T HE HARD NO
SC ANDAL
BY
F RAN K
BAR R E T T
A UT H
T H E AD M I R A B
L E L A DY
O
B I DDY F A
I N T WO
OF
R
NE
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,
F E T T E RE D F O R
LI
FE ,
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E T C.
V O L UM E S
VO L
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L O N DON
C H AT T O
WI N DU S
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P I C C A DI L L Y
C O N T E N T S O F VO L
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II
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P AG E
C H AP T E R
L E AD
X V I I O N L Y A SL A V E Y
X V I I I T H E BE GI N N I N G O F M A RT YR D O M
X I X T H E G E N E R A L SC O R E S A N O T H E R T R I C K
XX AN A P P E A L
XX I O N LY A L I T T L E C A ST O FF WI F E
XX I I E XP E D I E N C Y
XX I I I T H E C H A N GE I N D E N I SE
XX I V DE N I SE P LAY S H E R C A R D
XXV M O N T E C A R L O
XX V I T H E G E N E R A L F I N E SSE S
XX V I I A N O T H E R T R I C K T O T H E GE N E RA L
XX V I I I T E M PT E D O F T H E DE V I L
XX I X T H E R OA D T O D E ST R U C T I O N
XXX T H E BA T T L E O F F L O W E R S
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SC A N D A L
H A RD I N G
THE
C H A P T E R XV I
A
T HE
L E AD
N EW
.
.
General s composition was not such
’
stuff as stage villains are made of he was
not wicked from a diabolical love
ness
On
.
of
wicked
the contrary he w ould have very
,
much preferred to steer clear of dangerous
—
practices to be benevolent charitable and
,
,
worthily beloved by all
;
in other words he
w ould have liked to possess
thousand a year
pleased
to
was different
.
,
sa
twenty
y
,
bestow freely as
be
B ut as he had nothing in the world
.
but a large number
VO L
,
II
.
.
of
unpaid debts the case
,
He dreaded poverty only less
I
5
T H E H AR DI N G SCAN D A L
2
than he dreaded death and like many others
,
he had
to
,
struggle for existence ; and as
existe nce
fo r
a ce rtain
amount of worldly
'
,
him involved the possession
co
m
rt s ,
of
which
he had no legitimate means of obtaining he
,
found himself under the necessity of making
the wants of others subservient to his o wn
,
upon the accepted principle that necessity
knows
law
no
.
P icking his way back to the ford with
,
memory echoing the passionate message
of
D enise to H arry he thought of the j oy he
,
could b ring into those two lives by delivering
i t to him with a simple confession of the
truth and he asked himsel f if he could afford
,
it
.
A very slight amou nt of considerati o n
sh owed him that he could not afford it
.
What would he gain by cleari n g away the
delusions that separated the husband a
nd
wife n o w and promised to widen into an
,
i mpassable gulf
?
—
N othing not a mamwai /
’
A NEW
LEA D
3
They wo uld not be even commonly grateful
—
I gnoring his self s ac rifi c e
to him
attri
-
.
buting it probably to fear self seeking
-
,
or
,
—
some baser motive
they would consider
only the sacrifice he had meditated making
of their happiness and with no feeling (save
o n e of indignation ) they would possibly turn
,
,
their backs on him shut their door in his
,
face and leave him
,
assisted
N0
.
to
fare as he might
,
un
he certainly could not afford
;
;
such self s ac rifi c e was not to be thought
of
circumstances compelled him to profit
it
-
by the providential coincidences which had
already put him in possession of a well stuffed
-
note book
-
L iz
.
had given him the key
-
of
the back
door that he might let himself in at will
,
s
he
having bolted the front door as a protection
-
against the possible return
L ady
H arding
noiselessly
,
Thrale and
so he entered the cottage
;
and
of
,
finding the lower room
H A RD I N G S C AN D AL
THE
4
empty
stepped lightly upstairs
,
,
guessing
that L iz was with H arding and curious to
,
how they
know
got
on
in his absence
.
l ow chair
H e fou nd L iz seated on a
bedside her fingers knotted
u
,
by the
pon her kn ees
,
her body bending forward and her eyes
,
al l
fixed upon H arding s face with
’
ing tenderness
of
a young mother
General in his quality
,
a moment
the melt
of
The
.
dilettante stopped
,
admire the pretty picture think
to
,
ing what a lot a n artist chappie might make
'
of
the subj ect if he could only render that look
,
.
The door creaked on its old hinges as he
pushed it wide to pass
in
ra
ising her finger in alarm
slept
;
and a little murmur
L iz
.
start ed
,
for H arding
,
of
regret came
from her parted lips as H arding turned upon
his pillow
.
H is dream must have been s weet
his awaking even sweeter
,
fo r
a smile played
upon his lips and he held forth
,
saying softly
,
his
hand
,
A NE W
You
L iz
LE A D
5
dear
,
quietly took his raised hand in hers
and held it close and tenderly
,
But as he
.
opened his drowsy eyes and saw whose face
it was that leaned towards him the smile
,
faded away leaving only perplexity in its
,
place and as his wandering glance fell
,
,
his
upon the General he drew
,
Liz
’
and closed his eyes again with a bitter
s,
sigh
hand from
.
It
’
s
only your friend sir said L iz sooth
’
,
ingl y
‘
.
Ske
,
’
shan t come near
doors is bolted
u
o
y
;
all the
’
.
Few and low as the words were that
Denise had spoken the night before the
,
’
sound of her voice had reached H arding s
ear and he had questioned
L iz
,
,
and heard
her account of the interview given with her
,
belief that Denise and Thrale companions
,
i n vice and heartlessly self seeking
-
,
come with the hope
of
,
had
finding him a dead
T HE H A RDI N G
6
dis c o mfi te d
man and gone
,
he lived
S C AN D A L
away finding that
,
.
Once more the General looking down on
,
the boyish face
on
,
which Old C are was mark
ing the first lines in the contracted brow and
down drawn lips asked himself if he could
-
,
anyhow afford
realize his young friend s
’
to
dream of j oy and gave up the endeavour
,
as a useless j ob
‘
.
I f they want
see me die let them
to
,
’
come ! H arding exclaimed suddenly and in
,
passionate despair
.
’
There there ! don t you worry about them
,
’
they re not worth it dear
,
General
‘
.
b oy
,
’
said the
’
They ll bother us no more
I ve just been into the village and
’
,
they went away this morning
I
no
w
.
find
’
.
This morning
Yes
night
‘
they stayed at the Wheatsheaf last
’
.
Oh
,
think
of
that
’
!
cried L iz indignantly
,
A N EW
LE A D
7
ignoring the fact that it was impossible for
them
to
leave the night before
.
A nd I might have been dying the
said H arding
It
.
seems almost impossible
doesn t it
?
T hose two who seemed
and loyal
to
me
’
‘
A bout
as
bad
W hile ,
they make em
as
,
true
so
’
’
’
,
re
marked the General in an o ff handed tone
o f contempt as he held o u t his arm with a
-
,
,
,
look to L iz
to
pull his sleeve
‘
.
’
But that s
he better reason for regarding their loss
t
with indifference isn t it
’
,
,
ol d
chappie
?
‘
A
misdeal s only vexatious when you happen
’
to hold the best cards in your hand
riddance to
s ad
rubbish he continued
’
,
aging
himself
from
g
to
Good
.
poke the fire
‘
.
his
,
dis e n
coat and crossing
,
Shu ffl e
up the damne d
cards and begin all over again with a better
,
,
chan ce
of
good luck in the next deal
.
I
re
member when we were playing pool at
Lord N e wington
’
s
A nd he began
to
T H E H AR DI N G S C AN D AL
8
reel
o ff
yarns
with spirit
of
o ne
his interminable
.
H e w as a capital story teller having an
-
,
excellent memory a large inventive facul ty
,
so me wit and the tact
div e rgate
to
,
into any
channel that he perceived was agreeable
his audience
H e could go
.
on
to
for hours
when it suited him and never weary when
,
as i n
,
the present case he
,
w his own
sa
tage in making his chatter agreeable
,
ability as a ready
r acon te
,
,
adv an
To his
.
m he owed in a
’
great measure his wide popularity and the
,
indulgence that most men extended despite
,
that shadowy something which clung to him
.
H e leant against the mantel shelf with his
-
,
back to the fire and a cigar in the corner
of
his mouth talking on and on forcing H ard
,
,
ing
to listen despite his disposition to brood
,
over his grief and finally
,
,
and find a feeble sort
rambling narrative
.
of
'
,
to
take interest
,
amusement in the
I t w as all jargon and a
A NEW
pack
of
nonsense to
L E AD
L iz
9
the General having
,
no interest in amusing her and soon
s
,
he
slipped out of the room with a sigh to think
,
that
he
ld
man s power to
Charm away H arding s bitter grief and distract
s
had not the
’
o
’
his thoughts from his wrongs
.
By the way said he in one of his many
’
,
,
discursions
ou
y
‘
,
which route did you take when
went down S outh
?
’
Through B elgium and S witzerland
B eastly lot
of
changing
.
’
.
always
I
g
o
along the R iviera and generally stay there
,
.
B etter climate than N aples and much more
,
lively
There s a snug little villa at M entone
’
.
—
that I can get for a mere song close by the
rail and about ten minutes run from M onte
’
,
C arlo
.
S uit us to a T
now as
I
change
!
of
Thinking
.
waded through the slush
C loudless
sk
y
,
.
gardens
of
What a
o ne
roses ora nge grove one side bit
-
,
,
it just
mass
of
an
olive wood on the other ; mountains at the
-
T H E H A RDI N G SCAN D AL
I o
b ac k shutting out the north and east winds
,
glorious sea i n front and M onte C arlo just
,
round the point of C ap S t Martin T ake
—
the grand express shut your eyes upon all
.
.
the misery on earth and o
pen them upon
,
all the joys i n creation
‘
I t must be good
up at the beams
of
’
,
I
.
’
.
said H arding staring
,
shall be glad
—
this this awful place
to
get
ou t
’
.
’
We ll be ther e in a fortnight dear chappie
,
’
if Yardley s
’
good as his word cried the
as
,
General gleefully
L iz
,
.
heard that through the door and a
,
feeling of hatred possessed her
E nvy and
.
j ealousy rankled in her heart and
to
,
degree that the General
,
on
the chop he had ordered
such a
coming down to
fo r
his lunch
,
ob
served that something was wrong by her
,
pinched nostrils her closed lips
,
,
and her
averted glance as much as by her lack of
,
attention to his personal comforts
.
A N EW
L EA D
I I
’
B een listening at the door again he sai d
himself
Taken a sudden dislike to me
,
to
‘
.
.
’
This won t do
A single word from her
.
may upset all my calculations
.
M ust find ou t
what s amiss and smooth her down
’
’
A nd therewith the wily tactician
to
.
se t
himself
overcome L iz s silence and make himself
agreeable
’
,
to
k ey
.
C H A P T E R XV I I
O N LY
SL A
A
VE Y
.
.
’
H ow s your mamma this morning
General began
?
’
the
.
A bout the same thank you
,
’
,
replied L iz
,
whisking a clean napkin out of the dresser
drawer
.
H as
s
he
”
had medical advice
1
’
The doctor can t do nothing he says
That s a bad look O nt for her —
and
,
‘
1100
’
-
’
.
u
o
y ,
.
L iz
tossed her head
to
signify that it was
useless to discuss that point and having
,
,
spread her napkin
that was
to
on
a tray took the basin
,
contain H arding s beef tea
’
-
to
the
THE
14
H A RDI N G SCAN D A L
presently reappeared in a dainty little
and
muslin cap with long s trings
V ery fetching
L iz
’
,
observed the General
fo r
had not asked
taking
no
.
his opinion and
,
,
notice of it poured the beef tea
-
,
from the saucepan into the basin
There s
’
no
.
prettier costume in the world
’
than the E nglish domestic servant s
day
.
of
to
3
.
Liz
cut the dry toast in fingers co ntemp
,
tu ou sl y
silent
’
.
S he wasn t in service now
,
’
and w ouldn t have put on this badge of servi
.
—
tude to please anyone e xcept the gentl eman
upstairs
who might feel freer to accept her
,
if he knew she was only a servant
There s only o n e costume that comes any
w ay near it for smar tness continued the
a ttentions
.
’
’
,
General in the same equal tones
L iz
.
would have given anything to know
what that costume was ; but
s he
would not
ask him when all he thought about was
,
O N LY A SLAV EY
1
5
getting the gentleman away as soon as he
could to some foreign part where she Should
,
ne ver never go
,
So
.
s
he
carried the tray
pstairs still wondering about that costum e
u
,
and the General finished his chop al one
,
.
S he stayed with H arding till he had drunk
his tea shaking up and smoothing his pillow
,
,
busying herself about the room and talking
,
chie fl y about the weather
H e smiled grate
.
fully at her when she drew the bedclothes
tenderly over his shoulders and she came
,
down in better temper apologizing to the
,
General for being so long and hastening to
,
remove his plate and set the cheese and
,
butter before him
‘
.
D id he admire your cap
General
I
?
’
asked the
.
think so
.
’
B ut he didn t
H e looked very kind at me
sa
y
.
much being so w e ak and
,
down hearted poor gentleman
-
,
I t will do him good to
se e
you now and
T HE H AR D I N G
16
then
’
H e s been used
.
and would feel the loss
here to look after him
—
thoughts that s
’
SCAN D A L
to
women s society
of
it if
’
good in its way
’
can soothe him and that s better
,
L iz
were n t
’
can distract his
I
.
u
o
y
;
but
u
o
y
’
.
was delighted but s he said nothing
,
that effect only
,
s he
,
to
asked the General if he
wouldn t have a glass of ale with his cheese
’
i nstead of t hat sour stuff indicating the
,
B eaune sent down from the Wheatsheaf
’
by the General s order
c line d
the mixture
.
The General de
.
What costume was that you were talking
?
u
abo t L iz asked presently S he was quite
friends with the General now and if only
he would n o t take the gentleman away s o
soon he would have been really nice in her
estimation
A nurse s
?
A nurse Oh I don t think much o f that
s he said with disapprobation in her voice
’
.
’
‘
,
,
.
’
’
.
’
,
,
.
O NLY A SLAV EY
I
17
don t mean the ordinary black and white
’
—
affair but something artistic someth ing that
—
a lady might wish to wear a nice soft
,
material that falls in pretty folds
’
.
C ashmere
—
Yes ; that would do cashmere of a pale
slatey blue
S ilver gray
With a nice lining to harmonize
‘
’
-
.
’
-
.
’
.
‘
Re d
’
?
M no
I
should say blue
’
.
Blue would look very nice when the cape
fell back
‘
’
.
The usual white cuffs and collars and
,
then a dear little Dutch bonnet with a narrow
—
white frill
the General looked at the girl
with the half closed eyes of an aesthetic critic
-
with a sort of a scoop at the back to allow
your hair being seen in loose curls
’
.
R olls
Or a bun if they keep in fashion
,
VO L
.
IL
’
.
16
T H E H A RD I N G SCAN D AL
18
‘
L iz
‘
M is se s e s won t let you wear em
’
with a sigh
DO yo u b an k e r
N ot
me
said
,
?
very greatly after going
’
’
I m sick and tired
!
’
.
into service again
‘
’
of
it
But
.
once a servant always a servant they say if
,
,
a girl wants
keep straight
to
good me thinking
Im
’
of
,
couldn t afford
’
to
ing and things
g
I t ain t
’
.
no
being a hospital nurse ;
old for one thing
too
,
,
begin and
to
,
I
in for all the probation
o
’
.
S till a clever pleasant nice looking girl
-
,
,
might be a nurse to an invalid without the
requirements
L iz
,
of
a hospital nurse
.
crossing the room stopped suddenly
,
and turned
,
breathless
General s look if he
’
these hints
.
‘
and filling
,
,
yet
.
Why
?
’
to
,
know by the
meant anything
asked if she had written
N ot
to
,
The General ignored
questioning regard
‘
’
his
her sisters
.
’
by
her
glass
,
O NLY A SLAV EY
‘
Oh
a lively girl like
can t stand it !
’
I
,
fo r
better than they do ; but
one from week s end
enough
it s
’
That s what
sisters refuse
Oh
‘
I
,
I
to
tho u ght
I
.
ou
y
to
week s end
’
.
B ut if your
help you
’
don t know what
I
shall
do— indeed
The girl s eyes filled with tears
’
anticipation of approaching solitude
in
.
I suppose someone in the village woul d
‘
take care
‘
of
the old lady for a trifle
?
’
Why there s A unt Fanny at Whetstone
’
,
she d take her
’
be glad ;
ou t
,
’
’
don t
.
stay here and
make one wicked
to
’
‘
to
’
'
love mother
I
’
no
se e
9
I was only thinking that this must be a
terribly dull life
‘
1
fo r
,
five shillings a week and
—
but we can t afford that and me
Of work
’
’
.
—
But if you found employment remunera
ti v e employment
L i z couldn t speak the long words o r the
suspense o f hope and fear seemed to choke her
’
.
T HE H A RD I N G SCAN D AL
20
S ay a pound a week
‘
A pound a week
’
.
Liz
gasped
.
With a complete outfit including that
"
,
be
coming costume we have been talking about
What
to
do
’
.
she asked comi ng
you mean
'
,
the table and setting her hands upon it as
,
she made the demand
of
fool
‘
?
me are you
‘
.
Y ou
ain t making a
’
’
,
I wish yo ur hands were a little whiter
,
and your nails
Oh my hands are white enough when
I
ain t got to mess about in cold water and
I
,
’
-
,
can keep my nails as good as a lady s when
’
’
’
there ain t any fires to make
You wouldn t have to mess about in water
.
’
or
make fires if you could direct servants
do
such work for
‘
’
’
u
o
y
.
For H eaven s sake
o
u
y
mean
.
This
is
“
,
s ir,
do
tell me what
You are driving me nearly crazy
wit h these hints
‘
to
’
.
what
I
mean M iss H ardacre
,
2
,
T H E H A RDI N G
22
Oh
am sure
I
If
I
’
ve
do you
,
g
u
o
y
would
I
think
could
I
do
?
that
’
could—if you would
’
.
Why I d give everything
’
.
,
fo r
in the world
ot
SCAN D AL
such a life
Well we can think it over
,
’
.
’
.
Why it don t want any thinking about
’
,
N evertheless
will do
his
no
harm
.
a few days consideration
’
,
The General foresaw that
.
chops would be more carefully cooked for
such consideration
minds by the end
be
’
I f we make up
.
of
ou r
the week there will still
,
ample time to dispose of your mam ma and
get your costume made
.
have that costume and
,
We must certainly
fo r
this reason
it
will prevent any misconstruction being set
u
pon your relations
F or
to
S ir H enry and myself
.
it is the most natural thing that an
valid shoul d be attended by a nurse and
,
your future prospects will
by this arrangement
no t
be
in
so
e ndan
re d
e
g
’
.
M ightily the General cared
fo r
the fut u re
O NLY A
of
prospects
q
u e nc e s
to
SLAVEY
this poor girl
her happiness
the
or
,
of
23
c o ns e
this association
with H arding ! I f Denise could be sacrificed
to
ensure his possession of life s pleasures
’
w hat weight would the welfare
of
a mere
servant girl have in his consideration
-
,
?
Of
what earthly good are women if they cannot
?
be turned to the use of man
The best in
the land are not too good for his purpose ;
but a girl
of
the ordinary servant girl class
-
well as L iz clearly showed
,
person should feel only
could be employed
to
that kind
,
happy if she
to o
this end
of
.
C HA P T E R XV I I I
TH E
B E GI N N I N G
OF
M A R T Y R DO M
W I TH that determination
patient
’
to
Denise returned
,
.
‘
.
be good and
to the
'
C ourt ,
buoyant with hope now that she was
burdened
of
crushing suspicion eager
,
of
the happiest aspect
good in everything
to
un
seek
the situ ation and find
.
’
Thrale s guarded acceptance of her views
his reticence and obvious constraint and
,
irresponsiveness chafed her
,
‘
Y ou
are
n ot
with vexation
as
if
‘
I
.
should like
Y ou
to
’
she said
,
make me feel Bernard
,
shake
Perhaps it s because
’
his
.
half glad enough
‘
,
,
,
u
o
y
I
’
.
have been
so
B EGI NN I N G OF M AR T Y R DO M
much shaken that
evasively
am
I
so
dull
5
he replied
,
.
I n tru th with his foresight
,
b ab il itie s
’
2
of
future
ro
p
he had li ttle reason to be gay
,
.
T he General had not attempted to deceive
him as
to
reconciling
the nature
D enise
of
this expedient
for
I t was nothing but a
.
subterfuge — a mere house of cards that must
be overthrown
by
the first breath of truth
,
and he hated himself for being party to the
lie
To
.
his
straightforward mind it woul d
have been better to let D enise know the
worst for which the first shock had prepared
,
her than to foster hopes which must s u rely
,
be destroyed later on
.
This seemed to him
as cruel a kindness as resuscitating a dead
heart only to make it suffer again the pangs
of death
.
H e lunched with Denise miserably ill at
,
ease incapable of playing the hypocrite well
,
or
of
.
following his honest instincts
.
T H E H AR DI N G SCAN D AL
26
‘
Y ou
—
not afraid O f o f anything
are
?
’
D enise asked timidly after a long pause in
,
,
which she had vainly been seeking to account
for B ernard being so unlike himself
.
‘
A fraid
he replied in a guarded tone Of
,
interrogation
‘
A fraid
.
that the doctor misunderstands
dear Harry s condition
’
‘
Oh no ; he seems
thoroughly compre
to
he nd the nature of his accident
I heard
'
.
him explaining it to the General last night in
almost the same terms that D r A rbuthnot
.
used in describi ng his first accident five years
ago
A nd the treatment he prescribes is
.
exactly the same
repose
I
to
’
.
will not go to him until the doctor sends
say I may
‘
absolute isol a tion and
!
’
.
That is advisable however strange and
,
hard it may seem
‘
to
u
O
y
’
.
I t should not be either if I have faith in
,
B EGI NN I N G OF M AR TY R DO M
27
the doctor and surely he must be wiser than
,
I
responded Denise employing the argu
’
,
,
ment by which she had succeeded partiall y
in taking a
‘
reasonable
’
of
view
the case
,
and overcoming her womanly revolt against
the enforced separation from her husband in
his sickness
‘
.
A nd
long to wait
no t
’
s
,
t wo
he
or three weeks is
continued ;
‘
it will all
be forgotten when he comes back to me
’
.
S he murmured a little coo of joy i n antici
a
n
t
i
o
p
of that happiness when she should
,
have her dear husband once more and all to
,
herself to care for and to nurse as
,
,
none other could
A nd then
.
,
s
he fe l t
t u rning to
Thrale with a yearning for sy mpathy she
,
was more vexed than ever by his silence and
the gloom
plate
I
on
his face as he bent over his
.
wish he w ould
anger to herself
.
be alone
.
H ow
away she said in her
’
g
I
o
,
would ten times rather
can
o ne
be hopeful and
2
T H E H AR D I N G S C AN D AL
8
cheerful with such
upon one
finds
When
him here
—
s tay l ike
alone
?
a
,
dreadful wet blanket
-
H arry
co
he will think
me s home and
I
wanted him
a silly girl who is afraid
to
be left
to
’
.
I t was a positive relief to her when Thrale
,
looking at his watch asked if he might order
,
a trap to take him over
.
rang the bell at once
‘
‘
to
to
the station
give the order
A re yo u going to Ridingford
No
S he
;
to L ondon
was
S he
.
.
she asked
.
’
.
—
glad to hear that j ealously glad
for if she might not
see
her husband and
watch over him surely his friend should
,
not .
H er feeling of irritation withheld her from
asking any questions about
h is
as he offered no explanation
;
movements
and she said
good bye quite coldly in parting
-
,
.
But the trap had scarcely started before
.
the r evulsion
of
feeling came and her heart
,
was wr ung by the consciousness
of
her
in
T H E H AR DI N G SCAN D AL
0
3
with the hope that he might no t be beyond
—
recall that s he might yet beckon him back
to
acknowledge her faults and beg him
forgiv e her
But the trap was
.
no
to
w far up
the avenue and Thrale bending his head
,
to
,
meet the cruel wind did not look back
,
The tears of remorse rushed into her eyes
and
she furtively drew
to stanch them before
A
.
her handkerchief
out
re
-
,
entering the house
.
suppressed titter at her back quickene d
her jaded spirit like the cut
of
a whip and
,
turning sharply with indi g nation tingling in
,
every vein
,
s he
caught sight of a cluster
of
servants vanishing out of sight into the
service passage
;
only one more impudent
,
than the rest stood her ground and having
«
,
,
treated her
a toss
of
to
,
an insolent stare turned with
,
her head and followed the rest with
the haughty carriage
of
an upper servant
.
What was the meaning of this insult
?
D enise as k ed herself as she entered the
B EGI NN I N G OF M AR T Y R DO M
drawing room
-
13
H ow dared these women
.
,
her servants watch her actions and make
,
?
spo rt of her u n happiness
What excuse
co u ld E vans offer for her effrontery and the
contemptuous regard with which she au da
c io u s l y
turned her back upon her mistres
?
s
S marting under the indignity offered her
,
D enise rang the bell resolved to have thes e
,
questions answered at once
‘
Tell E vans to come to me
when M rs
p
.
A ustin
.
,
’
,
she said
ho u s e k e p e r,
the
ap
e are d
.
‘
C ertainly my lady if you wish it
but
;
,
,
closing the door and dropping her voice
I might mak e
not
s
,
he
.
so
bold
,
I would
‘
,
’
,
if
advise you
E vans gave warning this morning and
,
would like nothing better than to openly
insult you before all
and she might
sa
y
such
shocki n g things my lady being very smart
,
,
tongued that I really don t think you could
’
,
expect any respectable servant to stay
.
J
en
H AR DI N G SCAN D AL
TH E
2
3
mings and Jane S mith
month s notice
’
has
al re ady
given their
’
.
‘
Y ou
will pay them their wages and send
them away this afternoon
‘
.
’
C ertainly my lady
and I m very sorry
;
,
b ut
’
,
if you could suit yourself with another
housekeeper— you see my lady when acci
,
dents
of
,
this kind happen in a family
,
our
reputation is likely to suffer if
‘
—
B ring me your accou nts and and leave
,
the room immedi a
tely
’
said Denise choking
,
,
with humiliation and anger
.
For a day and a half they had talked
of
nothing in the servants hall but of H arding s
’
’
mad flight and the subsequent behaviour
,
Denise and Thrale
’
page the lady s
,
-
.
maid
From the butler
the common store
the
to the scullery wench
-
everyone had been gleaning evidence
to
to
of
of
to
,
add
misconception and
wilful misrepresentation taking example and
,
profiting by the mal evolence maybe
,
,
of
those
B EGI NN I N G O F M AR TY R DO M
33
who had not ill breeding for their excuse
-
.
S tarting with the presumption that Thrale
and Denise were guilty it is easy to imagine
,
the construc tion put upon their absence at
night their ret urn together and the tears of
,
,
Denise when B ernard drove away
Weak
.
in judgme n t strong in prejudice they in a
,
,
moment stripped their mistress of every pure
and gentle attribute
s
he
possessed
,
and
clothed her in the most villainous tissue of
infamy their mischievous ingenuity could
patch together from the scraps of slander that
came in their way
.
s he
I f Denise had been guilty if
,
harboured only
o ne
had
disloyal thought even
,
she mi ght have perceived that suspicion lay
upon her ; but being innocent that was quite
.
,
,
impossible and
,
s
he
could only conclude that
rumours circulated in R ockingham of her
’
husband s liaison with L iz H ardacre
,
and
that the idle servants had magnified and
VO L
.
IL
I
7
T H E H AR DI N G
34
SCAN D A L
distorted the circumstances attending his
accident into some horrible proof o f infidelity
That was quite possible
.
for had not she
;
herself been misled by those circumstances
with the wickedest doubts
doubts which
even now despite herself were not wholly
,
,
banished from her heart
her
to
I t was not for
?
undeceive those servants
else who chose to think ill
of
anyone
or
her husband
that would have given countenance
fo r
suspicion but
s
he
to
prayed that he might come
quickly back to prove
,
to
all the world that
he was her loyal and true H arry
As
,
.
soon as Thrale had pulled off his gloves
,
he wrote to D enise from his hotel in L ondon
‘
MY
DE AR
‘
LA D Y
H A R DI N G
,
I find I can postpone my departure
for a month witho u t inconvenience
.
This
gives me the hopeful prospect of our meeting
B EGI NN IN G O F M AR T Y R DO M
35
again at the C ourt under the happiest
conditions before
of
I
leave E ngland
Y ou
.
of
will
,
course hear from H arry and you may
,
,
imagine what pleasure it will give me to hear
good tidings through you
.
E ver faithfully yours
,
B E R N AR D T H R A LE
’
.
By return he received a reply from Denise
that pained him inexpressibly such sorrow
,
and humility were betrayed by the touching
phrases of regret and gratitude
to
the writer s tears
’
see
point he felt
s he
them away and
,
gentle courage
Bu t
and at a certain
must have paused to brush
se t
herself to resume with
.
that s he should already have to struggle
for strength
‘
;
H e seemed
.
to
write cheerfully told its tale
H er martyrdom has begun
himself
.
Where will it end
?
’
,
.
he said to
’
R eason forbade him to go
to
—
her bade
THE
6
3
him wait
on
H AR D I N G S CAN D AL
fo r
the inevitable development
which would permit him
ever
or
,
to
make him more necessary
I f I am wanted
,
I
fo r
to
her
shall know only
t oo
than ever he had yet been
‘
leave D enise
.
’
soon he said to himself
.
,
A nd one day when he opened a tel e gram
,
the following words came
to
him as a fore
gone conclusion
I am in great trouble
.
Please come
.
D E N I SE
’
.
,
THE
8
3
hand
‘
.
convey
H AR DI N G SCAN D AL
Gone away
to
’
she added as if
to
,
,
him more clearly the thing which
she herself could scarcely realize
.
H e passed her hand through his arm and
led her up the platform away from the crowd
,
mo tion was too violent for restraint
,
fo r he r
‘
e
and the tears were now running fast down
her wan cheeks
.
The V icar and his wife
,
coming do w n the platform
c los e
to
;
friends were
,
they were
too
be avoided and as they passed
,
Thrale raised his hat
e
old
The V icar kept his
.
y e s fixed well before him but his wife in
,
,
a le s s C hristian spirit looked Thrale straight
,
in
r
the face with a drawn upper lip and stony
,
egard without making the slightest response
,
his salutation
to
nced
l
a
g
breast
"
.
at Denise
;
her chin was upon her
.
L ift
done
I n astonishment Thrale
.
no
up your head
,
dear
’
w rong he said
,
.
friend
y
ou
have
THE
GE N E RAL SC O R E S A GA I N
39
S he shook her head but could not ans wer
,
him or trust herself to speak
,
u
ntil they had
come to the end of the platform
Then
,
stifling her agitation and with forced calm
,
.
,
she said in broken sentences
,
—
I knew you would come and yet I did
—
not know E veryone is against me and
there is nothing to hope for M ust I go
back to the C ourt
U nless you feel the need o f a woman s
sympathy We men are most helpless things
you know We seldom know the right thing
to do or say and seldomer how to do o r s ay
it H ow would it be if we went to M rs
?
Balfour We know s he is a good kind soul
?
I s s he do you think
The best that I know
S he stopped and looking into his face said
Then how bad I must be B ernard : fo r
she will not s e e me —will not let me speak
to her
‘
,
.
.
’
‘
,
.
.
,
.
.
’
.
,
’
,
’
‘
.
,
,
,
,
H A RDI N G SCAN D A L
TH E
0
4
Why w hat have you done
?
’
,
I do
‘
.
S urely there is some mistake in
Perhaps
‘
know
no t
’
N0
s he
o ne
was
no t
at home
is at home
friend called or sent
to
me
this
.
’
.
When
.
no t
a
know if H arry was
to
alive
or
dead I felt I must call on them
S how
that H arry had done me no wrong as
,
,
,
I tho u ght
But everyone denied me
.
.
And
then when this news came I went again
,
,
M rs
“
.
,
,
and wished
to
I
was in great trouble
speak to her
choked her as she spoke
‘
c
A nd then
s he
The word s
.
sent b ack my note with a
,
s he
did not wish
’
.
Thrale led her
ou t
greatest perplexity
there
.
said Thrale gently
A nd then
see me
’
,
.
ruel message saying that
to
to
Balfour and sent in a note I had
written telling her
‘
120
'
.
of
the station in the
The brougham sto o d
he opened the door with a significant
T HE GE N E RAL SC O R E S A G A I N
gesture and when
,
,
was seated he told
s he
,
the coachman to drive home and took his
,
place by her side
‘
.
Where isthe General
were
on
?
’
he asked when they
,
their way to the C ourt his thoughts
,
in the midst of this mystery turning to Gordon
by some process
of
natural selection
H e came over on M onday
several times
.
F irst
.
.
H e has been
he came to pay the
servants who wished to go
F or
.
when I
dismissed the housekeeper I found to my
,
humiliation that I had no money to pay her
.
You don t know how they have made me
’
suffer
It
was dreadful
fe el that
I
was the guilty
bear it
I t seemed such an ins ult to him
'
.
.
.
They made me
one
.
I could not
whom I thought was quite good and true
to
me
A ll
.
B ernard
o ne
in
the maid servants are gone
-
,
should have been without any
I
;
’
the house if the gardener s wife had
not come in
.
SCAN D AL
T HE H AR DI N G
2
4
But the
General
tender firmness
’
,
said
hoping to
,
Thrale with
distract
her
thoughts from these past tortures and
to
,
get
to
the bottom of the mystery
H e came
M onday evening and
on
,
m very
i ng
.
,
fi nd
low spirited he stayed till the
—
next morning yesterday
A nd he made
-
e
,
.
me
so
went
u
happy
p
to
!
I hardly knew myself when
fo r
dress
young again
.
I
dinner— I looked quite
H e told me that H arry was
almost well and that the doctor consented to
,
his coming home and he asked me if I would
,
g
back with him to fetch H arry
o
w as as much as I could do
to
.
refuse
A nd it
;
but I
did thinking it would be bet ter for him and
,
,
that he would feel less constraint about
about that woman
’
.
What did the General say about her ?
’
H e said she had become very reasonable
and good and consented
,
to
some proposal
he had made to set her up in a little business
’
.
T H E GE N E RAL SC O R E S A GA I N
‘
D id he tell you why she was to be pro
v ide d
for in that way
No
but it would have been only right
;
—
to repay her for for
moment and then
,
reserve
,
s he
I knew it
,
S he hesitated a
breaking through her
said impulsively
‘
Oh
,
B ernard
,
!
I felt that there must be some
—
thing more than was told me ; but I I
conquered myself and made up my mind
,
that it should make no difference in my love
—
H arry
for
or
that I would never reproach him
a
word
that
should
hurt
y
sa
him Of the past
him or
,
remind
’
.
Oh what nights of struggle and self sup
-
,
,
pression and bending of the knee i n sub
,
mission to cruel injustice and agony of death
,
and new birth
,
must have been spent
to
attain to such resignation thought Thrale
A nd he said taking Denise s hand in
.
,
’
’
‘
,
,
his and pressing it with the love
,
in his heart
‘
,
to
ta k e
o ne
of
a brother
trouble singly at
THE
44
HAR D I N G SCAN D AL
a time — and then yesterday morni ng the
General went back to
‘
Yes
R iding fo rd
’
.
promising he would bring H arry
;
back in the afternoon
.
A nd
we made the
ou r
servants were
house as bright as if all
about— I and M rs Bates
.
;
and I cooked the
dinner myself—the things H arry used
like best
.
A nd we
s at
to
up till midnight and
,
hO p ing
even then I could not give up
listened to every sound and j ump ed
,
'
u
p
,
but
once
with my heart beating awfully thinking I
heard wheels in the aven u e—but it was only
,
the wind in the laurels
‘
An d
S he
.
this morning dear friend
posed Thrale
‘
’
?
’
inter
,
.
This morning a letter came— this
’
,
said
drawing a limp and creased sheet
,
’
from her muff and putting it in Thrale s
,
hand
.
H e op ened it and
,
found
l ight
e nou
h
g
,
l e an ing
to
to
the windo w
’
,
read the General s
THE
6
4
H AR DI N G SCAN D A L
the truth dawned upon me and my thoughts
,
turned
you I could only thank H eaven
to
,
that you had declined to act upon my sug
fo r
gestion
had you been with me at the
’
moment you must have suffered again all the
,
agony you endured a fortnight since without
,
the consolation of hope which I was then
e
nabled to offer and I know
,
not
what we
should have done
‘
’
There s truth in that admissio n at any
,
rate
’
,
tho u ght Thrale
‘
.
The selfish
old
rascal was more affected by the consideration
of
his own possible embarrassment and
in
’
c
onvenience than by this poor woman s
ago nyf
Fearing the worst I repaired to Dr
Yardley —who will I am sure give you
‘
.
,
,
further particulars if you wish
an d
,
fo r
them
learnt from him that half an hour after
GE N E RAL SC O R E S A GA I N
THE
I
R idingfo rd
had left
to run over
to
47
u,
o
y
M iss H ardacre ordered a couple of carriages
to be sent down from the Wheatsheaf in
one her bedridden mother was sent to a
relative living in a neighbouring village
the other
taken
to
s
he
;
in
and S ir H arry H arding were
the railway station
A t R iding fo rd
-
.
S tation there was no lack of information
.
The porters had helped an invalid gentleman
ou t
rt
a
p
of the fly and found a
,
me nt in the
young woman
s
he
;
up
fi rs t- class
train for him and the
-
the booking clerk said that
-
had taken tickets for L ondon
was I to do my dear L ady H arding
What
.
S hould
?
,
I
return
to
or should
I
com
you with these hopeless tidings
,
pursue the f ugitives with a view
to making one last appeal to H arding s sense
’
of honour and retrieving him if possible from
,
the ruin that surely awaits him
?
R eason
bade me take the latter course and accord
,
ingl y I
came up
to
L ondon
by the very next
THE
8
4
train
H AR DI N G SCAN D AL
H ere
.
however all trace
,
these
of
,
misgui ded runaways was lost and despite
,
,
most searching inquiries
obtain any clue
rest assured
,
to
I have failed to
'
,
their movements
B ut
‘
.
dear L ady H arding that
I
,
shall not relax my exertions
or
abandon this
pursuit until I have run H arding
to
earth
and compelled him if not to return to
,
ou ,
y
,
at least to make such substantial repara
tion
-
Thrale stopped there
‘
Y ou
do
not
asked turning
,
‘
Oh
,
no,
no
W ish
to
.
to
D enise
see
this again
?
’
he
.
she answered
.
H e crushed it up and thrust it in his
pocket less disgusted by the
,
s
ol d
for
elfishness and shallow pretexts
’
man s
escaping
any responsibility he might have as the
—
fo r
n earest friend o f L ady H arding s father
’
these were scarcely more than he should have
T HE GE N E RA L SC O R E S A G A I N
expected from the plausible old humbug
than astonished by the flagrant indelicacy Of
o ne
who passed in society as a gentleman
,
suggesting at such a time as this a pecuniary
indemnity to the stricken wife for such mise ry
as H arding had inflicted
.
Yet he perceived that the question of a
material arrangement must be met before long
,
and he was not sorry to read the letter Denise
found awaiting her when they arri ved at the
C ourt
I t was from Fielder and Playfair
.
,
solicitors of L incoln s I nn and ran thus
’
,
,
MAD A M
‘
,
We are instructed by S ir H enry
H arding to consult
regard
to
his estate
ou
y
immediately with
a settlement of your claims upon
I f you will kindly
.
le t
us know the
earliest date at which it may suit your con
to
v e n ie n c e
se e
us we shall wait upon
,
with the utmost promptitude
VOL
.
II
.
’
.
18
ou
y
THE
0
5
H A RDI N G SCAN D A L
With L ady H arding s consent
’
despatched
s he
n
,
Thrale
a telegram at once saying that
,
would be at home the following after
oon
to
receive
t he
solicit ors
.
C H A P T E R XX
.
AN
S OON
AP P E A L
.
after lunch the next day a fly from
R ockingham brought M r Playfair and his
.
clerk
the C ourt and without delay they
to
,
w ere introduced
to
the library where Denise
,
and Thrale were awaiting the interview
D enise despite the fluttering
,
of
.
her heart
between a dread consciousness that her fate
w as
no
hope
w to be sealed and the ever lingering
,
of
unexpected reprieve received the
,
lawyer with unassuming dignity that was
,
lost upon the shrewd observant little
no t
man
—it
,
.
Oh if
H arry could be red e e med
—
t
had come o that no o ne in the
,
LIBRARY
S
I
O
N
UNIVERSITY OF ILLI
H AR D I N G SCAN D AL
THE
2
5
world sho uld ever know
through her
of
his disgrace
.
H aving discussed the customary gene
ral it ie s
with much suavity while his clerk
,
taking a seat at the further end of the table
,
,
w hipped out a stylograph and a quire
of
foolscap Mr Playfair facing his chair more
directly
,
.
,
to
Denise said smoothing
,
,
o ne
hand
gently over the other and speaking with slow
,
and very distinct articulation
‘
To come
a matter of more serio us
to
nature L ady H arding permit me
,
,
to
the outset I am entirely ignorant
causes leading
about
to
to
make
.
say at
of
the
the arrangement we are
Our cl ie nt
S ir
,
H enry
H ardi ng wished us to understand that tho se
,
causes
e
,
so
far as we are concerned are
,
ntirel y irrelevant to the transaction with
which we are entrusted
‘
’
.
’
H e hadn t even the common dece ncy
:
to
exonerate her thought Thrale looki ng at
’
,
,
H AR DI N G SCAN D AL
THE
54
the same even tone
‘
,
What does he ask
of me
S ir H enry makes no stipulation
dition whatever and I can think
,
decision
ou
-
only
o ne
his part which can give rise
any obj ection
is
What
of
co n
or
yours
on
'
to
’
.
that
I refer to the decision which involve s
‘
your chang e
DO
‘
of
residence
’
.
you m e an that I am
?
—
h 0use my home
’
s he
to
leave thi s
asked quickly her
,
pale cheek flushing w ith the cruel suspicion
hat H arry intended to bring that woman
h e re to take her place
t
.
That
I
,
necessity
fear madam
,
fear
of
.
A nd what if I dec l ine
asked
is a matter
’
‘
tur ned
,
ou t
to
g
o,
decline
like a dishonest servant
?
to
’
s
be
he
with rising indignation as that j ealou s
rankled in her breast
,
.
I n that case we must apply
for
fu rth e r
AN
instructio n s
re fl e c t iv e l
he re
'
,
it
A PPE AL
A lthough added M r Playfair
’
.
y
.
,
‘
,
if you cling greatly to residing
might be possible for
terms with the purchaser
‘
55
S ir H enry proposes
of
to
sonal effects
H arding
;
as
except
u
o
y
,
of
make
the estate
sell up
suggested as a clearer explanation
Everything
to
u
o
y
’
Thrale
,
.
course such per
,
may claim
,
L ady
’
.
Denise loo k ed round her with dismay her
,
eyes resting on the rows of books in their
beautiful binding of ivory vellum heirlooms
,
of
the family that H arry prized so dearly ;
on
many a rare and costly
O
bj ect they had
bought together in their honeymoon
,
in
Florence and R ome and elsewhere to adorn
—
their home things that they had admired
,
again and again standing in this ol d room
—
h a nd in hand lovers still
There was no
—
j ealousy in her heart now only dismay and
,
-
,
the anguish
of
.
irrecoverable loss
.
Was the
'
THE
6
5
di saster
so
return
H A RD I N G S C AN D AL
irretrievable that he could never
H ad he given up everything
abandoned all
i n the consciousness that
,
nothing could ever induce him
in the
ol d
,
to
live again
?
home
Oh where is he
?
s he
’
,
cried springing
,
to
-
her feet
‘
as
if to fly
,
answer your question
I must
entreated
‘
.
I regret madam that I cannot possibly
,
‘
him
to
’
.
—
him indeed
se e
must
I
s he
’
,
.
I can only repeat with great pain that
,
,
am powerless
to
help
u
o
y
’
.
Oh Bernard this must not be !
’
,
,
We must not let him carry
proj ect
Think
.
ho w
I
out
s he
.
this hasty
of
proud he is
cried
the ol d
‘
house and all the dear things in it all that he
,
has inherited from generations and genera
tions —he the last
,
of
all the family
;
think
—
how bi tterly he will regr et this when when
when he is better and strong again
.
AN
Think
,
s ir,
s he
’
A PPE AL
57
added turning
to
,
the little
lawyer with humble pleading in her voice
,
her melting eyes her outstretched quivering
,
hands and the very carriage
,
her body
my husband and I have never
—
had a bitter word no no t o ne unkind w ord
‘
think
of
,
s ir,
,
or o ne ungentle glance since we were married
A nd that is only a few months
.
We were
.
’
married in j une
I t isn t possible that he
can give up all he loves and prizes for
.
ever and
,
has
o
g
away never to come back
.
He
had an accident and there has been a
,
little tro u ble since
.
.
N othing
so
great that
we should live ever more strangers to each
—
other nothing that may no t be forgotten
s
oon }
The lawyer shook his head despondingly
—a few guineas
fo r
this j ourney and that
speedy conclusion of the transaction were
what he looked forward
‘
to
.
Tell him sir continued Denise
’
,
,
no t
‘
,
tell him
H AR DI N G SCAN D AL
TH E
8
5
that
found me
ou
y
v
ery reasonable — that
I
am not so foolish a woman as he thinks and
,
that
I
may grow wiser still as I get older
Tell him I agree
.
everything except this
to
and this chiefly for his sake
A sk him to
.
stay only a little while before he sells his
old
home and the beautiful trees and all
the
,
,
make no difference
A
of
things he was fond
.
few months will
A nd see
.
will give
I
,
him a proof how reasonable I can be
g
away from here
o
to
-
‘
.
I will
morrow and never
,
come back till he bids me come
everything —mine as well as his
will leave
I
.
.
I will take
nothing at all to show how certain I am that
,
he will come again and send
‘
if
me
.
Perhaps madam suggested M r Playfair
’
,
,
‘
fo r
’
.
,
wrote this touching appeal in a
u
o
y
letter
‘
Why
will
I
ou
y
,
so
o to
g
I will
.
I never thought
of
that
.
my room and write it now and
will take it
,
’
.
A PPE AL
AN
With the greatest pleasure
59
’
.
A nd you will take no action until you
his
have
answer
C ertainly
?
no t
’
’
.
Oh thank you I will not be very long
A nd the poor little so ul hurried from the
‘
’
.
.
,
room convinced that at last
,
the reasonable thing
to
do
s
he
had hit upon
.
’
I t can be only an infatuation she said to
,
herself as
,
fo r
s
he
ran upstairs
‘
;
and if his love
me was no more than that why then he
,
,
may outlive this second as he outlived the
first
N ay
.
he must wish for me a little
,
Our hearts have beat together
forget me altogether
A s s he sat down
t oo k
of
.
H e can t
’
.
’
.
write he r letter Thrale
a sheet of paper and delivered himself
to
,
his feelings
F or
’
God s sake be a man H arry and not
a contemptible cad
,
.
Think
of
,
this dear little
T H E H A RDI N G S C A N DA L
60
wife
of
of
yours overcoming every feeling
resentment and jealousy hiding her
o
,
griefs and your fault to keep an opening
wn
fo r
your escape from this dishonourable situation
Think not
of
the few weeks
pleasure before
of
unhallowed
but of the years
u,
o
y
bitter repentance that must follow
degradation and humiliation
.
,
of
which
to
are willingly subj ecting yourself
‘
of
the
u
o
y
Think
.
ho w
truly and tenderly this wife has loved
you
ho w
,
fo r
bravely
your sake she is now
suffering martyrdom and think
,
of
the ruin
you bring upon a gentle soul whose only
fault
e loved
is
that s h
ou
y
too c o nfidingl y
.
Think how the woman suffers in the position
ou
y
impose upon her ;
ment
of
ho w
,
how
u
njust the sentence
terrible the penalty exacted
yourself get
,
the j udg
society is upon the woman parted
from her husband
and
ho w pitiless
ou t o f
—
vigorous effort if
.
R ouse
this horrible mess by
no t
fo r
the sake
,
of
o ne
poo r
62
T H E H A RD I N G SCAN D AL
the blazing logs and simply replied
to
the
lawyer th at S ir H enry H arding saw
no
,
reason for altering his decision or replying
to
the letters enclosed and that he desired
,
H arding C ourt
to
be put up
sale without any further delay
.
fo r
immediate
C HA PT E R X X I
O N LY
A
L I TT L E
.
A
S
T
OF F WI F E
C
.
A W E E K elapsed before Denise heard from
—
H arding s solicitors a w eek o f deferred hope
’
for her
,
so
ex
its effect that her
hau s t ing in
overstrained and wearied spirit seemed to
have lost its susceptibility to joy o r pain
When the letter came saying that S ir
.
,
H enry H arding saw no reason
decision ,
and desired his affairs
up without further delay
apathetically
’
,
s he
to
to
alter his
be wound
read it almost
.
There is no hope now
the letter in B ernard s hand
s he
’
,
said putting
,
’
H e had foreseen this
fo r
.
the past few day s
,
THE
64
H AR DI N G S C AN D AL
knowing that if H arry s heart and conscience
’
were
to
be touched at all his first impulse
,
on
reading his wife s letter would be to telegraph
’
at once and end her suffering
.
H e laid the letter aside but held the hand
,
that gave it in his as he said
,
‘
of
We must think
him as
o ne
that is
dead }
—
Oh if he were I could still love him I
should cry to think o f him and ease my
heart But see my eyes are dry my tears
all dried up and I feel that something has
gone from me here here said she pressing
her breast
something good and sweet that
can never come there again ; I t is l ove that
—
is gone love that u sed to make me feel that
G od was there and would never let me do a
wrong thing to anyone o n earth
Oh for a woman s tongue to soothe and
console the intuitive power to strike some
sympathetic chord and fill this mute soul with
‘
,
,
.
,
,
,
’
,
,
,
,
’
.
’
,
O NLY A L I TT L E CAST—
O F F W I FE
tender harmony
!
65
Thrale could think
of
nothing but platitudes wholly inadequate to
express his feeling of pity and commiseratio n
,
,
which indeed were inexpressible
,
‘
,
.
E very bereavement must leave us wit h
that sense of void
‘
B ut
n ot
this sense of degradation
retorted quickly
‘
,
’
,
she
not this feeling of cruel
’
inj ustice that makes one s brain swim with a
craving for revenge ; with thoughts of murder
and reckless wickedness
S pring ing
may
‘
do
be
Oh
“
,
I
she cried
.
not know how bad a woman
.
been he said rising and going
,
,
I
I
’
I know how good a woman
and
,
am afraid of myself
’
‘
!
to her feet and snatchi ng her hand
from his passionately
You
.
’
know that no one can
has struggled
so
bravely to
do
do
ou
y
have
her side
to
,
wrong who
right
H e led her back to her seat
,
’
.
and
s he
made no resistance exhausted now that the
,
VO L
.
IL
19
T H E HAR D I N G SCAN D AL
66
of
paroxysm
passion was past and he
,
s at
beside her taking her hand again saying
,
,
w hat he could
‘
L ove
to
tranquillize her
.
and hate grief and j oy all have
,
,
fo r
their seasons and none lasts
,
is
fiercest storm
ever
.
The
soonest over and happily
,
the darker days are fewer than the bright
in
little year
ou r
.
These dull clouds look
’
as if they would never lift don t they
?
,
yet w e kno w that before long th ey w ill
break and the sun will shine down and warm
,
the whole world into flower and song again
I n this strain he talked
fo r
on
’
.
some time
,
quite careless whether the thing he said was
sensibl e
or
not only conscio u s th at if it did
,
her good it was worth the saying ; and
would
no
s he
w and then look up into his face
with wondering gratitude in her eyes and a
.
fluttering sigh moved
,
n ot s o
he said as by the fe e l ing
friend who cared
fo r
her
'
.
that
much by what
she had yet
o ne
O N LY A
‘
L I TT L E CAST
-
W I FE
O FF
67
I don t kno w whether you re aware my
’
’
'
,
lady
’
’
said the gardener s wife entering the
,
,
room after a discreet knock and a pause but
‘
,
the gentleman as brought the letter is
ing
‘
fo r
an answer
wait;
a-
’
.
I will bring it to him presently
’
said
,
Th rale and taking up the lawyer s letter he
’
,
,
,
glanced down the pages
.
’
A fter signifying H arding s intentions M r
,
.
Playfair wrote
‘
I n accordance with
ou r
client s
’
in s tr u c
tions we shall proceed at once to put
his
,
estate upon the market
Our M r Watson
.
.
the bearer of this letter is empowere d
,
,
to
render your ladyship every assistance in the
removal
wish
O
to
of
such personal effects as
reserve
,
to
may
discharge all outstanding
bligations and to close the house as early
,
as it may be convenient
s
u
o
y
ession
.
to
surrender
s
o
p
T HE H A RDI N G SCAN D AL
68
‘
With regard to the question we had the
honour
discuss with
to
we beg
u
o
y
will let
.
ou o n
y
1 8 th
inst
.
,
know with as little
us
delay as possible your estimate
which should be placed
b ankers
the
to
of
the amount
your credit at our
resting assured that we shall be
’
,
pleased to meet any reasonable demand on
your part
’
.
D ropping the letter
turned
‘
Denise
to
his knee Thrale
on
,
.
I will go away to day
’
-
,
she said with
feverish haste anticipating the question
,
his lips
‘
,
and I will take nothing that he
—
ever given me nothing !
poor as
S ee
has
will go away as
this is the dress I
—
w ore before I was married thi s poor frock
I
came
I
on
.
that he used to admire
,
-
’
.
S he had worn none other for the pas t
week and this perhaps w ith some senti
,
mental notion that when H arry came back
T H E H A R DI N G
0
7
us strength
wrench at the last
‘
I—I
was certain to be
It
.
.
couldn t find cour age to
am
must g
e
t
y
o
.
.
seem
between
M rs D enham has gone
’
Y ou
I
g
.
That s all right
yet
upstairs
o
’
’
them
hard
a
'
’
’
for my things
for
SCAN D AL
so
o ne
know just
to
contradictory
it is all
I
,
,
I kno w
.
I
could not stay her e and
unreal
so
feel and
myself wavering
thing and the other
I know
.
to
ho w I
difficult to
so
,
u
nder
stand that I am to forsake all the past and
‘
,
begin a new life
‘
’
.
ordered the brougham
‘
by
I t will be easier
and
-
-
I have
by
.
’
.
There s poor S andy barking
Does he
’
.
know that his mistress is going to leave him
I wonder
?
,
’
M rs Denham brought in her things and
.
,
at a sign from Thrale withdrew quickly
put the mantle
on
.
He
her shoulders and she
,
O NLY A
L I T T LE CAST
-
W I FE
O FF
7
1
pinned her hat and drew the gloves u pon her
trembling hands as best
s
he
could
S oon
.
after that the carriage wheels scrunched
the frost bound drive
-
,
and
in
D enise pressing
,
her lips closely together and lifting her
’
drooping head rose and took B ernard s arm
,
L ooki ng
.
neither to the right nor left but
,
walking as if in a trance she passed through
,
the hall and crossed the threshold of her lost
home
The collie in the yard howled
.
—
piteously as dogs are said to do at the
approach of death
might be the end
that was
so
of
heralded
D enise
and
;
wished it
her own miserable life
.
They had left the C ourt some distance
behind them when Denise broke the long
,
spell
‘
of
silence that had fallen upon them
Where am I going
wondering tone
,
?
’
s he
.
asked in a
which showed that the
question had but just daw ned upon her
.
7
T H E H AR DI N G SCAN D AL
2
have told the man
I
ingham
Whether you stay there or
.
must depend
‘
I have
no t
To
thought
of
no t
’
.
it There were s o
—
f
think o greater than what
to
of
to become
‘
your feeling
on
many things
is
drive us to R ock
to
me
.
’
.
me that seems the greatest of all he
’
,
said gravely
.
S he laughed hysterically
.
Why I am no thing—a little cast off wife
‘
-
,
that s all
,
Who cares what end I com e
’
.
to
I do
H is
’
.
tone abashed her and
,
of
head conscious
,
generous friend
,
g
o
down
effort
nor
?
u
o
y
or
,
I
hung her
her ingratitude
to
this
.
I s it nothing
s w im whether
s he
to
ou
y
me whether
u
o
y
sink
or
throw up your arms and
reach the firm earth by a brave
do
not doubt which you will
do
either deep down i n your heart
,
.
O NLY A L I TT LE CAST-O FF W I FE
You re not a coward
nor a useless little
’
member of society
73
,
’
.
S he passed her hand through his arm and
,
pressed it
to
,
ungrateful
S how
that
s he
was not really
then after ruminating silently
,
on
his words and taking a practical V iew of them
,
she said
I m not sure that I
’
B ernard
a useful person
,
Of course I must earn my living
.
somehow
world
am
,
no
w that I have nothing in the
I must do that ; I cou l dn t rely upon
—
other people s charity I mean kindness
’
.
’
’
.
Thrale nodded with a smile of encourage
ment happy to find that he had struck the
,
right chord this time
‘
B esides
,
I
.
should like to work
,
so
perhaps after all I am a useful person at
,
,
heart
.
I
have done it before you know
,
Why when I was fourteen I kept mother
,
Only then it was different
should like
to
go
on
.
.
I don t think I
’
.
the stage now even if
,
T H E H A RD I N G SCAN D AL
74
they would have me and I scarcely believe
,
they would because
,
dull
am getting
I
ugly and
so
S till there are other things a woman
.
,
can do
The worst of it is I know
.
so
little
,
and there are such a lot Of governesses wa nt
ing engagements
try
‘
fo r
that
,
do
.
’
’
don t think I d better
I
you
Well perhaps there are rather too many
,
incompetent persons i n that line
of
industry
’
,
Thrale observed .
1
‘
could be a nurse
— o r a general
or
,
—
servant only not in R ockingham B ernard
~
,
I should not like that
‘
.
’
.
That is the first point to settle
'
.
We
ought to make up our mi nds in the next
half hour whether you would care
-
to
in R ockingham under any conditions
not
stay
or
.
Oug é z
‘
I
to
stay there
?
’
s
he
asked after a
,
few moments reflection upon the opening
’
duties of her
w life
ne
.
O NLY A
L I TT LE CAST
-
O FF
That depends upon whether
fighting
‘
W I FE
u
o
y
75
feel like
’
.
Fighting
?
’
she echoed wondering what
,
line of industry might require ability
kind in a young woman of her age
of
that
.
You
‘
see
,
Denise
Thrale explained
’
,
,
now there is no longer any justifiable
reason for leaving society in error it might
,
—
be advisable to reveal the whole truth to
stay in the place and show these scandal
,
mongers who have turned their backs upon
,
you when
needed a friend that they
have shamefully wronged you—to stay here
u
o
y
,
until they were forced
to
acknowledge their
i njustice and beg your pardon That s what
I call fi ghting —and that s what I should do
’
.
’
4
if
I
were in your place
H e thrust out
his
’
.
prominent under j aw
-
and bent his brows in savage determination
,
.
’
I n the past week he had fathomed the
mystery easily enough
,
and learnt why
6
7
HAR D I N G S C AN D AL
THE
D eni se
had b e e n
‘
deserted by every friend
For her sake and in
,
possible return
,
V
iew
he had
of
not
.
H arding s
’
attempted
to
undeceive anyone , knowing that if H arding
came back the innocence of D enise would be
amply shown
S o far as he himself was
.
concerned in the scandal he cared not two
,
pins whether these fools who were
,
so
easily
led by mere rumour held him innocent or
,
guilty
B ut it was another matter when
.
the
reputation of Denise was at stake ; and for
her sake he was prepared
to
take up
his
abode i n R ockingham and prove her inno
,
cence by
every
means that ingenuity
determination could afford
an d
.
I don t feel that I could do that B ernard
’
,
said Denise presently
‘
If
ou
y
o
g
afraid to stay
u
o
y
were
’
.
I am
They will take it as another proof that
SO
‘
’
,
.
away they will say
,
’
.
to
o ne
acknowledge that I have done
what then
pity me
t
Do
?
?
you think
I
ill
no
want them
to
Oh that would be more terrible
,
han anything !
to
c
H AR D I N G SCAN D AL
THE
8
7
If
M rs B alfour asked me
.
be her companion again
ould accept
?
Oh no
,
n o,
,
,
do you
think
I
no !
’
I t isn t their compassion we want but it s
’
’
,
d ecent
fair play and common honesty sai d
’
,
T hrale his j aw standing
,
t
han ever
‘
out
more fiercely
.
B ernard I m only a weak little woman
’
,
r
emember
‘
’
.
That should be a stronger reason
fi ghting
n ot
’
fo r
No
,
w e must do what is expedient
,
your cause
ou
re
right
y
’
,
what is quixotic
he thrust his head
told the driver
to
g
But it s
.
n ot
.
and dropping the glass
,
ou t
o to
of
,
the window and
the station
.
C HA P T E R X X I I
E XP E D I E N C Y
THE
.
.
subj ect was not reopened until they
were in the train and on their way to
L ondon
B ut the thoughts of both were
.
occupied in seeking a solution to the
diffi c u l
’
ties that environed them Thrale s revolving
,
round his own text
expedient
‘
’
.
We must do what is
A t length Denise said timidly
I f you are going to I ndia B ernard and
,
you did not mind I should like
,
to o
,
to
go there
,
I
.
H e looked at her without speaking smiling
,
at the idea that he might obj ect to her being
near him
.
S C AN D A L
T H E H A RDI N G
80
I t would be as easy
there as in L ondon
continued
to
’
s
,
he
.
I dare say it would
‘
should think
I
,
find an occupation
earn the money
;
but we must first
‘
pay for the journey I
—
am not much richer than you S ee
empty
to
.
.
ing his purse in one hand and displaying a
’
few sovereigns
that s all I have
’
.
Oh B ernard why did you come fi rs t class
‘
-
,
,
‘
’
I
don t mi nd showing
disregarding her question
,
u,
o
y
’
he
because
said
,
He
paused and j ingling the gold in his hand as
,
,
he looked at her asked
,
?
anyone in L ondon
N obody
‘
Y ou
’
haven t a single friend there
?
’
’
N or
I so
.
,
see
u
o
y
there must be a good
mutual dependence bet w een us
That s why
’
’
.
one
of
Do you know
’
N ot
deal
:
I
thought
limits of my funds
.
u
o
y
ought
to
.
know the
W e shall have to scrape
E XPEDIE NCY
and economize
8I
rub along until we are
to
earning the livin g wage
Won t you go to I ndia
.
?
’
brokenly
‘
’
s
he
asked
.
A lone — not I
A nd what would you do
.
in L ondon without a friend
?
’
But you had an appointment there
’
.
There was
another man in the field and they couldn t
That fell through last week
.
’
,
wait for me
as
’
.
I t s all the same ;
much in L ondon
'
I
can earn
’
.
—
But you were s o eager to go s o e n
t hu s ias t ic about I ndia
We couldn t persuade
you to give up the idea
I su spect I am capricious A nyhow I
don t want to go now C ome let us think
of something more serious he said abruptly
feeling that Denise was stepping upon
dangerous ground and might conceive the
truth that his eagerness to leave E ngland
had been due to consciousness that his love
‘
’
.
’
.
‘
.
,
’
.
,
’
,
,
,
V OL
.
II
.
,
T HE H AR DI N G SCAN D AL
82
her was
fo r
come
otherwise
n ot
be over
to
.
of
D etecting the shade
embarrassment
on
his face and m isconstruing it she dre w closer
,
,
to him and laying her hand upon his arm
,
,
,
said timidly
‘
I can t be unselfish just now B ernar d
’
,
not
unselfish enough to ask you
to
g
o
away
jus t as if nothing had happened to me
’
know it s for my sake
.
.
.
I t s all pity for me
!
ou
’
A nd oh I am
’
ful
I
are
sta
ing
I
t
y
y
You couldn t be capricious
’
isn t caprice
.
,
.
,
so
,
grate
But after a little while when I get
,
better and stronger I can bear to let you go
,
’
.
’
W e w ill hold together till th en said he
,
,
with more fervour in his voice than he had
yet permitted himself
.
"
When
I
know quite
well that you can do without me I will go
,
but not before
S he did
Of his
’
.
no t
perceive the deeper meaning
—
w ords love
of
the kind he felt being
E XPEDIE NC Y
banished from her heart ; she
staunch affection
friend
‘
83
w o nly the
sa
an exceptionally loyal
of
.
I t s more than friendship
’
’
,
s he
said
;
‘
if
you were my brother you could not be more
,
k ind
‘
’
.
I ve been turning over that idea of a
’
fraternal relationship
he replied
’
,
marked absence of enthusiasm
only way that I can see
of
certain difficulties in our way
with a
,
I t s the
’
.
getting over
’
.
I don t think
’
‘
I
3
quite understand
’
You see D enise said he separating the
,
,
pieces of gold in
,
his
palm with
o ne
finger
,
there s only about seventeen pounds here ;
they wouldn t last long in a hotel —about a
’
‘
’
week
I should say
,
Whereas we might
.
live in decent lodgings fairly well
on
four
or
five
‘
Oh less than that
,
‘
’
’
,
she said eagerly
You don t know how economical
I
can be
.
.
T H E H AR DI N G SCAN D AL
84
.
Oh
B ernard
,
hands
her
,
,
fo r
S he paused
,
clasping her
the thought of having him with
their sharing the same home brought
of
,
a gleam
of
sunshine upon her future which
,
she feared must presently be overclouded
and lost
‘
.
I t could be managed if we palmed
o ff
selves
ou r
—
as brother and sister not other
’
wise I m afraid
,
’
.
But if I feel that
,
are a brothe r to me
ou
y
and if you co uld think
of
,
me as a poor
unhappy little sister is there any harm in it
?
,
No
is any the worse for thinking we are
o ne
related
’
.
We ll try it anyhow said he more cheer
’
’
,
,
fully and with resolution
,
.
Then he slipped a
few sovereigns into his pocket and p u tting
,
the rest of the money back in the purse gave
it to D enise telling her it was for her house
,
,
keeping expenses
.
S he took the money
w ithout remon stran ce only wondering sadly
,
T H E H A RD I N G S C AN D A L
86
equally with Denise ; they had yet
to
bury
their dead yet to forget their all absorbing
-
,
grief before they could foster thoughts
,
love
.
But for all that at the root
,
of
of
his dis
content was the fear that he could never be
anything more than a brother
fo r
Denise
.
C H A P T E R XX I I I
T HE
C HA N GE
IN
.
D E N I SE
.
the end of the week Thrale and M rs
BY
—
H arding they thought it advisable
to
“
drop
her title now— were comfortably installed i n
a pleasant suite
C ommon
‘
rooms upon Put ney
.
To morrow
’
-
shall
of
’
o o ut
g
,
said Thrale
and look
fo r
S unday
on
work
‘
,
I
’
.
I think I can make my dress and thing s
’
in a week said Denise ;
,
to
look about
‘
’
fo r
then
employment
You ll never stand in need
I
must begin
of
employment
’
.
’
while I m in the house ; I want s uch a
thing s and never know where
,
to
l ot
find wh at
of
I
T H E H A RDI N G SCAN D AL
88
want
When we can afford to keep a house
.
keeper and a couple of servants it will be soon
,
enough for yo u to turn
ou t of
a cold morning
,
and drudge all day and come home fagged
,
’
at night
But o u r money B ernard
ou t
.
,
—
Don t you know the proverb
any fool
’
can make money but it needs a wise person
,
to
S
spe nd it
I ll make
.
hall spend it
to
the
’
,
and
’
your heart s content
of
u
o
y
,
save and save and save
“
with the co ntent
money and
'
.
A nd i n that way
,
doing our best we must
,
grow rich beyond the dreams
of
.
avarice
,
contentment being a blessing that avarice
never can dream o f
’
.
It
ing
was late when he came home the follo w
evening but he carried
,
abundle under
his arm and was in high spirits
,
.
and
’
There s a week s work to begin with
more to follow N 0 ; it s n ot washing
’
,
’
.
’
,
he
said as Denise touche d the packet inquisi
,
C H AN GE
THE
’
.
’
had something
to
eat
A re you hungry
the bell
‘
89
I ll tell you all about it when I ve
t iv e l y
‘
DE N I S E
IN
’
.
?
’
asked D enise ringing
,
.
A s a hunter should be
A nd if I weren t
’
.
your table would make me hungry
where did you get your flowers
I n Putney
the chimney
,
.
fo r
I
?
.
Why
,
’
got all these and those
,
fourpence
,
on
’
.
H e declared they were worth four shillings
,
and then looking about him fell to admiring
,
,
everything silently as he pulled
o ff
his gloves
—the table laid with scrupulous care the
,
—
glasses glittering brightly he knew s he must
have given them an extra polish with one of
—
her new dusters the sprays of flowers here
and there the glowing
,
cinder
on
fi re —
and never a
—
the hearth the easy chairs drawn
-
round towards the fire suggestive of a long
,
after dinner gossip
rested upon D enise
and lastly his eyes
as
s he
brought him a
9
T H E H AR DI N G
0
pair
of
new slippers that had bee n toasting
fo r
the fender
on
SCAN D AL
the past two hours and
,
,
seeing a happy smile in her face he breathed
,
a long s igh
‘
A nd
no
of
contentment
.
w tell me what is i n the parcel
’
,
Denise said when his appetite was somewhat
,
appeased
‘
.
Manuscripts
lucky
and this
the calendar
Oh I ve been wonderfully
’
.
,
is
a day to be pricked
H appened
.
to
ou t on
fall upon j ust
—
the right sort o f man which was the more
had previously droppe d
—
the other sort K night o f
delightful because
on
o r s ix
five
of
I
,
the big publisher
o
wn
A man after my
.
”
heart clear sighted bold and kindly
-
,
,
,
a man who looks
ou
y
straight in the eyes
;
,
and makes up his mind there and then
whether
ce
u
o
y
t
i
o n al
p
of
to
be trusted or
no t
men take unusual courses
had written
proval
are
to
Ex
.
He
.
me once expressing his
certain critiques
on
his fi rm s
’
ap
books
T H E C H AN GE I N DE N I S E
which appeared in the
H e r al d
1
9
They were
.
honest critiques I ll say that for them
A nd
’
,
when
.
introduced myself this afternoon as
I
fo r
the writer of those articles and asked
,
employment as a reader he offered me half
,
a dozen manuscripts to read and report upon
a fee of half a guinea each short and
fo r
,
long
You may be
.
there they are
'
s u re
I
said snap and
,
’
.
’
Then you won t have to go away eve ry
,
day
‘
‘
you can read them here
I f I may
’
.
Oh that is beautiful
,
!
You shall have
this room and I can work i n the little
,
room
‘
’
.
I prefer the small room if it s all the
’
,
same to you
.
Genius wants a
smoke and wants it thick
,
lot
of tobacco
’
.
When he came down the next morning he
,
found that Denise had prepared the small
room for his use A fire was burning brightly
.
T H E H AR D I N G SCAN D A L
2
9
a table and chair were placed in the very best
position for light and warmth
his pipes and
tobacco held an important place beside the
of
pile
glass
MSS
gratify his eye
to
twinkling eyes
please
him
tenderly
Y ou
and a narcissus stood in a
;
.
,
D enise stood with
.
pleased with her effort to
Turning
.
her
to
,
he
said
:
are awfully good
,
dour
’
.
escaped him unconsci o
usly
The word
Many a time it had risen
to
his lips and
been represse d ; but the impulse j ust
took him
o ff
.
no
w
his guar d
.
S he smiled gently
.
The term
ment was grateful to her ear
’
.
of
endear
Why should
they repress s w eet w ords if they really felt
towards each other the tender love of brother
and sister ?
I t was quite natural and right
.
O ne day he would kiss her and that would
,
make her happier still
then
,
indeed
,
.
S he would kno w
that he loved her as his
.
T H E H AR DI N G SCAN D A L
94
.
some doubtful point declari ng that
,
see
straight
to
the root
of
s he
could
a thing while he
w as wandering amongst its branches and
,
made her feel that she was actually
of
and some sort
To
a helpmate
of
so
use
,
.
him these days were pregnant w ith
such happiness as he had never before
known
I t was no longer a Dead S ea fruit
.
that played before his hungering eyes but a
,
rich growth as s w
eet as it was beautiful
,
ripening surely to its full perfection
S ometimes
,
.
when she had bidden him
,
good night he would thrust aside his tough
‘
-
,
stuff reserved for night work and turning
’
-
,
,
,
to the fire would light a pi pe and dream
of the future A nd now it was that the
,
.
thought of a divorce came not indelicatel y
,
into his mind
.
I t was absurd that D enise
should be tied for life
'
to
a stone
.
I n a fe w
months time perhaps in a few weeks
’
,
,
,
it
might be suggested to her that she should
T H E C H A N GE IN DE N I S E
95
free herself from the man who had proved
himself utterly unworthy o f her consideration
.
A nd after that though Denise might not
,
love him as
s he
had loved H arry
,
s
he
could
yet in time consent to become his wife if
,
only to put an end to this sham which must
,
prevent them forming any friendships with
other men and women of their own class
.
B ut he hoped for something more than that
he hoped that her affection would ripen into
such a passion as he himself felt for her and
,
trusted to the effect of time and her healthy
organism for this res ult
A long time
.
,
he
knew must elapse before the me m
ory of
,
H arding could be effaced before her stricken
,
h e art recovered
its
normal faculties and her
,
nature yearned for the fulfilment of its natural
functions
so long
.
B ut he was in no hurry
k ept
he had
his feelings under restraint that
he could trust himself not to be betrayed into
any premature declaration
of
his passion
,
H A RD I N G SCA N D AL
TH E
6
9
knowing that if his feeling was
n o t re c i ro
p
,
c ate d,
and D enise felt
s he
co uld
become
not
his wife they must put an end at once
,
to
the present arrangement which was such a
,
happy
of
of
o ne
each
fo r
both and separate
,
,
the loss
to
He preferred that the development
.
love on her side should be gradual and
,
of
come within the natural co u rse
rather than it should be forced
which m ight take the form
of
to
events
,
a measure
’
self s ac rifi c e
-
from a sentiment of gratitude on her S ide
,
.
The result seemed to him assured if only
,
Denise could recover perfect bodily health
,
the physical strength to meet the moral strain
which had yet
to
be bo rne
.
H e s aw that her
cheerfulness was mainly assume d that many
,
hours of agony were concealed for his peace
,
of
mind
.
H er wan face and sunken eyes in
the morning sho w ed only too clearly the
sufferi ng o f the long night C ould she sustain
.
this effort
M ust there not come a time when
H AR DI N G SCAN D AL
THE
8
9
violently and applied such means of restoring
,
life as he could think of When she returned
.
to consciousness she was unable to explain
,
the cause of her fainting she had o n ly felt a
sudden pain —at her heart that was all and
,
it was nothing
Thrale would have gone at
.
once for a doctor but she entreated him
,
earnestly not to do
her promising
attacked
She
.
that he refrained upon
so
,
see him if she were again
to
'
so
see
me d quite herself the next
morning —s o well that Thrale left her after
’
lunch to take his week s work to the publishers
and get more
.
D enise watched him as far as the end of
the street
hat
,
s he
where
s
then having
,
u t on
p
her coat and
walked into the R ichmond R oad
he
,
remembered having seen a red
lamp over a doorway and a brass plate on
,
the gate with Dr S omebody engraved upon
.
,
it
.
A nd now finding the house she rang
,
,
the bell timidly and asked
,
to s e e
the doctor
.
T H E C H AN GE I N DE N I S E
99
The i nterview that followed was not a long
-
but it marked a new era in the life of
o ne ,
D enise
.
S he said nothing about this visit to Thrale
it was a subj ect that she could not talk
fo r
bo u t even to her brother
a
I am quite quite well
,
to
,
.
’
,
s he
said in answer
the earnest inquiry with which he greeted
he r
on his return
;
and holding his hand in
hers s he looked in his face with unwonted
animation as s he contin u ed
I am not going
,
to be foolish again
I won t make you
’
.
nxio u s about myself any more my poor
a
,
B ernard
’
.
I ndeed a noticeable improvement dated
,
from
that day— a change
perplexed Thrale
.
NO
so
great that it
effort was necessary
now for her to take interest in ordinary
topics
.
On the contrary
,
s
he
seemed at
times to be holding fluttering excitement
under control and the apathy of previous
,
T H E H AR D I N G SCAN D AL
1 00
days was replaced by subdued vivacity
H er
.
busy fingers were never idle
it delighted
Thrale looking up from his work
,
,
to
observe
the lo ok of concentration and strenu ous e nergy
i n her face as she plied the needle
put his veto on working after
the result that on going late
But he
dinner
be d
to
.
o ne
,
with
night
,
and pausing by her door he heard the rapid
,
click
of
the needle within
.
The next morn
ing he remonstra ted with her
I
of
must get that horrid frock done and out
the way
‘
.
s he
’
,
said
.
fo r
But you said it was
still far ahead
spring and that
,
A nd it s horrible to think
’
.
is
of
you sittin g in the cold working as if it were
for life
"
I
’
.
like the cold
’
;
but I won t work in my
’
room if you don t like it
.
H e bound her to that promise but
,
W or k
was more engrossing than
sitting room
.
.
in the
One day when he entered
"
-
ever
the
,
T HE H AR DI N G
102
'
made the observation
the
before he found
SCAN D AL
.
clue
It
was not lon g
to
that and othe r
little mysteries which had puzzled him in
past five or six days
N eeding
e
a pair
the
.
of
scissors to cut out an
xtract he went one morning into the next
,
room
to
borrow them from Denise
just left the room
to
lady about dinner
;
.
S he had
give orders to her land
s o,
finding no one there
,
Thrale lifted the l id of the work table to help
-
himsel f
.
What in the name of w onder can this be ?
’
he asked himself taking up a very diminutive
,
garment in cambric
.
F or
a moment he
thought that Denise must be dressing a doll
‘
’
for her landlady s child
;
and then light
sud denly flashed upon his clouded masculine
mind the thing being too big for a doll —it
.
was
fo r
a baby
.
C H A PT E R XX I V
D E N I SE
P L AY S
H ER
.
CARD
.
T HAT look of concentration and energy of
purpose in D enise s face was not without
’
significant result
When business again took
.
Thrale to the C ity she profited by his absence
,
to find her way to L incoln s I nn
There she
’
.
was fortunate enough to find M r Playfair
.
I
.
’
am most happy to see you madam said
,
,
the little lawyer when Denise was seated in
his sanctum
‘
.
For the past fortnight we
have been endeavouring by every possible
means to learn your address
Does my husband want
Denise eagerly
.
to
see me
?
’
asked
19
THE
4
No
H AR D I N G SCAN D A L
madam
,
of
pleasure
we
;
have not had the
receiving any communication
from S ir H enry
but in j ustice to our client
,
,
are most anxious to conclude this a ffai r
we
in the manner he desired
.
In
fact we feel
,
hardly j ustified in making any defini te
dis
position of his estate until your claim is
settled either ( ticking the points off o n his
thumb and forefinger ) by your signed agree
’
,
ment to renounc e all pecuniary indem nity
the verbal intimation conveyed to us by our
—
M r B enson o r by fixing a reasonable
.
estimate in round figures
to
of
the maintenance
which you feel yourself entitled
‘
I wa nt
to
.
settle that question personally
with my hu sband
’
’
‘
’
.
That madam I fear is quite out
,
qu estion
,
,
of
the
’
.
I mus t see him
.
There are grave reasons
reasons which he is unaware
I
.
of
’
.
shall be happy to represent them
.
to ou r
1 06
T H E H AR D I N G SCAN D AL
'
due consideration
I promise
.
this
ou
y
shall be forwarded without delay and
,
:
it
if yo u
will kindly give me your address
!
‘
No
I will come again next M o nday
;
"
,
said Denise and then though M r Playfair
.
,
,
made a movement as if to close the interview
S he
sat thinking hard for a minute
S he was no longer a girl
s he
and with the probability
or
two
was a woman
of
,
.
,
becoming a
mother she felt she must be very c areful
,
about worldly things and do nothing foolish
,
H ave you sold H ardi ng C ourt
asked presently
‘
N ot
yet
.
We are pushing the matter
,
of
she
.
forward however
in their report
?
’
.
.
Our surveyors have sent
an inventory has been made
all the furniture and effects in the house
,
and w e have arrived at an approximate val ua
tion of the estate
‘
’
.
Will you please tell me
ho w
much the
C ourt with all that it contains is val u ed at
,
,
?
’
DE N I S E P LA Y S H E R CAR D
‘
I thi nk I may give
I 07
that information
u
o
y
although it is scarcely regular
,
With the
.
home farm park house furniture and effects
-
,
,
,
,
the value may roughly be set down at fifty
’
thousand pounds
H ow muc h does he possess besides that
.
asked Denise after a moment s reflection
’
,
‘
R eally madam remonstrated M r Playfair
’
.
,
,
‘
.
I must decline to answer that question
,
I
.
have already overstepped I fear the limits
,
,
imposed by professional confidence
serve you in any other way
han d upon the door handle
I f I can
.
He
laid his
-
.
D enise rose considered well whether
,
had said all that she intended to
then promising to call
,
the
sa
y
,
carefully after
,
he
and
following M onday
for the reply to her letter went her way
That earnest
,
s
.
passionate letter written
,
so
much for e tho u ght and
’
mental conflict came duly into the General s
,
hands was read by him in the smoking of
,
T H E H AR DI N G S C AN D AL
10 8
cigarette and answered in the smoking
o ne
,
o f t he
next
A nd
.
s o,
L incoln
’
when D enise cam
e again
to
s I nn M r Playfair was enabled
.
,
tell her that his client had written
to
tO
acknow
ledg e the receipt of her letter and inform
"
,
him
it contained nothing to c hang e S ir
H enry s views o r call for further considera
that
,
as
’
tion he must beg that the neg otiation should
m
,
be closed without fur ther waste Of ti e in
unnecessary correspondence
.
S he was not un prepared for this answer
,
but its cold cruelty shocked her and stirred
up all the bitter resentment
sweet nature was capable
.
of
which her
That she should
have knelt at the feet of this man who had
“
,
proved himself so heartless and wicked that
,
s he
should hav e broken down her pride
'
,
obliterated the memory o f the wrongs she
3
had e ndured
ove rcome her self respec t
,
,
humbled herself in the
"
dust
'
as if she were
THE
1 10
H AR DI N G SCA N D AL
Yes ye s said s he
—
will all that I can do
,
I
I haVe
’
‘
,
done all that
’
.
I n that case said he with alacrity taking
’
,
,
a
dip of ink and flourishing his quill over a
quire Of foolscap
‘
,
we may be able to settle
at onc e the question between us
‘
Yes
;
I
.
’
.
am most delighted to hear it
what shall w e
sa
y
,
‘
,
no
’
,
w
,
in round figures
Fifty thousand pounds
without hesitation
N ow
.
taking another dip and another flourish
‘
ho w
I have made up my mind
much I must have
‘
’
’
,
replied Denise
.
The roundness of these figures took M r
P layfair
‘
s
’
Y ou
urely
s breath away
.
are not speaking seriously madam
,
Perhaps under the influence
.
,
momentary irritation
,
.
o
u
y
are disposed
,
of
to
assess your claim at a higher figure than you
would upon calmer consideration
‘
No
;
I
’
.
have bee n thinking about it all
III
DE N I S E P LAY S H E R CAR D
the week
mand
and that is the
,
sum
I
de
’
.
B ut fifty thousand pounds my dear L ady
,
H arding think
,
money
!
’
I t s an enormous sum of
’
.
—
I m very sorry
said Denise and she
really seemed to regret the pain s he was
—
giving the little gentleman
very sorry
indeed ; but I could not possibly do with
less
M r Playfair laid down his pen and j oined
his thumbs re fl e c tiv e l y shaking his head
Denise wore the plain hat and coat s he had
bought as being more suitable to her present
condition than the rich fur trimmed mantle
and bonnet in which s he had left the C ourt
Why s uch a plain little person could not do
with less than this sum perplexed him
H ave you considered that the interest
upon this s u m at five per cent gives an
annual income of two thousand five hundred
’
‘
’
,
‘
’
.
.
.
,
-
.
.
‘
.
T H E H A RD I N G SCAN D A L
1 12
pounds
N ow
?
and the cost
fo r
allowing
,
of
living
do
,
your position
not
y
you might make say a thousa nd
.
do
That would be a
?
a
,
,
su
think
ou
m down
of
y
e ar
twenty
thousand
Oh no ;
I
co uldn t possibly
’
do
with any
thing less
Well madam you must allow me to com
,
,
mu nic ate again with
ou r
I am instructed
close with any reason
able demand
to
should
I
,
client for although
,
,
no t
feel j ustified in
settling the case at such a cost as you
indicate
‘
’
.
Then what am I
,
‘
to
I n the first place
another week
client and
,
factory
advice
,
of
u
o
y
asked Denise
.
if
his reply proves
I should advise
a solicitor
.
must allow us
obtain instructions from
to
the n ,
,
do
?
’
our
u ns atis
to take the
u
o
y
’
.
D enise rose thanking M r Playfair and
,
promised
to a c t
.
upon his advice
.
,
.
C H A P T E R XX V
MO N T E
D E N I SE
astonished
evening at the close
C A R LO
.
Thrale
of
.
M onday
o ne
the month by asking
if he knew o f any solicitor in t heir neighbour
hood
‘
.
solicitor
A
D enise
,
Why what scheme are
,
no
he
u
o
y
exclaimed
working
w in that busy little brain Of yours
‘
I want
Only
‘
to
?
’
I
to
?
o ut
’
’
buy H arding C ourt that s all
,
don t see how I am to buy it myself
’
.
’
.
I sho uld think
find the money
.
not
.
First o f all you have
,
’
.
I ve got that dear
’
’
,
,
said
triumpha n t little nod ; and
,
s
O
he
,
with a
pening her
MO N T E CARL O
purse she drew
,
5
I I
the cheque she had
out
received that morning from M r Playfair
.
.
Thrale examined it with increased amaze
ment
.
Why when did yo u receive this and who
?
gave it you he asked
,
,
’
.
Then
S he
told him of the steps she had
taken which she had concealed from him
,
at first from motives of
—
delicacy
the cause
was now no longer a secret between them
and afterwards from the fear that it might
come
to
nothing and
so
,
his part without reason
create solicitude on
.
But it was all settled this morning she
’
,
said in conclusion
;
‘
and when
I
told M r
.
Playfair what I intended to do with the
money he said he should be happy to
,
—
negotiate
—
that s the word negotiate with
my solicitor
‘
’
’
.
You wonderful little woman ! sa id he
’
,
regarding her with warm admiration for his
,
T H E H AR D I N G SCAN D AL
1 16
im agination readily supplied the details i n
this transaction which
suppressed
s
he
from modesty
,
A nd what are you going
.
with the C ourt when it s bought
’
‘
Of course I don t think
of
’
that would be foolish
?
to
,
do
’
living there
;
’
A nd oh I wouldn t
.
,
,
change this little home for that great house
not
fo r
,
all the riches in the world unless
,
she paused twisting her fingers within each
,
other as was her habit when uneasy specula
,
tions came into her mind
I know
‘
’
,
.
he said waiving the subj ect
,
Do y
know how much the C ourt will cost
—
A ll that I think fi fty thousand pounds
ou
?
.
’
,
H e nodded and was silent in thought
,
‘
N ot
alone
.
she continued reverting
’
,
,
to
her former train of thought
n o r even with
—
my dear brother I couldn t live there I t
’
.
’
isn t
fo r
myself dear
,
anything happened
v
ision
for
B ut I thought that if
‘
.
to
me it w o uld be a
—
the the little o ne
.
p
ro
A nd I thought
I I
T H E H ARDI N G SCAN D AL
8
home farm which joins on you know
A nd
-
,
,
I should
t
hings
sa
y
.
that would pay for repairs and
’
.
Thrale nod ded
.
I ll hunt up a solicitor to morrow said he
’
’
-
,
‘
You
dear said Denise after a pause
.
’
se e ,
,
,
drawing a little nearer
h and on his arm
may happen
”
.
,
him and laying her
to
,
’
there s no knowing what
—
Perhaps if he
she could n ot
‘
,
,
b ring herself to name her husband otherwise
‘
if he is led away by bad people and
,
spends all his money and is deserted by
,
them he
,
to us
‘
may one
day be glad to come back
’
.
T hat is not unlikely
’
,
said T hrale
;
and
the n they both looked into the fire insilence
and thought
.
H e knew well enough now that this noble
little lady by his side could never be nearer
to him th a n now—a sister and n o more
,
H e h a d been a fool
to
dream anythi ng other
.
,
M O N T E CARL O
1
I9
and had wronged her devotion and steadfast
,
cl e ar sighted conscience by conceiving that
-
she would ever give up the hope
ing her husband
the inevitable
A nd
.
—
end
of
reclaim
already she foresaw
the retur n of the ruined
blackguard whining for mercy
and
;
s he
w ould show mercy who had received none
and be generous and self s ac rifi c ing
to
-
very end
the
.
C ould nothing be done to help this brave
—
little woman to ameliorate her fate by only
?
degree
Must H arding sink to the
on e
lowest depth of infamy before he could be
?
taken back by his wife
I f he could only
now be set upon his legs morally the case
would not be so wretchedly hopeless Thrale
thought that if he could only get hold of him
for an hour he might yet do something with
him
I f it were only to give him a ( I
d
good parting kick it would be something !
thought he shoving out his lower j aw
,
,
.
‘
.
,
,
.
‘
H AR DI N G S C AN DAL
THE
120
ol d
’
You ve never had a word from that
rascal Gordon
length
I suppose ?
,
he
said at
.
Denise shook her head
.
Don t know wh ere he is
’
I —I
C arlo
’
to
be found ?
to
think he said he was going
’
M onte
’
.
That s it ! said Thrale slapping his knee
’
’
,
‘
1
warrant
he
’
there gambling with some
s
Y ou
’
body else s money
.
that it took a week
letter
‘
to
told me I think
,
,
get a reply to your
’
.
Yes dear
,
‘
.
Why
.
?
’
I f the General s at M onte C arlo I feel
’
,
’
pretty sure he s
g
ot
H arding with him
’
.
B ut he slipped away in the General s
’
absence
’
.
N ever
the
ol d
mind about that
It s
’
.
man found him again
m ight be w orth while finding
W ould it be
of
any use
to
just possible
A ny way it
.
o ut
,
’
.
write
to
him at
T H E H A RDI N G SCAN DAL
122
N ot
we
more than we can afford
would give for the peace
of
L ess
.
mind it would
yield us to feel that w e had left
unturned
.
Oh if w e could
,
stone
no
A nd if even at the eleventh hour
1
w e could resc u e him
‘
than
!
’
We will think about it D enise
a day
,
two s delay can make no difference
or
’
’
.
S he took his hand and held it pressing it
,
gently in reco gnition o f his dear brotherly
love for she knew that he had made up his
,
,
mind to go before he allowed himself
suggest the possibility
to
.
W e dne s day he started for the R iviera
with all his travelling requisites in a han d bag
that was already half filled with the manu
scripts he took to read o n the j ourney A t
the last mome nt Denise put a letter in his
hand saying it was the only part she could
take i n the F orlorn H ope T o his surprise
On
‘
,
.
,
.
,
MO N T E CARLO
12
Thrale found that it was addressed not
,
her husband but to the General
,
3
to
Personal
.
inquisitiveness was the least attribute
of
his
nature yet Thrale wondered more than once
,
what argument Denise could bring
upon the time serving O ld scamp
to
bear
-
.
R ecollecting several instances of her reti
cence with regard
him
to
,
her invariable
silence when he had expressed his opinion
in outspoken terms upon the General s shifty
’
and untrustworthy character he was disposed
,
to think that
s he
still believed him to be a
W as this an
appeal to his friendship in the name of her
?
dead fa
ther he asked himself Probably it
was
gentleman and her friend
,
.
.
.
A bout
five o clock
’
on
arrived at M onte C arlo
.
F riday
afternoon he
L eaving
the C asino
and the great hotels behind him he worked
,
his
way towards M onaco till he found a
hotel more in ha rmony with his limited
T H E H AR DI N G
124
resources
S C AN D AL
There he took a room
.
,
and
,
having refreshed himself with a wash and a
fairly
good dinner he set out for the C asino
,
with such feelings as many another ex
r ie n c e s
e
p
whose fate may be decided by the
chances of that establishment
A
of
train from N ice was j ust in and a crowd
,
visitors were streaming in by the broad
steps
.
He
overcoat in
of
.
entrance
j oined them
the
to
left his hat and
;
cloak room obtained a card
-
,
the gaming rooms at the o ffice
-
opposite and passed into the spacious atrium
,
.
A compact crowd waited at the entrance to
the S alle de Th eatre ; a scattered throng
of
w ell dressed
of
men , with
-
over dressed women
-
and down
,
a sprinkling
were sauntering up
.
Thrale ran his eye over the crowd with
l i ttle expectation of finding either the General
or
H arding there and made his way to
,
the gaming room
-
.
A t the
entrance he
T HE H AR DI N G
126
SCAN D AL
Thrale took the tables systematically scan
,
ning carefully the serried faces Of the players
that surrounded one and then passing on to
,
the next
.
I t took him over an hour to get
th rough the roulette rooms
C oming to the
-
.
Grande S alle where trente
e t-
-
,
quarante alone
is played the task became easier the players
,
,
being comparatively few
yet her e it was
;
easy to overlook even a well known face
-
amongst the co ntinually shifting outer ranks of
players and it was di fficult to get a fair view
,
of those seated at the table
I ndeed he had
.
,
come to the last table and in despair was
,
thinking of going back
to
the roulette rooms
-
and beginning all over again when he heard
,
a well known voice j ust in front of him
-
sa
y
A ssur é and craning forward he recognised
’
,
,
,
the General s long hooked nose and white
’
,
moustache as he pushed a piece across to the
croupier
.
Thrale drew a long breath and working
,
,
MO N T E CARL O
12
7
his way to the opposite side of the table
found a better point of observation
.
,
I t was
he the General beyond a doubt and looking
,
,
,
remarkably well his dark
,
health and
hairwash
hair
lustrous with
his white moustach e
,
looking more princely now for a R ussian
twirl
.
He was in correct evening dress and
,
a superb diamond glittered upon
Piles
of
fi ve
-
his
finger
louis pieces served as paper
weights to a couple of bulky packets of notes
and he had a gold pin to prick
upon his card
.
.
O ff
,
results
The coolness with which he
saw his five notes of a thousand francs raked
into the bank three times in succession was
only equalled by the indifference with which
he added twenty notes of the same value to
his stock on the fourth coup
.
H e was in
fine fettle magnificent and Thrale in despite
,
,
,
of himself could not help admiring the
,
vagabond
ol d
.
But where was his pigeon H arding who
,
,
12
H A RDI N G SCAN DA L
THE
8
must at least have given the needy General
,
,
the means
of
starting upon this royal road ?
Thrale examined every face at the table with
scrupulous care and then havi ng
,
,
no
anxiety
with regard to finding the General again
,
left him and passed the other tables under
,
review
‘
.
H e ll never look as he did
’
’
with a pang
;
,
thought he
but he could fi nd no man that
bore any rese m
blance
to
H arding nor any
,
woman that looked like L iz
S o at length giving up his quest he went
.
,
,
back and kept his eye
the General
on
.
A
little after ten the General looked at his
watch put up his notes
,
an d
card in a case
,
slipped the gold in his pocket and rose from
,
the table
.
With his thumbs in
pockets his head well up
,
eye
fo r
,
his
waistcoat
and an amiable
the handsome women in his passage
,
the General was sauntering towards the
entrance when Thrale coming
,
,
to
his side
,
to
H A RD I N G SC AN DA L
THE
1 39
ou r
theory
prepared
to
’
,
observed Thrale who w a s
,
—
make himself agreeable to
de
scend in fact to the most j esuitical expedient
for the sake o f D enise
,
,
.
C H A P T E R XX V I
THE
GE N E RA L
.
F I N E SSE S
.
W H E R E are you staying my dear chappie
,
sked the General taki ng Thrale s arm as
they descended the C asino steps
’
a
,
.
H Ote l du
M idi
H Ote l du
M idi ! That 5
well
‘
.
A lone
Yes
No
?
’
.
o dd
.
I
know it
’
’
.
engagement
N one
to
night
-
’
.
Then you mus t consider yoursel f my
prisoner
‘
’
.
Wil lingly
Thrale
’
.
did
no t
intend to lose sight
of
the
S CAN D AL
T H E H A RDI N G
132
General if he could help it until he had
s olved the question that had brought him
so far
.
H Ote l
I am staying at the
‘
across the p l ace there
s tiffi s h yo u know ; b u t
,
,
The charges are
.
'
de Paris j ust
it
’
exceedingly con
s
is
a
comou él e u
We
f
will have a nice little supper and then with
v e n ie n t,
and the
’
c/z e
.
,
a cigar
,
the terrace afterwards w e can talk
on
,
over certain m a tters that are the fly in my
pot of precious ointment
’
W e won t spoil
.
our appetite by discussing serious subj ects
no
du
w
.
SO
.
you ve been saying at the
’
H Ote l
M idi dear boy
,
I
‘
arrived this afternoon
Oh
,
O
’
.
h ! thought the General
lose much time in hunting me up
yo ur game
u
o
y
the
u
didn t
I see
.
What a strange thing ! said he
’
.
at the same time
pi tch ed
’
’
‘
.
pon when
I
’
That s the very place
first arrived
.
To
I
tell
—
truth dear boy dropping his voice
,
'
THE
1 34
‘
Ah
,
ah r
H AR DI N G SCAN D A L
thought the General
he hasn t come here to play
gale
“
N early
u
I
b
t
;
Obvio usly
.
dared not venture even
?
’
What s that
A nd
all are forms of the Martin
S imple Philibert
‘
.
A ll right
’
he said
1
”
,
so
I played
on
the
on
zero
’
.
’
S implest thing in the w orld dear b oy !
,
The roulette is divided into thirty seven
-
compartments each numbere d from zero
u
,
wards
The b a
ll is bound
.
those holes .
to
p
o ne o f
fall into
O n an average the ball falls
into zero every thirty seventh coup
Then
-
.
the bank has to pay the winner thirty six
-
pieces
fo r
every one he has o n— see
?
My
plan was to wait until the twentieth c oup
after zero had won
.
The ball may tumble in
the very first time in which
,
profit
of
thirty
fi ve
-
pieces
u
o
y
make a clear
’
.
I f it doesn t you
lose your piece and stake another and
,
until it does win
.
so
on
Beginning at twenty it is
,
exceedingly rare that you can lose thirty
T H E GE N E RAL FI N ESS E S
times before z ero wins
gain is still
s ix
pieces
with a sin gle piece
,
As
of
I tell you
five francs
I began
,
but
lucky and at the end of the week
I
was
could
I
,
afford to put on four at each time and so
,
crept
until a week ago when
on
5
but if you do your
;
.
13
was in a
I
,
I
position to turn my back on that perspiring
of
crowd
little punters and go into the
s p e c tab l e
rooms and play in the society of
gentlemen
hold
of
te
,
.
A nd now dear chappie I
,
’
,
got
ve
Well you s hall know
a system
,
all about it presently
H e r e we are
.
’
.
The hall porter flung the doors open
-
seeing the General and Thrale
,
on
another
attendant c ame forward to take their hats
and coats while a third brought some letters
,
from the bureau for M
.
1e
G én éral
I wager three out of these
letters
.
,
,
ou
are beggin g
Will you take me dear boy
the General offering the
N ot
fi ve
.
—wise
on
u
?
’
asked
nopened letters
your part—you ve
’
no
.
idea
T H E H A RD I N G
136
what a
l ot
of
S C AN D A L
that s ort of thing goes on here
.
Oh Jules presenting the letters — o f which
o n e as he perceived was actually from L iz
’
,
,
,
,
and turning
to
the hall porter
‘
,
you will send
up to the H Ote l du M idi for M r Thrale s
—
—
f
luggage arrange the af air and if the room
’
.
next
to
mine is unoccupied M r Thrale will
,
use it while he is my guest
The orders of M
obe yed }
.
’
.
l e G én e ral
shall be
’
‘
.
Thrale submitted to this arrangement
that he had any hope
here
no
no t
w o f finding H arding
I ndeed so completely had the General s
’
.
,
unconstrained behaviour disarmed him that
,
he
began to think the O ld fellow was playing
honestly for once in his life
more in error
.
H e was never
.
With the nice refinement
of
a man who
respects a delicate repast the General avoided
,
the discussion
of
lengthy topics
,
serious
matter and even the all engrossing theme at
-
,
T H E H AR DI N G SCAN DAL
138
l
was afraid so
it struck me j ust
come down here
I have
‘
No
c hol
y
no
to
you know dear boy
,
,
w that perhaps yo u had
look for him
’
.
’
go said the General with a melan
,
,
shake
coming here
‘
Do
.
of
the head
;
‘
I
he knew
w as
’
.
that fact led me
of
A suspicion
to
believe
’
he w ould be found at M onte C arlo replied
,
Thrale bluntly
‘
’
.
I wish your conclusions were j u stified
with all my heart
.
,
There would be some
hope for the poor old j ohnnie then Why
dear boy I ve seen men here hopelessly
,
.
’
,
entangled
,
tottering on the very edge of
social destruction all for some pretty doll
—
with a painted face mad positively mad
,
.
,
Well they have gone into the C asino lost a
,
,
fe w
’
housands and that s brought them to
—
their senses
A way goes the doll and
t
,
.
’
’
they re cured
.
T H E GE N E RA L FI N E SS E S
‘
1 39
A nd they go back to their innocent wives
thought Thrale bitterly
‘
,
’
,
and are forgiven
;
’
and one s the hero Of a farcical comedy and
,
the other the heroine of life s tragedy
’
’
’
A h continued the General
,
‘
,
.
you moralists
magnify the small iniquities of this place
which any sane man must
se e
,
are not a patch
upon the rascality connected with your sacred
turf nor one thousandth part
-
,
to
so
destructive
the general community and you lose sight
,
of
altogether
the many advantages derived
from it by a deserving section of society
S aying this
,
’
.
the General thrust out his
legs tilted back his chair and plunging his
,
,
,
hands into his pockets turned over the thick
heavy fi v e louis pieces lovingly
,
-
.
,
C H A P T E R X XV I I
A N O T H E R T R I CK
IT
TO
.
GE N E R A L
TH E
.
’
has occurred to me said the General
,
to
Thrale when they met the next morning at
,
breakfast
‘
,
that if H arding is here w e ought
to find his name in the visitors lists
’
broke
off
to
order a waiter
the local papers in
‘
.
When
to
He
’
.
al l
fetch
am at the
I
tables ( and I do my two sed u ces regularly ) I
s e e nobody but the chef and the croupiers s o
’
,
it s not impossible that he is here
’
’
The gar con brought about
as he could carry
Good
.
fetch me the
as
.
many papers
.
S et
them
down
there
[u azouteu r do [a R ivie r a
’
'
.
.
N ow
That
’
,
T H E H AR DI N G
14 2
‘
SCAN D AL
Thanks I ll call on them replied Thrale
’
’
,
loomily
g
s
do
hall
‘
.
’
I won t trouble
’
here
s
must find it
.
before we meet at lunch
ou t
I
;
’
anywhere near here
or
,
come
u to
o
y
this ferreting quicker alone
he
If
,
u
o
y
,
’
.
H ad there been the least prospect
of
finding H arding or of discovering treachery
,
on
s
the General s part Thrale would not have
’
,
crupled
tality
avail himself of Gordon s hospi
’
to
But b e saw no ground for hope in
'
.
d irection
.
Thanks again
t
hi n k
ou
y
Dear
’
,
bo y
,
’
’
.
said the General impressively
his voice
l iberty
an
of
but I do nt
’
said he
will see me again
d ropping
fo r
any
ol d
‘
,
permit me
to
—
friend how do
,
take the
u
o
y
stan d
cash
’
I ve a hundred francs that s
’
,
al l
’
.
’
Thought so said the General to himself
.
,
Glad
s
to
hear it
’
.
To
Thrale he said in
ame genial earne s t tone
,
"
,
t he
My dear chappie
,
A
u
o
y
T R I C K T o T H E GE N E RAL
—
will lunch with me twelve sharp
.
14 3
A fter
lunch w e will go into the C asino for j ust half
an hour
’
.
’
I ve no time to lose
I
,
no r
money either
romise
you
shall
lose
neither
p
’
.
I
.
promise you that you shall win in three hours
more than any literary man can mak e in
three years
.
You shall return to E ngland
with a fortune in your poc k et
‘
Or to hell with such as
,
ou ,
y
thought
’
Thrale with some strange instinctive
,
tion that this apparently harmless
O
co n v ic
ld rascal
was in truth a fiend possessed of the po wer
to
ruin the souls
‘
of
men and women
I have a system
a kind
of
’
,
.
p u rsued the General
,
Martingale
That di spelled the uncan ny illusion—if
—
illusion it was and Thrale burst into laughter
at the fatuity
‘
of
the General
.
’
Why you all have systems ! he cried
,
‘
A nd the C asino profits by them
.
.
Good
H AR DI N G SCAN D AL
THE
144
heavens General ! don t you know me a little
’
,
bit
?
’
M ore than you think perhaps
‘
,
.
Well
,
dear boy if you will not suffer me to do the
thing more delic ately—allow me to offer you
,
this
’
A nd with that he drew the stuffed
.
—
note book from his brea st pocket and ex
tended it to Thrale
H ang it sir ! w hat are you thinki ng
?
about asked Thrale rising indignantly
I am thinki ng my dear fellow replied
the General unmoved and as bland as before
I am thin k ing that with a hundred francs
you can no more go to V illefranche C annes
and Grasse than you can fl y to the moo n in
search o f H arding that with a hundred
francs your inquiries must come to an end in
-
.
,
’
,
.
’
‘
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
less than a w eek
‘
Then
No
’
,
I
’
.
must give up the search
’
.
said the General in a very low and
serious tone
‘
.
No ;
’
you can t do that if
THE
146
H AR DI N G SCAN D AL
’
I t s all right thought the General
’
‘
,
of
has not let the cat out
‘
You might have
the bag
tr ie d to
certainly added Thrale
she
’
.
do something
,
’
,
Yud a
’
‘
.
is exactly what I feel dear boy
,
I
.
might have stood by her until my twenty
pounds were all gone
.
What
should have
I
done after that heaven only knows
.
C ertainly
I should not be in a position to offer her now
—
this little provision and that is what my
roundabout j ourney ends in
Y ou
H ear me out
.
told me last night that
s
that you know where she is
he
.
is well and
,
Take these
.
notes employ them as you think best in
,
hunting up that poor weak kneed H a rding
-
,
or in su pplying the personal wants of that
poor soul his wife
,
.
I
will
n ot
take a refusal
’
,
he pursued as Thrale rose again with em
,
—
phatic refusal in his look and gesture
any rate
tion
.
I
,
u
o
y
‘
at
must give my o ffer considera
shall expect to see
u
o
y
at lunch
’
.
A TRI CK T O
‘
T H E GE N E RAL
A nd if you do not
Thrale
,
me
14
7
answered
you will know that no consideration
s ee
’
,
can induce me to take your money even for
,
L ady
H arding
’
.
T he General felt that he had gone danger
ou sl
y
near overdoing it
‘
.
A little more and
,
he might have taken the money he reflected
’
,
I was
but
compelled to pitch it strong
.
He
is pretty sure to tell D enise all about this
interview ;
s
he
won t see through it
There s
’
’
.
no amount of generosity that a woman will
credit you with if you give
n ot
fairly plausible reason for it
’
em a
Keep
.
her
—
in good temper that s the main thing j ust
’
HOW
2
.
T he General lunched alone
;
he did
no t
expect for one moment to see Thrale again
But he sent a note to him at the H Ote l du
.
M idi
,
f
a ter
the last train had left M onte
C arlo for Paris and when the gar con brought
,
it back with the information that M r Thrale
,
.
14 8
wa s
H A RD I N G SCAN D AL
THE
not
there he tipped the man a louis in
,
the fulness
of
his heart
.
H e took an early train to M entone the
next morning
he put it
to
,
to
look after his dovecote as
,
himself and make sure that
,
pigeon was not fl own
.
his
1
H A RD I N G SCAN D AL
THE
9
5
rest of the chattels for the season
at a
,
reasonable price with the stipulation that
,
the transaction should
be made known
not
all the world by the visitors
to
stipulation which the General
’
—
list a
who
,
had
the arrangement of affairs most righteously
'
,
'
observed
.
The General liked exercise in moderation
and under agreeable conditions
his nerves for play
;
it steadied
and as he walked along
in the generous sunshine with a
,
j ewels on one hand the
,
O
se a of
liquid
live clad foot hills
-
-
the A lps on the other and the white
of
,
campanile Of B ella V ista just sho w
ing above
the palms and eucalyptus he experienced
,
of
that feeling
good will towards
-
which c omes with self contentment
all
men
-
.
If
he could not make everyone in the
world happy it was only because his means
,
were limited by circumstances over which h e
had
no
control
.
What h e most dearly wished
T EMP T ED O F T H E DE V I L
1
5
1
was to make poor H arding happy and c om
—
l
fo rtab e in his present position s o happy
and comfortable that he could never wish
change it for any other
L iz,
written
,
doubtless
That note from
.
,
to
of
in a moment
irritation to which young women of her
,
class were only too subj ect saying that
,
s he
’
could not abear it any longer and he must
‘
,
come home and
do
something quick did not
disquiet him greatly
,
he felt
;
with a little tact he could
do
,
make her life as happy as
s
he
so
sure that
something
wished
,
to
.
There was a billiard room in the belveder e
-
The windows opening upon the arcade
.
su r
rounding it w e r e thrown open to let in the
air fragrant at this hour with heliotrope
,
the
pure blue of s k y and distant sea was panelled
in a frame of yellow roses and crimson passion
flowers twining together on the slender
,
of
columns
his
the arched way
cue his chin resting
,
.
on
L eaning
on
his hands
,
T H E H AR DI N G SCAN D AL
1 52
H arding
listlessly regarded
L iz
as
she
screwed her pliant body about in the en
,
to make a stroke that might hit
de av o u r
somethin g
‘
N ot
entering
.
’
that way my dear said the General
.
,
‘
.
,
You can t hope to hit a ball by
’
making a sort of knife rest of your knuckles
-
in that style
S how her how to hold her
.
hand H arding
,
’
.
H arding did as he was bid setting his own
,
hand
on
the board in reg ular form and then
finding that
She
,
could not copy he drew near
,
lethargically and bent her fingers to the
,
requisite position
A t the touch of his hand
.
,
-
the rich blood rush e d up to the girl s temples ,
’
and she glanced swiftly into his face
,
he r
eyes twinkling as if dazzled with their own
,
brightness
.
He
,
as heavy as lead
,
w
sa
nothing but the set of her fingers and
,
,
having done the best he could he told her
,
phlegmatically to
fi re
away
’
.
THE
1 54
H A RD I N G S C AN D A L
as usual very chatty and entertaining
,
re
,
lating the latest incidents of the C asino and
the current scandal with an enviable lightness
of touch and good humour
took coffee with them
his
when
A fter lunch h e
.
the terrace and
on
,
cup was sipped and settled with a
glass of liqueur he found it was time
,
the train and return
,
C arlo
to
to
catch
his beloved Monte
.
L eavi ng
them and passing through the
salon he deliberately laid his gloves on the
,
tabl e
then descending to the garden h e
;
,
,
stood under the terrace and called up to
Liz
Will you see if I left my g loves in the
?
salon said h e as the girl looked down from
‘
’
,
above
‘
.
Yes he r e they are ;
,
down
’
,
I
will bring them
she call ed understanding
,
significant movement
her good bye
-
.
of
his
no
w the
eyes as he b ade
T EMPT ED O F T H E DEV I L
1
55
The General met her at the door and
,
,
linking his arm in hers led her down the
,
path towards the gate
.
?
Well what is it eh my dear girl
asked w i t h paternal gentleness
‘
,
,
,
Why
fiercely
he
.
,
‘
’
’
,
see
o
u
y
what it is ! she answered
H e don t care for me a little bit
’
.
—
—
—
he never alters and I
I well I can t bear
it any longer !
H um ; case of Pygmalion and Galatea
reversed
I t s no good talking to me about people I
don t know
—
Pygmalion was a sculptor a man who
made images he said bringing himself down
to her level
A nd o n e of these images was
life size and uncommonly good looking like
you my dear and this Johnnie falls madly in
love with her
Y e s that s it ! s he cried comprehending
I t s just like loving and loving
the parable
’
,
’
’
.
’
’
‘
’
,
,
‘
.
-
-
,
,
,
’
‘
’
,
,
’
.
1
H A RDI N G SCAN D AL
TH E
6
5
a dead thing
of
became
’
Oh it s mad deni ng
.
,
!
‘
What
the gentleman
H e would have gone mad only he found
,
means to put warmth and life into the image
and then it was all right you know
,
L iz
’
.
looked puzzled taking the case literally
,
as a fact of to day
,
,
-
I ve done all
’
‘
.
I
know she said presentl y
I never cross him
thing
’
,
If
.
.
I can think of any
amuse him I fetch it
to
,
?
can I do
.
What else
’
T he General cast a sidel ong glance at her
raising
his
,
eyebrows and as that failed to
,
,
awake her intelligence he said
,
‘
’
M y dear if he won t make love to
,
u
o
y
must make love
L iz
an d
him
y
’
.
regarded him in perplexity for a
moment
de nl y
to
ou ,
;
then his meaning becoming
,
intelligible
,
s he
turned her back
sud
snatched her arm away
on
him
.
,
T he General
struck a vesta lit his cigar and seeing by a
,
,
,
1
H AR D I N G SC A N D AL
THE
8
5
s he
would do anything anything anything !
,
,
With these thoughts stirring her blood like
strong drink
,
s he
started up from her seat
and hurried into the house
But before
‘
.
going on to the terrace she stayed a minute
,
in the salon to overcome the giddiness of
this intoxicating passion and moderate the
,
beating of her heart
resolution could fail
the
terrace
,
.
Then
she stepped out upon
,
to find
H arding
head sunk in his shoulders
chair
before her
,
,
,
with his
asleep in his
.
S he seated herself silently
O
pposite to him
,
and leaning forward her elbows on her
,
knees and her damp hands glued together
,
she wondered what it was she loved
;
such a passion had sprung out of her
passion for this man
.
,
why
co
m
When he lay helpless
and broken down in his bed he was interest
ing but now h e was a mere log and with
,
,
,
his mouth agape and his cheeks scored with
T E MP T ED O F T H E D E V I L
59
I
dull care not even commonly good looking
-
,
.
L iz
had had a score of sweethearts in her
time —good looking cheerful fellows most ;
-
,
,
yet she had never felt for one of them one
particle of the passion that throbbed so Wildly
in her bosom now
M any a gentleman
.
visitor had made her presents squeezed
,
her hand on stairs kissed her in passages
,
and even written to her
.
,
S he had only to
glance at any man to make a fool of him
.
Yet beyond the mere triumph of making her
,
fellow servants laugh at the expense of these
-
silly fools she had never cared whether
’
,
s he
excited their admiration or not but now he r e
was she ready to lay down he r very life for
'
this one who had never shown a sign of love
for her
of
.
Maybe that was the secret spring
her pas sion
,
his indifference provoking
that craving for the unattainabl e which
inherent in
our
nature
is
.
S uddenly H arding s head falling back h e
’
,
,
TH E
1 60
H AR D I N G SCAN D AL
awoke with a snort and rubbing his eyes he
,
,
looked stupidly about him
‘
,
.
A nything at the theatre
he asked presently yawning
,
“
M adame
to -
night L iz ?
,
.
she answered he r
,
dis
resolution failing utterly under these
n
i
g g
c o u ra
‘
’
conditions
.
S een it a do z en times
.
L et
’
s go
fo r
a
drive —standing up and stretching himself
a good long
un
carriage while
I ll go
’
.
’
y
ou
put
an d
se e
on
your bonnet
about the
.
O rder dinner as late as possible that s a
’
,
good girl
’
.
H e hated the evenings and the long
nights when there was nothing
,
tho u ghts
when
;
,
the room plunge
,
do
,
distract his
—
what he m ight pace
his
smoke lie which side
to
head in cold water
—
he would
,
back would
come the past with its tormenting suggestions
what n k t have been had he only done
this o r that to ke ep his wife s love from
of
’
T H E H AR DI N G SCAN D AL
162
awakening
of
his senses ; he noticed the swi sh
o f her white frilled petticoat and the twinkle
-
Of her pretty feet as she
when
s
he
ran
upstairs and
,
reached the landing he s aw he r t urn
,
boldly round and wait there with a significant
smile in he r face
like a
boy
,
H e nodded awkwardly
.
and went out int o the garden
,
.
H e paced the alleys thinki ng no w not
,
of
the past and its possibilities but of the
.
,
resent
and
its
facts
p
.
L iz
was in love With
him — him of all men on the earth
then was the explanation
,
of
!
This
,
many a li nger
ing look and trembling touch that he had
attributed
to
sympathy and pity
S he cared
.
for him in another way and now some
,
ne
w
sentiment with regard to her seemed spring
—
ing in his breast something that gave him
unwonted interest in her a feeling Of care le ss
,
ness that
b ad l o ng
'
been unknown
.
What if
h e let this sentiment grow and take the place
of
morbid regret putting the past from
,
his
T E MP T ED O F T H E DE V I L
memory and opening
a prospect of
Up
difference and pleasure
1 63
in
Why sh ould he live
with the dead when the living stood there
with open arms to breathe a fresh life into
his
dormant soul
?
Why should h e spend
sleepless nights brooding over the lock of
brown hair and the tattered letter of one who
had betrayed him and broken his heart w he n
,
he might sleep and forget and dread the
,
n
ight no more
?
H e went indoors presently still feverishly
,
agitated
B efore the
.
r
oom in which h e
usually passed the lone hours he hesitated
,
.
S hould he go in there to night and try to
-
,
read the book that lost all meaning
after the first few paragraphs where
,
line he seemed to s e e the name
s
of
to
in
every
Denise
hould he go upstairs where he knew
,
was waiting for him
?
him
or
L iz
H e sickened at the
thought of again going through that bitter
mockery
of
attempting to forget and
,
,
l
a
nc
g
H AR D I N G S C AN D AL
THE
1 64
ing at the stairs his imagination turned
,
a quick sense of relief
a minute or two he stood irresolute
L iz wi t h
F or
to
.
,
sh a
ken by the undefined conflict of good and
evil principle within him ; then some glimmer
ing perception of consequences daw ning upon
him his heart sank with a feeling of self
,
loathing and disgust and pushing the door
,
,
open he entered the solitary room crying
,
,
hoarsely
‘
,
No
no !
’
,
What was it caused this sudden revulsion
of
S o me clinging memory revived
?
feeling
by the vision of tender caresses that conj ured
up a chilling comparison
of
L iz
with the wife
to whom he had given all that was in his
heart
to
give
Or was it some nobler and
?
less selfish sentiment the last flickering light
,
of
honour
,
of
manly regard for the weak of
,
chivalrous respect for purity
?
There were w riting materials
H e snatched up
a
'
on
the table
.
pencil and wrote a few
,
T H E H AR DI N G SCAN D AL
1 66
that the easiest way of curing L iz of
p assion was
to
excite another
‘
.
o ne
’
I f we don t
find him there we may take it for granted
,
that he has gone back
a week
F or
C arlo
or so
his wife
to
L iz
.
was s e e n at M onte
where she attracted a good deal
,
of
attention by her prettiness and the bizarre
contrast of her demure dress with the feverish
recklessness
disappeared
of
of
y
ou
u
o
y
do
.
.
Poor L iz
sea
her play
—
A nd then she
If
ou
y
have drift ed into the
’
lost souls twas by no fault
,
loved so passionately
must think kindly
u
o
y
wrong
of
‘
.
of
the man
I f you still live
him who would
,
no t
C H A PT E R XX I X
T HE
R
O AD
TO
.
D E ST R U C T I
ON
.
W H E N L iz was no longer in the V illa Bella
V ista
,
to make life endurable a substitute
,
had to be found to prevent H arding going
,
melancholy mad or blo wing his brains
sheer desperation
by
ou t
in
The substitutes proposed
.
the General w e r e all rejected by H arding :
he himself propo sed the remedy
‘
.
Play seems to agree with you
’
I ll try how it goes with me
’
,
said he
.
’
.
The General reluctantly admitted that h e
knew of no better means for curing a man
morbid sentiment
.
of
T he idea had occurred
’
to
him long ago ; but the practical applica
T H E H AR D I N G SCAN D AL
168
tion he postponed as long as possible
;
not
because he was of that greedy and short
sighted class
of
bloodsuckers found at M onte
C arlo and elsewhere who regard every new
comer with j ealous hatred as a possibly lucky
,
player and a rival Who may rob him of his
substance — he was far too generous and
philosophical
entertain such mean senti
to
—
ments but simply because the existing state
~
of things was
so
extremely pleasant that he
did not wish to change it for any other
M oreover
.
’
,
he had the true gambler s
superstition about changing
of
luck
and his
luck might cha nge in leaving M onte C arlo
F or
it was evident that if H arding was
play it must not be there
now in full swing
w e re
.
.
The season was
pouring into the C asin o
his
.
H arding
very first Mama,
and the n any disaster might be possible
—
M yes
,
ol d
to
E very day fresh crowds
might be recognised at
"
.
’
chappie said he
,
.
re fl e c tiv e l .
y
THE
1 70
H AR DI N G SCAN D A L
They left M entone the next day and
,
journeyed right across France to
a gami ng place
in
F o n tarabia
,
the N orth of S pain quite
,
out of the tourist s track and known only
’
,
O
ld hands like the General
to
.
F o n tarab ia
When the season ended at
they
went down to S axon les Bains and in the
-
-
,
winter they came up
to
S t S ebastian and
,
.
thence in due course with the rest of their
,
tribe they shi fted thei r quarters to some
,
other place w he r e the excitement of play and
fast living was to be found
.
H abitual pleasure seekers are the d u llest
-
people in the world
was
but not one of them
l u mpish and heavy and sour as
so
H arding
k new
;
.
No
one ever heard him laugh
,
or
him to do a kind action for anybody
and yet
,
not s o
thing would
se t
;
very long ago the slightes t
him roaring with laughter
,
the smallest appeal to sympathy draw quick
and generous response from
him
.
R OAD
THE
To
DES T R U C T IO N
1
7
1
He had outlived sentiment and saw every
,
thing from a hard material point
,
Why sh o uld he laugh who saw
anything
of v
i ew
.
fun in
no
Why should he feel for the mis
?
fortunes of others who was getting callous
even
to
the sorrows of his own life
in
were no lights and shadows
There
his sunless
existence no contrast o f hope and disappoint
ment — all things seemed to his numbed
,
senses monotonous same and worthless
,
,
.
—
H e played as he drank not for pleasure
,
but relief and distraction as some take
,
narcotics
to
same result
increased
to
:
cure insomnia and with the
,
the dose
had
be continually
to
produce the desired effect
.
A nd
as he would sit over his bottle bibbing and
,
bibbin g until his brain
perverse
,
g
ot
muddled and
so he would play staking his
,
money a handful at a time recklessly in
,
different whether he lost or wo n while the
chances were fairly equal scarcely knowing
,
,
THE
172
H A RD I N G S C AN D AL
what h e did until some persistent run
,
of
.
ill
luck would sting him and r o use a savage
feeling of resentment
nate l y
'
or
;
then h e would
o b s ti
contend against s o me luckless series
put all he had upon a
nu
mb e r
'
,
had
that
j ust turned up the odds against him being
,
about thirty seven
-
to o n e
.
H e found companions who stuck to him
his
close enough while he kept
and left him the moment
he
purse open
drew the strings
,
.
There is no n ee d to trace his history through
those three years of debasement
down step by step fro m the rank
man to the level
of
,
of
of
a gentle
a blackguard
pleasant neither to write about
no r
going
;
it is
to read
abou t
’
During this time the General s life was
altogether a happy
one
.
no t
I n the first place
he seemed decidedly to have left
behind him at M onte C arlo
.
his
,
luck
One after the
other every system he tried broke down
T H E H A RD I N G SCAN D AL
74
1
partner
I t came in piecemeal as
.
,
o ne
farm
fter another was disposed of at ever widen
a
-
,
ing distan ces
and
,
in
uantity
that
it
became
q
s
oon
be
no
such
O
more to divide
’
diminish ing
bviou s there m u st
.
A much larger fortune than his would
have been inadequate to meet
s
uch enormous drains
play
H arding put upon
his
He was driving post haste along the
-
.
road
to
ruin
the General knew it perceived
,
utter inability to put on the brake
t he
part
or
turn
driver s course and what was the worst
’
,
of
,
it all for him he was compelled
,
tick in the same trap
pring
of
to
.
Things were brought
s
many years
by his reckless prodigality and foolhardy
it
s
as
fo r
to
a crisis in the
the third year w h e n a letter came
,
from Playfair enclosing a cheque
hundred pounds
,
the price
of
fo r
five
S ir H enry
H arding s last acres less legal expenses and
’
,
,
with it a polite in timation that the worthy
R O AD
THE
DE S T R U C T IO N
To
17
5
solicitors felt it advisable to close accounts
wi t h their respected client
A
.
deeper shade of gloom
fell upon
H arding s face as the reflection that now he
’
,
had not a single stick of timber
his
grou nd to call
or
inch
of
own raised once more that
old remorseful speculation on what might
hav e been
But it passed away with another
.
reflection as the gar gon brought him his
morning dose of absinthe
‘
.
’
What s the goo d of race or estate or
,
name
,
or anything to such as
,
L ater
on
,
I
when he had changed the
,
cheque he divided the bundle of notes
,
t wo ,
and
shoving
,
o ne
in
half towards the
General he said
,
There s your half
last flutter
‘
,
o
ld
man
now
;
fo r
the
.
‘
A fl utter !
’
There was mockery in that
word applied to such a
A t the end
of
l og as
he
.
the evening s play the
’
T HE H A RDI N G SCAN D AL
1 76
General met H arding and
,
said
in
a jubilant tone
:
I t s all right dear old chappie
the
’
;
,
do
’
u e zg o
‘
has doubled my capital
’
.
’
Good job replied H arding
,
—
out every sou
I
.
so I planked all
I
felt
No
.
bou l e
I m cleared
’
.
26
wouldn t win
’
had on it and lost
,
’
'
.
g
would have induced the General to p art
A little more faith in his oou /e do
e
u oz
company with H arding even now and leave
,
him to settle his account with Destiny and
the
H Ote l
was
too o l d
sixty and
de M adrid as he might
.
But he
now despite the illusions of his
,
o dd
years
,
to be cheated by
shadows and t h er e was substance yet to be
,
got out of H arding by careful management
H e had not heard anything
of
.
Denise ;
but h e felt sure she had not parted with all
that fift y thousand she had so prudently
secured for herself ou t of the estate
.
H A RD I N G S C A ND A L
THE
178
I
dear
on
ly wish we had the mea ns
b oy
an d
V ista
B ella
,
with its passi o n
ro ses came back
,
to
mem o ry ; a paradise it seemed
see n fro m the purgat o ry
an d
existed
Id
of
If
in
.
,
of
—
S he did l o ve me pretty
to
And L iz in
’
.
an d
a no ther spectre
,
L iz
.
me by
L iz l— n o
her quai n t
d o ve c o l o ured dress r o se
,
add
to
his self reproach
-
pieces
,
in
on
.
the paveme n t
.
,
What was the use
of
’
not
the time came
,
to
bei ng a
if he might not e njoy a l og s i n se nsibility
Why might
,
childish idi o tic rage
because these rec ollecti o n s came u n bidde n
t o rme n t him
,
-
H e flu ng his glass d o w n
to
,
had it to do agai n he th ought
mistake ab out that
shiveri ng it
w
’
I
Dutch b onn et
no
which he
be such a se n time n tal idi o t
n ot
this time
him
m o ral debase
c on sci ous ignomi ny
.
H ardi ng s
’
to
mi ght have made a dece n t fell o w
l og
,
’
V illa
fl o wers
’
it
.
The
me n t
do
to
?
a man liv e like a cabbage till
fo r
him
to
die
and
?
t
ro
Why
THE
B A TT L E
O F F LO W E R S
179
sh ould these c on fo u nded th oughts crop up
agai n just because th o se last acres were g o n e
?
W as it all to begi n o ver agai n ? Was no
?
rest to be go t
W he n they reached the R iviera the Ge n eral
s elected a grubby h o tel o n the o utskirts o f
M e n t on e for their reside nce wishi ng to s u b
e c t Hardi ng t o the physical disc o mfo rts o f
j
p over ty as a mean s o f maki ng him m ore
readily accept the prop osal he sh o uld s oo n
have to submit
We are s o deucedly hard up dear b o y
that we shan t have a fi ve fra n c
he said
iece
pu
n
t
with
if
we
d
o n t ec o n o mize
t
o
p
H ave it y our own way said H ardi ng and
he pu t up with the dirty li n e n an d greasy
c uisi n e
and third class
railway j o ur n eys
to
Mo nte C arl o patie n tly e nough fo r a
week
T he n o n e m o r n i ng o n their way to the
s tati o n
he st opped befo re an e n orm ous
,
.
’
‘
,
,
’
‘
-
,
’
’
.
’
,
-
,
,
.
,
,
.
,
H A RD I N G S C A N D A L
THE
18 0
an d
lacard
p
read d o w n the programme
”
the car n ival at N ice
‘
What s
he asked
to-
The fifth
.
I prefer roulette
d on t
of
fools
‘
pay
no
ol d
day
.
chappie
’
.
’
,
.
urselves
of
vi olets
fo r
it ?
,
an d
mak e
’
.
I t will c ost a hu n dred fra n cs
’
.
Wh o s
to
’
What d o es it matter if it c osts two
.
hu ndred
on
,
to-
ses and a basket
of o
Y ou
u
o
y
on
’
We ll have a trap get a c oupl e
’
big
.
’
o f fl o wers
B attle
I
.
day
’
of
?
Y o u ve
’
?
begrudge it
the Ge neral
’
g
ot
m o re tha n that
Do
.
he asked tur ni ng savagely
,
‘
Wh ose m on ey is it afte r
,
.
all
Dear
Ge n eral
b oy
,
‘
.
dear
b oy
rem onstrated
the
We may fo rget that we are p oo r
but we must not fo rget that we are ge n tleme n
’
’
O ne
.
w ould have th ought that he really was
a ge n tle man
,
and
a
fi ne
o ne , to o ,
by
the
air
1
H A RD I N G S C AND A L
THE
82
a ffair was vulgar
we n t
in for
led him
t ables
in
an d
bad taste
and
,
he
it with the same perversity that
stake his m o n ey madly at the
to
.
The Ge n eral w ould have made a sta nd
agai n st weari ng that l o ng
of
himself part
an d
maki n g
the s o rry exhibiti o n
but he
no
se
had special reas on s at this time
his c o mpa n i o n
ing
an d
fo r
hum o ur
bri ngi ng him i n t o
i ndulge n t hum our havi n g c o me
no
,
very critical ju n cture which i n v o lved
,
less tha n s o me s o rt
villai ny
H e c o uld
.
and
his dig n ity
on
of
o
.
no
to
a
thi ng
a c o nfessi o n o f his own
n ot
affo rd
to
pp ose H ardi ng
ly h ope was that a
w
an
ne
,
s t a nd
on
an d
the
w caprice w ould seize
his c o mpa n i o n befo re the battle wh i ch w o uld
lead him
to
aban d o n the silly freak
B ut H ardi ng was
day
,
m o re
an d
s o,
stuck
o
in
.
his s ourest m oo d
bsti nately
to
to
his idea the
,
maybe because he saw it was agai nst
,
’
the Ge neral s i ncli n ati on s
.
H e himself
ad
j usted t he
which was
put
‘
O F F LO W E RS
B A TT L E
THE
ma n s
o ld
’
no
se
,
the
on
e nd
of
e no rm ous blueb o ttle befo re he
an
,
his own
Y o u l oo k a regular beast
on
.
ol d
,
,
appr oach
a laugh
to
ve n erable m oustache
T hey g o t
P ity
he
,
earest
it hides y our
.
,
dri ver s place
the
.
n
’
i n to the cart H ardi ng taki ng the
’
on
‘
man
his
said with the gru n t that was
him
1 83
,
n
an d
the Ge n eral sit t i ng beside
arr o w sea t with the cradle
fl o wers wedged
in
of
betwee n his l o ng legs
,
which was very u n c o mfo rtable besides bei ng
,
disgusti ngly gro tesque
T he n
they dro ve d ow n the b o ulevard
amidst the j eers
ing
of
the c o urse fell
gaily
.
,
the masquers
in
,
an d,
e n ter
wi th the pr o cessi on
of
r ame n ted equipages m o vi ng sl o wly
o n
al ong befo re the de n sely packed thro ng
behi n d the barriers the gra n d sta nds
-
,
the tribu n e
.
T hey
,
an d
were pelted with fl o wers
,
but H ardi ng n ever retur ned a si ngle b ouquet
1
THE
84
H A RDI N G S C A N DA L
of
he left that part
Ge ne ral
the t omfoolery
H e with his head su n k
.
,
sh oulders too k
no
,
no
tice
of
an y on e
D on t
of
his
.
.
?
’
suggested the Ge n eral whe n
,
they had g o n e twice r ou n d the c ourse
the cradle was emptied
‘
g
et
No
mea n
to
so
,
an d
.
be the last
my mone y s wo rth ou t
’
And
an y
thi n k we ve had ab out e nough
b oy
,
in
’
u
o
y
it dear
the
or
t hi ng but the d on keys he was drivi ng
’
to
'
of
on
the c o urse ;
these d on keys
he dro ve twice m o re up
and
’
.
down
the c ourse with d ogged persevera nce l o o ki ng
,
n
either
a third
the right
to
.
n o r to
the left
,
an d
bega n
A t a little dista nce fro m the gra n d
sta n d there was
a
bl o ck which c ompelled him
ust
as
he
was
starti
n
g
afresh
a
J
child s shrill la ugh high and clear like a
to
hal t
.
,
’
,
silver bell struck
,
on
his ear
,
an d
for
the first
time he tur n ed his heavy eyes fr om the backs
of
his d o n keys
and
gla nced at the cro wd
.
A ge n tlema n was h oldi ng a child up
to
—
was De n ise his o wn wife m ore beautiful
than ever for the mater nal te n der n ess in her
face sweet and smili ng as if his rui n had cast
n o shad o w o n her life !
,
,
The Ge n eral rec og n ised them
surprise
of
A t the begi n ni ng
.
had telegraphed
and
,
with out
the week he
De n ise — a telegram
to
,
th o ugh it c o st a trifle m o re than a letter is
,
cheap as av oidi ng the
expla a i
n
C ourt
or
,
t on
on
n
ecessi ty
— addressi ng the wire
the cha nce
of
of
to
tedi o us
H ardi ng
its fi n di ng her there
bei n g fo rwarded
H arry here C o me at o nce if you wo uld
—
h
i
m
save
A ddress Ge neral G chez B o ul o t
.
,
,
.
C afé de P aris M o n te C arl o
,
That was his message ;
,
,
’
.
and
the
p
ro
mp ti
tude with which D e n ise had resp o n ded
the appeal augured
m e nt
of
so
well
fo r
to
the r e ple n ish
his exhausted fu n ds that the Ge n eral
had reas on
O F F L O W E RS
B ATT LE
THE
feel well satisfied
to
less pleased
mark the t o ke n
to
up on H ardi ng s cheek
on
.
ho w to
ly k no w
He
of
was
pers o ns
,
much m ore easily managed tha n th ose
,
T hey
no
s oon as they were
,
fl u ng
papier mach e
the cart pushed
,
cro wd
in
T here was
o
w at its fullest
feasti ng
se
,
his
and,
his
of
,
to
of
the gra nd sta nd
of
fi n di ng his wife
s ide re d
.
him he
,
n
ever
fo r
sa
,
,
of
the c ru e l
'
What he sh ould
.
.
his mi n d
in
eyes up on her beauty
rem o rse
his
-
defi n ite purp o se
,
to
off
re
way thr o ugh t he scatter
he fou n d her what he sh ould
sp o ke
but as
;
j umpi n g d o w n fro m
the directi o n
no
,
,
setti ng his heart bleedi ng a new with
stabs
the
utside H ardi ng with out
bey o n d the simple o bj ect
of
so
.
d o w n the rei n s
no
-
ing
of
,
were a l ong while reachi ng the exi t
t he c ourse bei ng
a w o rd
not
ha ndle them are
apathetic calculat i ng s o rt
87
em o ti on
E m o ti on al
’
if you
.
1
y
do
if
if they
a m o me n t
c on
1
H A R D I N G S C A ND A L
THE
88
I t was
n ot
u ntil the c ourse was empty the
,
—
cr o wd dispersed not u n til he had g o n e a
d oze n times fr o me nd
to e nd o f
the thr onged
b oulevard glan ci ng fr om fac e
amin ing
face ex
to
,
,
each gr o up peeri ng i n t o the o pe n
restauran ts and fi n ally aband oni ng the h o pe
,
,
less task fr o m sheer exhausti o n that he bega n
,
to
speculate
on
De n ise
an d
ing
the p ossible o utc o me
Thrale
As
.
fi nd
of
them s oo n er
s oo n as he was a bit set up
have a no ther hu n t
because
.
I f they had g o n e h o me
them
to
-
m orro w
whe n t hey met what sh ould he
,
’
.
he d
he
their child it did n t matter ;
fo r
I t did n t take l o ng
There was
or
’
’
w o uld search
k n ew
meet
.
H e felt sure he must
later
of
to
An d
.
?
do
He
decide that
of
.
no
th ought
ve ngea n ce
in
no
reproach recrimi n ati on
or
passi o nate appeal prese nted themselves
to
his
p u rp ose ;
his imagi n ati on
no
theatrical
.
,
T here
sh o uld be
s en se
of
n on
any
no
ki nd
‘
sce n e
,
He d
’
.
’
C H A P T E R X XX I
.
N E M E SI S
.
ight—if such
might be called sleep— and
H AR D I N G slept at N ice that
r
est as he
b ega n
g
his
ot
search
agai n
n
n
ext
m o r n i ng
.
T owards the eve n i ng whe n hu nger bega n
,
tell up o n him
to
e no
o ut
ugh
to
pay
fo r
he fou n d he had
,
a two fra n c di n n er
m oney he c ould
-
n ot
,
an d,
,
icket
On
to
M o n te C arl o
the steps
G e neral ,
fi nd
of
to
.
the
scrapi ng his l oose pieces
e
t
her
he
f
o u n d e no ugh
g
t
With
c on t i nue his search
But he k n ew where he sh o uld
G e n eral
.
n ot
to
buy a t hird class
-
.
the C asi no he met the
l oo ki ng less j au n ty tha n usual
N E M ES I S
i ndeed
,
t he ol d
1
man s p ositi on was
n
so
eeded extraordi nary
ass u ra nce to c on ceal his an xiety
of
gravely
’
embarrassi ng tha t it
A t the sight
.
H ardi ng he brigh t e ned up w on derfully
Dear b o y
,
h opi n g
limp ha nd
S ame
are the very Joh nn ie I Was
said he graspi ng H ardi ng s
’
,
.
to
ou ,
y
replied H arry sulle nly
’
wa n t a hu ndred fran cs
S o do
—a
n
do wn
st on e br oke
-
ru n
F ift y
reds
?
’
.
,
,
t we n ty five
,
fo r
’
Im
ab s o
m ost extr a ordi nary
red I ever k new ; twelve
on
and
,
c o mpletely
b oy
.
T he
-
s e c u tiv e
ou t
.
I dear chappie
,
c on
the eleve n th cleared me
Where are
-
.
I
.
’
ythi ng yo u c an let me have
l u te l y
.
u
o
y
fi nd
to
9
1
ou
y
g o i ng dear
,
as H ardi ng with a gru nt t o re his arm
,
,
’
fro m the Ge neral s amicable grasp and tur n ed
on
his heel
B ack
.
to
N ice
’
.
M e nt o n e s nearer
’
there
on
credi t
’
.
an d
we c an get l odgi ng
1
9
‘
H A RD I N G S CAND A L
TH E
2
I
’
m g o i ng
N ice
to
I tell
,
replied stridi ng westward
,
‘
Tell me why
asked
To
If
l ook
ou
y
y ou ll
’
the Ge neral
,
Mem
fo r
and
.
’
.
mea n M r Thrale
n ot
Me ntone
‘
b oy
’
with di fficul ty keepi ng pace
,
speaki ng at the same time
‘
H ardi ng
.
dear
,
u,
o
y
’
fi nd
y our wife
and
.
them there
T hey
.
’
,
re at
’
.
A t M e nt o n e
H ardi ng st opped dead sh o rt as he put the
q uesti o n
.
A t Me nt one
o t ou t of
whe n I
g
I ll tell
’
sl ower
.
ou
y
M e t them
the
trai n
on
ni
the platform
ght befo re last
all ab o ut it if y o u ll
’
g
o
.
a bit
"
.
H ardi ng was stridi ng
o ff n o
w eastward
.
Out with it he said slacke n i ng his pace
’
,
‘
T hey
were
,
o nl
y
in N ice fo r afew hOu rs
.
I t was the first break
fr om
.
on
.
their j our n ey
H AR D I N G S C A N D A L
TH E
1 94
I ve n ever t old
-
’
u
o
y
,
he bega n as they m o ved
on
,
.
’
Dam n y our histo ry l he exclaimed
‘
the n
d A ngl e te rre
’
H ot el
if to pri n t it up on
it s
’
I thi n k
‘
,
mem ory
my duty
,
y
away if
F ire
,
in
paper up
.
k no w
ou
y
like
u
o
y
H e held the
.
‘
.
1
by the m oo n he said s niggeri ng
H ardi ng
,
of
added with a semblan ce
,
Of c o urse
ab out two
an d-
-
,
Old man said H ardi ng
,
do y
‘
on
ame
,
he
his t one
.
,
ago
a t imid v o ice
to
me
?
N ot
,
’
’
.
I pr o mise I w on t make a fool
—
myself no fe ar l
.
k n o w dear
u
o
y
in
Thral e s
’
’
circumsta nces
’
,
tak e n
thi k she w ould speak
Well that depe nds
Oh
,
n
,
‘
'
twe n ty years
’
ou
in
pride
hav e
,
‘
n
’
.
Well as I was sayi ng
,
D e n ise
.
’
I th o ught she w ould
b oy
read it
c an
S he still keeps my
.
tell
.
’
”
to
,
’
’
the m oo nlight
,
a
nd
;
he murmured as
s o methi ng ab o ut my past
ou
‘
his
b o y,
my histo ry dear
’
of
a word ab out the
N E M ES I S
ast
p
NO
.
u npleasi ng allusi o n s
l atio n s you
k n ow
b ut that
t heir
to
95
re
’
I ve made up my mi n d
—
n
I w o n t o ffe d t hem no t fo r
,
a o
1
.
’
.
t he w o rld !
as an
I j ust wa n t them to regard me
acquai n t —a s o rt o f frie n d he urged
in
i nsi nuati ng t on e fi ngeri ng his ragged
’
,
an
,
be ard apprehe n sively
“
I f they w ould j ust
.
—
l e t me call up o n them n o w and the n s ay
—
o n ce a week at the o utside
t o chat ab out
,
o
rdi nary
t r ifl e s
I dare
‘
Oh
s ay
if
,
be
so
t hat
u
o
y
make such a
wi th her— De n ise
on
c an
be ma nage d
ly c ould
l o t o f differe n ce
j olly grateful
to
to
me
.
I sh ould
y
H e t oo k the Ge n eral s arm
an d
’
ou
’
the t humb
.
man ! I t d
ol d
,
’
fi nger
Of
and
the
o
pressed it
ther ha n d
,
in
his waistc oat p ocket s o ftly sm oothi ng the
-
slip
of
paper with her name
T hey
on
it
.
walked s o me little dista nce in sile n ce
H ardi ng
n
,
ursi ng his delightful pr oj ect the
Ge n eral taxi ng his i nge nuity
,
to
tur n H ard
1 96
H A RD I N G S C AND A L
TH E
’
i ng s suggesti on
acc o u n t with out c o mmit
to
~
ti ng himself
.
But
m on ey
an d
time
So
.
fi nd
he c ould
no
no
mean s
of
escapi ng revelati o n at the same
he cleared his thr oat agai n
bega n his hist o ry
on
ce m o re
That m ade
pursued his
as o
lap
blivi ous
of
no
o
differe nce
gai n
no
.
H ardi ng ; he
to
of
th ought
’
the Ge n eral s hist o ry as
of
,
the
.
mann er they walked al o ng the
beautiful C o rn iche
,
to
ou t
sm ooth the way
wn delightful trai n
of
,
the waves am o ngst the rocks bel o w
S O in this
light
and
reflecti on
for
and
,
H e spu n
.
the details at c on siderable le ngth
time
getti ng
Road
,
w in deep shade
l o wed the si nu ous c onto ur
no
,
w in full m oo n
fol
as the path
of
the precipit o us
’
m ou n tai n side u n til H ardi ng s ear caught
-
,
a w ord that b o re c on n ecti on with t he
“
in
lecti on s rev olvi ng
What s that
’
asked
.
ou
y
his brai n
re co
l
.
said ab o ut
V ict o ria ?
’
he
1
THE
8
9
‘
Yes yes
,
‘
H A RD I N G S C A ND A L
GO
.
on
’
.
I kick my foot agai n st s o methi ng strike
,
a vesta
,
me n t I
,
an d
there
fi nd
a pretty little girl ab out seve n
tee n sitti ng
and,
s ou nd asleep
in
.
”
says I
,
earth are
lease
p
”
,
,
the wall
,
I tap her o n the sh oulder
,
“
,
My dear y ou ng
-
who are you ,
d oing here
?
”
an d
“
an d
wa nt
my dear
to
”
see Ge n eral G o rd on
“
,
”
“
.
”
.
,
c on fro n t him
speaki ng
Yes
‘
,
of
was De n is e
an d
This girl
.
g
my daughter
y
my wife
’
.
Ge n eral shrugged his sh o ulders
o
p
ou
Y our daughter
T he
,
”
.
.
What ! cried H ardi ng shifti n g his
‘
,
’
’
to
W ell
am Ge n eral G o rd o n
I
The n y ou re my father l says she
ti o n
I am
I ve j ust c o me fro m A ustralia
’
‘
,
’
says I
,
“
on
u
o
y
,
,
,
what
Oh if
says she rubbi ng her eyes
,
D e n ise
u
o
y
“
tru nk her
of
the a ngles
as she r ouses a bit
wo ma n
and
top o f an ol d
the
sh oulders resti ng
an d
my c omplete bewilder
to
,
on
,
,
.
si
are
N E M ES I S
SO
I am
Wait
here
to
’
ld said he
,
I must u n dersta nd this
F ar
in
bel o w the breaki ng waves
the m oonlight like electric sparks
The Ge neral did
w ould have g on e
his susceptibility
of
ess
man
to
to
rheumatism
an d
,
an d
the c old
to o
excited
fo rced the
to
,
old
face
.
N ow g o
Well
t rifl e s , an d
such
it
’
,
much ease
o n,
C on
as
’
he said
.
ti nued the Ge n eral
he c ould assume
what was I
?
t o do
do
,
with as
well dear
,
I sh o uld have liked
the right thi ng O f c ourse especially as
De n ise was a girl any man might be pro ud to
o wn as his daughter
But my circumsta n ces
to
,
,
.
w ould
n ot
.
with s o me excuse ab out
o n,
to
of
like the l oo k
sit d o w n tur n i n g sideways
each o ther
,
n ot
the seat but H ardi ng was
liste n
b oy
S it d ow n
.
were up on a bridge that cro ssed a
.
flashed
‘
.
.
ravi n e
to
99
’
T hey
n
1
permit it
.
T he wa n t
of
m o ney
H A RD I N G S C A ND A L
TH E
z oo
has bee n the rui n
of
my character
o f,
had o nly had the settled i n c o me
bish op
‘
,
;
on
H o w c o uld
do
I
barely e nough
c ould n t affo rd
’
it dear chappie ?
in
that P icca
pay my tail o r s bill
I
’
keep a h ouse
to
fur n ish her wi th cl o thes
that
I had
,
keep myself
to
an d
dilly garret
an d
.
serva n ts
an d
luxuries
,
an d
,
all
B esides it did n t at all agree with my
’
.
,
tastes
put it
u
o
y
an d
to
habits
’
I t was n t
.
My dear
“
De n ise plai n ly
be d o ne
to
fo r
may be my daughter
”
,
the c o n trary but I can t affo rd
,
I
.
says I
all I k now
’
to o wn
,
to
it
.
must ear n y o ur livi ng as a d o mestic
Y ou
drudge
or
say a
N ever mi nd y our dam n ed phil o s ophy
get
‘
If I
.
ou
y
.
Y ou
must
must agree
g
to
s ome wealthy family
of
the destitute daughter
A fter s o me little
o
back
to
my pla nti ng
V ict o ria ,
u
o
y
on
my acquai n ta nce as
of
an
Co n siderati o n ,
old
frie nd
”
.
she accepted
H A RD I N G S C A ND A L
THE
2 02
B ut
not
What
past awaki ng dear
,
do you
bo y
"
.
mea n
—
S upp osi ng remember
’
I m a dreamer
,
dear chappie said the Ge neral te n tatively
,
,
’
,
pare nthetically edgi ng himself a little further
fro m H ardi ng
parapet
n
ight
and
the da nger ous side
supp osi ng
to
u
o
y
of
the
sh o uld awake
to
had bee n dreami ng three
fi nd yo u
years
H e paused but H ardi ng made
,
no
resp on se
.
H is back was directly agai nst the full m oo n
discer n a feature
of
his face still less the spasm odic twitchi ng
of
the Ge n eral c ould
n ot
,
his lips the gatheri ng fre nzy
,
in
his eye
,
and
he c o nti n ued
‘
S upp osi ng I c ould sh ow yo u that every
wr ong
u
o
y
have bee n br oodi ng
simply imagi nary
?
o
ver was
’
H e paused agai n i nwardly cursi ng the
,
m oonlight that preve n ted him see i ng the
effect
of
his
revelati on
,
d oubti ng
i f it
N E M ES I S
2 03
had yet t ouched H ardi ng s sluggish u n der
’
'
sta n di n g
.
S upp osi ng
pro ve
to
’
he pursued
,
,
what w o uld
u
o
y
S ay
u
o
y
up
‘
.
an d
to
say
u
o
y
that I c ould
to
and
l oy al frie nd
me
cried H ardi ng spri ngi ng
,
S ay ! Why
bless
,
that De n ise is yet a faithful
u
o
y
wife Thrale still a t rue
‘
‘
as
’
I d fall up o n my k n ees
,
an
a ngel c o me
to
s natch me
fro m dam n ati on
And
‘
whe n
u
o
y
bear me
no
no
w
,
w ould have fo rgive n D e n ise all
the sake
fo r
of
the pri n ciple adva nced just
on
of
touchi ng her ha nd
ill will
fo r
any
u
o
y
,
w ould
little irregularities
which I may have bee n guilty
in
these past
three years
There s
’
n ot
’
a thi ng I c ould n t fo rgive
fo r
such a joy
The n c o n ti nued the Ge n eral rapidly
’
,
e n c ouraged by succe ss
j
o
y
,
if I c ould sh o w
‘
,
the n
n ot o n
,
to
,
cro w n y our
ly that y our wife
H A RD I N G S C A ND A L
THE
2 04
is pure y ou r frie nd u n changed but als o that
,
,
the child who cried
wn
o
to
at N ice was y our
ou
y
son
With the fury
’
madma n s
of
a madma n
in c o nsiste n cy ,
up on the Ge n eral
H ardi ng
and,
,
and
,
wi t h a
spra ng
clutchi ng him by
the thr oat cried
,
‘
Tell me this is true
,
’
or
I ll stra ngle
to
free himself
ou
y
‘
The Ge n eral struggled
H is hat fell
striki ng the
,
t oppli ng o ver i n to the abyss
‘
parapet
an d
,
.
—
Y o u re ch o ki ng me are
’
gasped
‘
.
mad
o
u
y
?
’
he
.
’
I shall be if this h ope y o u ve raised is
,
false
fiercely
By
me it s true ! cried H ardi ng
T ell
.
’
’
.
God
A nd
,
it s true —every wo rd
’
the man I saw
I t was
I
-
I
swear it
in
of
it !
’
’
my wife s ro om
!
’
H ardi ng was sile n t but his fi ngers tight
,
2 06
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thre w him
an d
,
d o w n wards
‘
H A RD I N G S C A N D A L
TH E
'
the parapet face
on
,
.
’
T hat s
where
y
ou
are g o i ng
’
he said
,
,
’
h oldi ng the helpless wretch s head d o wn by
of
the nape
the n eck o ver the chasm
D ow n
.
there where the water shi n es am ongst the
,
r ocks
’
ol d
H e thrust the
.
head further
fo rward while the Ge n eral clutched at the
,
parapet
l eft
of
ails fro m his
’
.
’
,
in
mercy
forgive
an d
n
his fra ntic effo rts to escape
I ll
time to pray—not to me fo r y o u ve
u
o
y
no
fi nge r
in
fi ngers
ive
g
teari ng the
,
-
fo r
ou
y
frie nd
,
salvati o n
of
my s oul
P ray
.
r o bbi ng me
h o nour
and n
of
to
,
child
and al l
hop e
’
.
The Ge n eral screamed
fi ngers breaki ng
an d
fo r
help feeli ng his
,
his b ody sl o wly slidi ng
his
fo rward u n der the steady thrust up on
n
eck
‘
to
an d
wife
ame
H eave n
.
Go ;
I ve
’
no
m o re time
to
waste
on
ou ,
’
y
said H ardi ng splutteri ng thr o ugh the i n k y
,
N E M ES I S
bl oo d tha t
no
every breath
2 O7
w welled up i n t o his m ou th at
‘
.
Y ou
shall be first d ow n
—
there go
T he
O
ld
man screamed agai n
br oke away fr om the parapet
bala n ce
g
o
;
thr ough space
as
an d
his fi ngers
he felt
the n he a
dl o ng he Sh o t d ow n
.
H e struck the sharp rocks
with a dull thud but there was
,
no
aft er that save the ge ntle lappi ng
waves
.
his
s ou n d
of
the
C H A P T E R XXX I I
END
THE
H AR D I N G felt dizzy
an d
.
.
sick
and
fai n t
,
no t
with the refl ecti o n that he had killed a man
in
with wh om he had lived
h ood
of
fo r
three years
the c onseque nces
of
was
himself whe n the
to
murder was disc overed
for
:
,
o
he had bee n deceived
,
of
j ustifyi ng himself
claimi ng her fo rgive ness
c io n
i
p
r ui n
his s ole th ought
f sh o wi ng her how
fi n di ng De n ise
of
bro ther
with apprehe nsi o n
or
,
of
a ki nd
,
fo r
that had drive n him
to
the base sus
despair
and
.
The cause was chiefly physical
.
H e had
bee n trampi ng ab out all day with out fo od
,
H A RD I N G S CA ND A L
THE
2 10
i n to sight
and
st opped
his path aski ng if it
in
,
we re he who had screamed al o ud just
'
H ardi n g waved him aside with his arm
wou ld have passed
no
,
w
an d
but the man seei ng bl oo d
,
up on his beard caught him by the sh oulder
,
and o n
ly j ust
r ou n d
arms
on
in
time
heel
o ne
.
,
,
fo r
,
H ardi ng spi nn i ng
,
fell fai n ti ng i n t o his
.
Whe n he rec o vered c o nsci ous ness t he g lare
of
a paraffi n lamp was
l i ght falli ng
an d an
u rn
,
the gar co n s p om wir es sh o wed
’
/
,
him that he was
he c ould
there
,
n or
n ot
in
a café
F or
.
how
u nderstan d
he had c o m e
of
-
,
u
the w orld
,
for
a bedstead
p on him that he was
her all
A
,
a m o me n t
why he lay at full le ngth
mattress with a billiard b oard
in
and the
,
a buffet with ma ny b o ttle s
on
fo r
his eyes
in
an d
to
he struggled
fi nd
to
;
,
on
thi s
all thi ngs
the n it flashed
D e n ise
rise
an d
tel l
.
ha n d was laid up on his sh oulder ge ntly
but he had
no
stre ngth
to
.
,
c o mbat eve n the
;
T H E END
lightes t touch
,
and,
falli ng back he fou n d a
in
a marm o tte lean i ng o ver
m otherly w o ma n
him
,
.
M e n t o n e — M e n t on e
t i on
‘
he said
Y ou
must
in F re nch
self bad agai n
T here
lie
,
m o ve
n ot
learly a fo reig n er
Ye s ;
m o rr o w
No
so
of
,
S ee y ou ve made y our
’
.
,
H ere s a s o ft clea n serviette
.
My husba n d s gon e
.
’
,
d o ct o r
ver
’
.
murmured H ardi ng feebly
shall
g
to
o
to
.
M e n t on e
to
.
m o re ! th ought H ardi ng
an d
cl osed eyes
’
It s
’
I shan t
’
.
the blue
of
passi on
-
sk
y
an d
framed
fl o we rs
,
.
all
M e n to ne agai n
the garde n
s e a an d
.
see
its fl o wers
in
,
twi n i n g
came befo re his
D e n ise s hall k n o w I was all
—
right the n that there was
,
o
.
’
a visi o n
roses
,
a n swered the
’
u
o
y
up with me
and
s ir,
’
’
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‘
despera
l oudly as the i n valid was
C ab é R o quebru n fo r t he
‘
in
.
w oma n
c
2 11
no
thi ng wr ong
H A RD I N G S C A ND A L
THE
2 12
bet ween me
an d
an d
L iz
’
I f I d o n t tell em she
.
,
B ern ard will thi nk I
there with her
of
badly
A nd
me
’
away
ran
’
Oh they must n t thi nk
.
,
and
get the
to
raise
aper
fr
o m his waist
p
c oat p ocket but his ha n d was like lead
-
,
his muscles seemed
fi b re l e ss
u nderstoo d what he wa n ted
in
s
to
do and
,
,
biddi ng
‘
‘
and
N ow
no
,
this h our
acr ss
o
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,
at his mute
she said havi ng read the
’
,
w he muttered
of
,
,
.
to
.
the cl ock
to
Of
se ndi ng
,
and
to
awaki ng the people
fi ndi ng
‘
.
’
the imp o ssibility
of
it
c o mprehe nded his wish
S he p o i nted
and
re ad
the
.
T o -m o rr o w ,
address
and
paper
feeli ng
out
,
of
and
The w oma n
.
h i s waistc oat p o cket brought
lip
so
that
as
with that fear he e n deav o ured
his hand
live
to
any
vehicle
T o -m o rr o w
m o rro w
-
.
’
’
,
to
explai n ed
M e nt o ne
of
at
the h otel
,
bri ng a lady
she repeated s oo th
of
H A RD I N G S CA ND A L
THE
2 14
his wife s
and
’
cheek were
,
the tears that
l o nger
no
fo r
A mist was gatheri ng
c ould
no
se e
ran
d o w n his
himself
.
o
ver him
,
so
that he
thi ng clearly whe n he felt his
,
ha n d lifted up
and
pressed warm breath
up on his br o w
and
ge n tle lips up on his
eyes
‘
j
o
,
.
—
W ho who
he asked fai ntly yet with
,
y
.
—
Dear H arry it is I y our wife
P oo r wife p oo r wife ! D ear l o ve
,
‘
,
.
Is
that B er nard
Yes
‘
,
here I am
Take my
—
an d wife
me
,
o
on
chap
ther han d
.
There
.
ce m o re mi n e
as I am
n ot
ol d
,
’
,
.
!
F rie n d
Thi n k
of
but as I sh ould have
bee n”
H ere s
’
‘
ou r s o n ,
H arry —my
ha nd ! May
dear
b oy !
.
Y our
é
—
have faith fa
ith
-
H arry
.
This little thi ng his
and
be stron g
he
b oy,
’
faith in
o
—
brave and
thers m ore tha n
T H E END
himself
in
H arry
.
marhmie
A nd
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to
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