Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1852-03-24
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BY CHARLES DICKENS.
CHAPTER II.
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THE HONS.
IT is but glimpse of the world of fa
we fssaoar
SO III Why do buy ofMaculari
pass The reasons plain as my nose,
flies ! here get the greatest attention,
Cb And likewise the choicest Of CLoTHEs'
~ His prices really astounding
ever His Woolens are soft as the moss,
at stfaGge2ew exut in my savings,
lher sleelN study both profit anu loss
wake one .ba s s1 S sss, .rs,, one.
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the rushing OF the larAN =
them as they circle rouAA
ened world, and its growAj -mes
for want of air.
My Lady Dedlock has returned to her houA
town for few days previous to her depsrtuFeiA
Paris. where her Iadyship intends 10 stay some Y
weeks; after which her movements are, uncer-
tain. The fashionable intelligence says 80, for
the comfort of the Pari ians, and 1t knows all
fashionable things. 70 know things otherwise,
were TO be Questionable. My Lady Dedsock
has been down at what she calls, IN familiar COR
versation her place. in Lincolnshrs. The
waters are out in Lincolnshire. Az atch OF the
bridge in the park has been s1Pped ana sopped
away. The adjacent Io~-lyng ground, Tor half
a mile in breadth Is a stagnant river, with melan-
cholv trees for islands in it, and surface punc-
tured AT over, all day long, with falling rain.
MY Lady Dedlock's ''place'' has been extremely
dreary., The weather, for many day and night,
has been so wet that the trees seem wet through,
and the soft loppings and prnnings Of the wood
mans axe can make no crash or ciackle as they
fall The deer, looking soaked leave quagnres
where they pass. The shot Of rifle loses its
sharpness in the moist air, and its smoke rises in
tardy little cloud toward the green rise, coppice
topped, that makes back ground for the falling
RAIN The view from my Lady Dedlock's own
windows is alternately lead-colored view, and
a view ia Indian ink. The vases on the stone
terrace in the foreground, catch the rain all day,
and the heavy drops fall, drip, drip, drip, upon
the broad tagged pavement, called, from old
time, the Ghosts Walk, all night. On Sundays,
the little church IN the park is mouldy; the oaken
pulpit breaks out into cold sweat; and there is
a general smell and taste as Of the ancient Ded-
locks in their graves. My Lady Dedlock, who IS
chdless, looking out IN the early twilight from
her boudoir at keepers lodge, and seeing the
light of fire upon the attced panes, and
smoke rising from the chimney, and child,
chased by woman, running Out into the rain 10
meet the shining figure of wrapped-up man
coming through the gate, has been put quite out
Of temper. Ny Lady Dedlock says she has been
s'bored to DEATH"
Therefore my Lady Dedlock has come away
from the place in Lincolnshire, and has left it to
the rain and the crows, and the rabbits, and the
deer, and the cartridges, and pheasants. The
pictures of the Dedlocks past and gone have
seemed to vanish into the damp walls, in mere
lowness Of spirits, as the housekeeper has passed
along the old rooms, closing the shutters. And
when they will next come forth again, the fash
ionable intelligence which, like the 6end, is om-
nscent Of the past and present. but moi the future,
cannot yet undertake to say.
Sir Leicester Dedlock is only baronet, but
there is no mghtier baronet than he. His family is
as old as the hills, and infinitely respectable
He has general opinion that the world might get
on without hills, but would be done up without
Dedlocks. He would on the whole admit Nature to
be good idea, rather low, perhaps, if not enclosed
with park fence, but an idea dependent for its
execution on your great county families. He is
gentleman of strict conscience, dlsdainful Of all lit
tleness and .meanness, and ready, on the shortest
notice, TO die any death you may please TO mem
lion, rather than give occasion for the least inn
peochment of his integrity. He is an honorable,
obstinate, truthful, high-sprlted, intensely prejn-
diced. perfectly unreasonable nialf. --~-'-----
Sir Leicester is twenty years, full measure,
older than my Lady. He will never see sixtv-
FIVE again, nor perhaps sixty-six. nor yet sixty
seven. He has a twist ofthe govt now and then,
and walks lhIIe stiffiy. He is Of a worthy pres
ence, with his light gray hair and whiskers, his
fine shirt-frill, his pure white waistcoat, and his
He a1ss sa HtsR Most BBRRiegRef
occasion to my Lady, and holds her personal at
fractions in the highest estimation. His gallaniry
to nv Lady, which has never changed since he
courted her, is the one little touch of romantic
fancy in him.
Indeed, he married her for love. A whisper
still goes about, that she had not even family;
howbeit, Sir Leicester has SO much family that
perhaps he had enough, and could dispense with
any more. But she had beauty, pride, ambition,
insolent resolve, and sense enough TO portion out
a legion of fine ladies'. Wealth and station, ad-
ded 10 these, soon foated her upwards; and for
years, now, my Lady DedIock has been at the
centre Of the fashionable intelligence, and ut the
top of the fashionable tree. @797I sow
How Alexander wept when he had no more
worlds to conquer, everybody knows--or has
some reason to know by this time, the matter
having been rather frequently mentioned My
Lady Dedlock, having conquered her world, fell,
not into the melting, but rather into the freezing
mood. An exhausted composurs, u worn ont
placidity, an equaninity of fatigue not to be ruff
hrd by interest or satisfaction, are the trophies Of
her victory. She is perfectly well bred If she
could be translated to Heaven tomorrow, she
might be expected to ascend without any rup-
| ture. i4a 81 tsaa Naisfsfs Is ses84s4I es
5 She has beauty still, and. il it be not in its
heyday, it is not yet in its autumn. She has q
fine face-orlginaly Of character that would be
rather called very pretty than handsome. but inn
| proved into classcality by the acquired express
! sion Of her fashionable state Her figure Is ele-