能打败我,这世间所有都是你的,打不败我,就从这世间永远消失。她狂,她傲,她的目标只有一个,就是凌驾这世间一切之上。三国皇帝,魔界妖王,冥界之主,仙界至尊。到底谁才是陪着她走到最后的那个?他说:上天入地,我会陪着你,你活着,有我,你死,也一定有我。本文一对一,男强女强,强强联手,不喜勿入。
  • 霸道总裁的可心儿

    霸道总裁的可心儿

    他们的相遇只是故事的开始,她拥有这一切女性羡慕的家庭背景,而却没有人懂她的内心世界,一直在寻找......
  • 美男来袭:征服冰山女神

    美男来袭:征服冰山女神

    她,是世界第一集团——冥曦帝国的总裁,是站在金字塔顶端的世界级影后,是生性孤傲,出手狠辣,残忍嗜血,是美男门追求的完美女神,是N向全能的超强少女,更是拥有完美身材和长相的绝美女王……女扮男装进入圣雅高中认识了新朋友——霸道拽的花心大少冷晨熙和调皮幼稚的上官瑞杰………这么多优秀帅气的美男子,我们的女主又会作何选择呢,待我们慢慢揭晓