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spose it was because that wulgar raskle Silvertop WOOD stay in the

box。  As if he didn't know (Lady B。's as deaf as a poast and counts

for nothink) that people SOMETIMES like a tatytaty。〃





〃Friday。I was sleeples all night。  I gave went to my feelings in

the folloring linesthere's a hair out of Balfe's Hopera that

she's fond of。  I edapted them to that mellady。



〃She was in the droring…room alone with Lady B。  She was wobbling

at the pyanna as I hentered。  I flung the convasation upon mewsick;

said I sung myself (I've ad lesns lately of Signor Twankydillo);

and; on her rekwesting me to faver her with somethink; I bust out

with my pom:





     〃'WHEN MOONLIKE OER THE HAZURE SEAS。



     〃'When moonlike ore the hazure seas

        In soft effulgence swells;

       When silver jews and balmy breaze

        Bend down the Lily's bells;

       When calm and deap; the rosy sleap

        Has lapt your soal in dreems;

       R Hangeline!  R lady mine!

        Dost thou remember Jeames?



     〃'I mark thee in the Marble All;

        Where Englands loveliest shine

       I say the fairest of them hall

        Is Lady Hangeline。

       My soul; in desolate eclipse;

        With recollection teems

       And then I hask; with weeping lips

        Dost thou remember Jeames?



     〃'Away! I may not tell thee hall

        This soughring heart endures

       There is a lonely sperrit…call

        That Sorrow never cures;

       There is a little; little Star;

        That still above me beams;

       It is the Star of Hopebut ar!

        Dost thou remember Jeames?'





〃When I came to the last words; 'Dost thou remember Je…e…e…ams?' I

threw such an igspresshn of unuttrable tenderniss into the shake at

the hend; that Hangelina could bare it no more。  A bust of

uncumtrollable emotium seized her。  She put her ankercher to her

face and left the room。  I heard her laffing and sobbing histerickly

in the bedwor。



〃O HangelinaMy adord one; My Arts joy!〃 。 。 。





〃BAREACRES; me; the ladies of the famly; with their sweet

Southdown; B's eldest son; and George Silvertop; the shabby Capting

(who seems to git leaf from his ridgmint whenhever he likes;) have

beene down into Diddlesex for a few days; enjying the spawts of the

feald there。



〃Never having done much in the gunning line (since when a hinnasent

boy; me and Jim Cox used to go out at Healing; and shoot sparrers

in the Edges with a pistle)I was reyther dowtfle as to my suxes

as a shot; and practusd for some days at a stoughd bird in a

shooting gallery; which a chap histed up and down with a string。  I

sugseaded in itting the hannimle pretty well。  I bought Awker's

'Shooting…Guide;' two double…guns at Mantings; and salected from

the French prints of fashn the most gawjus and ellygant sportting

ebillyment。  A lite blue velvet and goold cap; woar very much on

one hear; a cravatt of yaller & green imbroidered satting; a weskit

of the McGrigger plaid; & a jacket of the McWhirter tartn; (with

large; motherapurl butns; engraved with coaches & osses; and

sporting subjix;) high leather gayters; and marocky shooting shoes;

was the simple hellymence of my costewm; and I flatter myself set

hoff my figger in rayther a fayverable way。  I took down none of my

own pusnal istablishmint except Fitzwarren; my hone mann; and my

grooms; with Desparation and my curricle osses; and the Fourgong

containing my dressing…case and close。



〃I was heverywhere introjuiced in the county as the great Railroad

Cappitlist; who was to make Diddlesex the most prawsperous districk

of the hempire。  The squires prest forrards to welcome the new

comer amongst 'em; and we had a Hagricultural Meating of the

Bareacres tenantry; where I made a speech droring tears from

heavery i。  It was in compliment to a layborer who had brought up

sixteen children; and lived sixty years on the istate on seven bobb

a week。  I am not prowd; though I know my station。  I shook hands

with that mann in lavinder kidd gloves。  I told him that the

purshuit of hagriculture wos the noblist hockupations of humannaty:

I spoke of the yoming of Hengland; who (under the command of my

hancisters) had conquered at Hadjincourt & Cressy; and I gave him a

pair of new velveteen inagspressables; with two and six in each

pocket; as a reward for three score years of labor。  Fitzwarren; my

man; brought them forrards on a satting cushing。  Has I sat down

defning chears selewted the horator; the band struck up 'The Good

Old English Gentleman。'  I looked to the ladies galry; my Hangelina

waived her ankasher and kissd her &; and I sor in the distans that

pore Mary Hann efected evidently to tears by my ellaquints。〃





〃What an adwance that gal has made since she's been in Lady

Hangelina's company!  Sins she wears her young lady's igsploded

gownds and retired caps and ribbings; there's an ellygance abowt her

which is puffickly admarable; and which; haddid to her own natral

bewty & sweetniss; creates in my boozum serting sensatiums 。 。 。

Shor! I MUSTN'T give way to fealinx unwuthy of a member of the

aristoxy。  What can she be to me but a mear recklectiona vishn of

former ears?



〃I'm blest if I didn mistake her for Hangelina herself yesterday。

I met her in the grand Collydore of Bareacres Castle。  I sor a lady

in a melumcolly hattatude gacing outawinder at the setting sun;

which was eluminating the fair parx and gardings of the ancient

demean。



〃'Bewchus Lady Hangelina;' says I'A penny for your Ladyship's

thought;' says I。



〃'Ho; Jeames!  Ho; Mr。 De la Pluche!' hansered a well…known vice;

with a haxnt of sadnis which went to my art。  'YOU know what my

thoughts are; well enough。  I was thinking of happy; happy old

times; when both of us were poopoooor;' says Mary Hann; busting

out in a phit of crying; a thing I can't ebide。  I took her and

tried to cumft her: I pinted out the diffrents of our sitawashns;

igsplained to her that proppaty has its jewties as well as its

previletches; and that MY juty clearly was to marry into a noble

famly。  I kep on talking to her (she sobbing and going hon hall the

time) till Lady Hangelina herself came up'The real Siming Pewer;'

as they say in the play。



〃There they stood togetherthem two young women。  I don't know

which is the ansamest。  I coodn help comparing them; and I coodnt

help comparing myself to a certing Hannimle I've read of; that

found it difficklt to make a choice betwigst 2 Bundles of A。〃





〃That ungrateful beest Fitzwarrenmy oan mana feller I've maid a

fortune fora feller I give 100 lb。 per hannum to!a low bred

Wallydyshamber!  HE must be thinking of falling in love too! and

treating me to his imperence。



〃He's a great big athlatic fellersix foot i; with a pair of black

whiskers like air…brusheswith a look of a Colonel in the harmya

dangerous pawmpus…spoken raskle I warrunt you。  I was coming ome

from shuiting this hafternoonand passing through Lady Hangelina's

flour…garding; who should I see in the summerouse; but Mary Hann

pretending to em an ankyshr and Mr。 Fitzwarren paying his cort to

her?



〃'You may as well have me; Mary Hann;' says he。  'I've saved money。

We'll take a public…house and I'll make a lady of you。  I'm not a

purse…proud ungrateful fellow like Jeameswho's such a snob ('such

a SNOB' was his very words!) that I'm ashamed to wait on himwho's

the laughing stock of all the gentry and the housekeeper's room

tootry a MAN;' says he'don't be taking on about such a humbug

as Jeames。'



〃Here young Joe the keaper's sun; who was carrying my bagg; bust

out a laffing thereby causing Mr。 Fitwarren to turn round and

intarupt this polite convasation。



〃I was in such a rayge。  'Quit the building; Mary Hann;' says I to

the young womanand you; Mr。 Fitzwarren; have the goodness to

remain。'



〃'I give you warning;' roars he; looking black; blue; yallerall

the colors of

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