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BY CHARLES DICKENS.
PARi NINE. a
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE IRoNMAsTER.


Am to understand, sir says Sir Leicester,
'and is my Lady to understand;' he brings her in
thus specially, first as point of galanry, and
next as point of prudence, having great reliance
on her sense; 'ain / to understand, Mr. Rounce4
well, ard my Lady to understand, sir, that you
consider this young woman too good for Cbesney
Void, or likely to be injured by remaining hereI'
Certainly not, Sir Leicester
4 am gadto hear it Sir Leicester very lofty
indeed.
pray, Mr. RouncewelI, says my Lady, warn
ing Sir Leicester off with the slightest gesture of
her pretty hand, as if he were a fly, .explain to
mewnat you mean
Willingly, Lady Dedock. There is nothing
could desire more'
Addressing her composed face, whose intelli-
gence however stoo quick and active to be conceal
ed by any studied observation-disclosures habitual,
to the strong Saxon face of the visor,a picture Of
resolution and perseverance, my lady listens with
attention, occasionally slightly bending her head
i am the son Of your housekeeper, Lady Ded-
lock, and passedmy childhood about this house.
My mother has lived here half century, and will
die here, have no doubt. She is one of those
;ampes-perhaps good one as there is--of
love, and attachment, and fidelity in such sta
ton, which England may well be proud Of; but
Of which no order can appropriate the whole
pride or the whole merit, because such an in
stance bespeaks high worth on two sides; on the
! great side, assuredly; on the small one, no less
assuredly.' M e
Sir Leicester snorts little TO hear the law laid
| down in this way; but in his honor and his love
! Of truth, he freely, though silently, admits the
justice of the iroamasters's proposition.
'Pardon me for saying what is so obvious, but
| wouldn't have it hastily supposed, with the
least turn of his eyes toward Sir Leicester shat
| am ashamed of my mothers position here. or
IL al E,~(
the family. | certainly may have desired--I GER
tainy have desired, Lady Dedlock - that my
! mother should retire after so many years, and end
her days with me. But, as have found that to
sever this strong bond would be 10 break her heart
have long abandoned that idea
Sir Leicester very magnificent again, at the
notion of Mrs Rouncewell being spirited off from
her natural home, to end her days with an iron
master iI sIf bst ttaofH
Il have been, proceeds the visitor, in modest
clear way, IAN apprentice and a workman. |
have lived ON woIkman's wages, years and years,
and beyond a certain point have had TO educate
myself My wife was foremans daughter and
| plainly brought up We have three daughters,
| besides this Of whom have spoken; and be-
ing fortunately able TO give them greater advan-
| tages than we ourselves, we have educated them
well; very well. II has been one of our great
cares and pleasures to make them orthy of any
! station a5t ehaH'
A little boasifulness in his fathery tone here,
as if he added in his heart, even Of the Chesney
! Void station Not little more magni6cence,
! therefore, on the part Of SIR Leicester.
1 sAll this is so ffequent, Lady Dtdlock, where
live, and among the class to which belong, that
what would be generally called unequal marriages
are not of such rare occurrence with us as else
| whee. a son will sometimes make il Known to
his father that he has fallen in love, say with
/ IL T.. rT1t
once worked in factory HIMSELF will be little
disappointed at first, very possibly. 1t may be
that he had other views for his son. However,
the chancs are, that having ascerained the Young
woman to be of unblenlished character, he will
say to his son, Il must be quite sure that YOU are
in earnest here. This is serious matter for both
Of you. Therefore shall have this girl educated
| for two years. it may bel shall place this
girl at the school with your sisters for such
time, during which you will give me your word
and honor to see her only SO often If at the ex.
piration Of that time when she has so far profted
by her advantages that you may be upon fair
equality land you are both in the same mind 1 will
do my part TO make you happy know of
several cases such as describe, my Lady, and
think they indicate TO me my own course now
Sir Leicester's magnificence explodes. Calm
ly, but terribly.
'Mr Rouncewell, says Sir Leicester, with his
right hand in the breast Of his blue coat-the at
tilnde Of state in which he is painted in the GAL
Iery: do you draw parallel between Chesney
Void, and "a here he ressts disposition to
choke-'a factory?'
4 need not reply, Sir Leicester, that the two
places very different; but, for the purposes of
this case, Think parallel may be justly drawn
between Them.
Sir Leicester directs his majestic glance down
one side of the long drawing-room, and up the
other, before he can believe that he is awake.
'Are you aware, sir, that this young woman
whom my Lady-my Lady-has placed near her
person, was brought up at the village school out
side the gates p
'Sir Leicester, am quite aware oft A verv
good school 1t is, and handsomely supported by
this family
Then, Mr. Rouncewell, returns Sir Leicester,
'the application Of what you have said is to me,
incomprehensible'
MssWi it be more comprehensive, Sir Leicester,
if | say the ironmaster is reddenning little,
shat do not regard The village school as thach-
ing every thing desirable TO be known by my
sons wife 2
From the village school of Chesny Void, in
tact as il is this minute, to the whole framework
OF society; from the whole framework of society,
10 the aforesaid framework receiving Tremendous
cracks in cons sequence of people (ironmasters,
ead-mistresses, and what not) not minding their
catechisrn, and getting out of the station unto
which they are called-necessariIy and forever,
according to Sir Lecesier's rapid logic, and first
station in which they happen TO find themselves;
and from that, to their educating other people out
of their stations, and so celebrating the land
marks, and opening the Aood-gates, and all the
rest it; this is the swift progress of the Dedlock
mind.
To Be Continued. w
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