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the mirrors accustomed to reflect them when they were a portion 

of   herself察  have   a   desolate   and   vacant   air。   Dark   and   cold   as   the 

wintry day is察it is darker and colder in these   deserted   chambers 

than   in   many   a   hut察  that   will   barely   exclude    the   weather察    and 

though the servants heap fires in the grates察and set  the   couches 

and the chairs within the warm glass screens that let their ruddy 

light shoot through to the furthest corners察there is a heavy cloud 

upon the rooms which no light will dispel。 

    The old housekeeper and her son remain until the preparations 

are complete察and then she returns upstairs。 Volumnia has taken 

Mrs Rouncewell¨s place in the meantime此though pearl necklaces 

and   rouge      pots   however     calculated     to  embellish     Bath察   are   but 

indifferent   comforts   to   the   invalid   under   present   circumstances。 

Volumnia察not being supposed to know and indeed not knowing 

what is the matter察has found it a ticklish task to offer appropriate 

observations察      and    consequently       has   supplied     their   place    with 

distracting  smoothings   of  the  bed   linen察  elaborate   locomotion   on 

tiptoe察    vigilant     peeping      at   her    kinsman¨s       eyes察   and     one 

exasperating   whisper   to   herself   of   ^He   is   asleep。 ̄   In   disproof   of 

which   superfluous   remark察  Sir   Leicester   has   indignantly   written 

on the slate察 I am not。 ̄ 

    Yielding察  therefore察  the   chair   at   the   bedside   to   the   quaint   old 



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housekeeper察       Volumnia       sits  at   a   table    a   little  removed察

sympathetically sighing。 Sir Leicester watches the sleet and snow察

and listens for the returning steps that he expects。 In the   ears   of 

his old servant察looking as if she had stepped out of an old picture´ 

frame to attend a summoned Dedlock to another world察the silence 

is fraught with echoes of her own words察 Who will tell him 院

   He has been under his valet¨s hands this morning察to be made 

presentable察and is as well got up as the circumstances will allow。 

He   is   propped   with   pillows察  his   grey   hair   is   brushed   in   its   usual 

manner察his linen is arranged to a nicety察and he is wrapped in a 

responsible dressing gown。 His eyeglass  and   his   watch  are   ready 

to his hand。 It is necessary!less to his own dignity now perhaps察

than for her sake!that he should be seen as little disturbed察and 

as   much     himself察  as  may   be。  Women      will  talk察 and   Volumnia察

though a Dedlock察is no exceptional case。 He keeps her here察there 

is little doubt察to prevent her talking somewhere else。 He is very ill此

but he makes his present stand against distress of mind and body察

most courageously。 

   The fair Volumnia being one of those sprightly girls who cannot 

long    continue    silent  without    imminent      peril  of  seizure   by   the 

dragon     Boredom察  soon   indicates      the   approach     of  that  monster 

with    a  series  of  undisguisable     yawns。    Finding     it  impossible   to 

suppress those yawns by any other process than conversation察she 

compliments        Mrs   Rouncewell       on   her   son察  declaring    that   he 

positively is one of the finest figures she ever saw察and as soldierly 

a   looking    person    she   should    think察  as  what¨s    his  name察    her 

favourite Life Guardsman!the man she dotes on!the dearest of 

creatures!who was killed at Waterloo。 

    Sir   Leicester    hears   this  tribute   with  so   much    surprise察  and 



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stares   about   him   in   such   a   confused   way察  that   Mrs   Rouncewell 

feels it necessary to explain。 

    ^Miss Dedlock don¨t speak of my eldest son察Sir Leicester察but 

my youngest。 I have found him。 He has come home。 ̄ 

    Sir   Leicester   breaks   silence   with   a   harsh   cry。   ^George拭  Your 

son George come home察Mrs Rouncewell拭院

    The    old  housekeeper   wipes        her  eyes。   ^Thank     God。   Yes察  Sir 

Leicester。 ̄ 

    Does this discovery of some one lost察this return of some one so 

long gone察come upon him as a strong confirmation of his hopes拭

Does he   think察 Shall  I   not察  with  the   aid   I   have察  recall   her  safely 

after this察there being fewer hours in her case than there are years 

in his拭院

    It is of no use entreating him察he is determined   to  speak now察

and    he   does。   In  a  thick   crowd    of  sounds察   but   still  intelligibly 

enough to be understood。 

    ^Why did you not tell me察Mrs Rouncewell拭院

    ^It happened only yesterday察Sir Leicester察and I doubted your 

being well enough to be talked to of such things。 ̄ 

    Besides察  the    giddy   Volumnia   now   remembers          with   her   little 

scream      that   nobody      was    to  have    known      of  his   being    Mrs 

Rouncewell¨s   son察  and       that   she  was   not   to   have  told。   But   Mrs 

Rouncewell protests察with warmth enough to swell the stomacher察

that of course she would have told Sir Leicester as soon as he got 

better。 

    ^Where      is  your    son    George察    Mrs    Rouncewell拭院       asks   Sir 

Leicester。 

    Mrs   Rouncewell察  not   a   little   alarmed   by   his   disregard   of   the 

doctor¨s injunctions察replies察in London。 



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    ^Where in London拭院

    Mrs Rouncewell is constrained to admit that he is in the house。 

    ^Bring him here to my room。 Bring him directly。 ̄ 

    The    old   lady  can   do   nothing     but  go   in  search    of  him。   Sir 

Leicester察    with   such    power    of  movement       as  he   has察  arranges 

himself a little察to receive him。 When he has done so察he looks out 

again     at  the  falling   sleet  and   snow察   and   listens   again    for  the 

returning steps。 A quantity of straw has been tumbled down in the 

street to deaden the noises there察and she might be driven to the 

door     perhaps     without    his   hearing     wheels。    He   is  lying    thus察

apparently   forgetful   of   his   newer   and   minor   surprise察  when   the 

housekeeper returns察accompanied by her trooper son。 Mr George 

approaches softly to the bedside察makes his bow察squares his chest察

and stands察with his face flushed察very heartily ashamed of himself。 

    ^Good   Heaven察  and   it   is   really   George   Rouncewell 院  exclaims 

Sir Leicester。 ^Do you remember me察George拭院

    The   trooper   needs   to   look   at   him察  and   to   separate   this   sound 

from that sound察before he knows what he has said察but doing this察

and being a little helped by his mother察he replies此

    ^I   must   have   a   very   bad   memory察  indeed察  Sir   Leicester察  if   I 

failed to remember you。 ̄ 

    ^When      I  look    at  you察  George     Rouncewell察院      Sir   Leicester 

observes      with   difficulty察  I  see   something   of   a   boy   at   Chesney 

Wold!I remember well!very well。 ̄ 

    He looks at the trooper until tears come into his eyes察and then 

he looks at the sleet and snow again。 

    ^I ask your pardon察Sir Leicester察院says the trooper察 but would 

you accept of my  arms   to  raise  you  up。   You  would lie  easier察Sir 

Leicester察if you would allow me to move y

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