The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-08-27
GREAT
EKPHCTlTIOyS'
by CHARLES DICKENS.

~ stated times loon OF the b tniIges anil sterp-
oil them in the cooling liquid that was kept
ready, and put them on again with a pltiont
tenderness that ] was deeply grateful for.
Al sr,,. n, Law quiet on the sofa, found il
rainfully difficult, me-; say impossible, to get
rid of the impression Of the glare Of the flames,
fheir hurry and noise, anil the iicrcs burnin,
SMELL n dozed for q minute, was awakened
by Miss Ilayisham's cries, and by hor running
at me 18th all thu height Of fire above her he ld
This pa n Of the IN nd was much harder to strive
against than any bodily pain | suffered; AMI
Herbert, seeing that, did his utSaost to hold my
attcnt on gagged.
Neither of u, spoke Of the boat, hut we both
thought Of IL. That was id- app ,rent by our
avoidance Of the subject, aud hy our agreeing
without crmcnt-io make INV recovery Of the
I 90 Of my hands question Of so mmy hours,
not of ~ mirv weeks.
NY hrst gu stion when | saw Herbert had
been, OF course, whether all wis well down tho
riyer2 A. he replied in the aiiirnl alive, with
perf CT confidence AMI chcerfeins-., W. did not
resume the subject until the day Wa wearing
away. But then, a. II .rbert changed the band
agcs, moro by the light Of the fire than by the
cutter light, ne went bnck TO /, spon, ,uonuIy.
81 sat with Proyis last night, Handel, two
good hours"
"Whcre was Clara2"
"Delr little thing :" said Herbert. "Sbe WAS
up and down with q uifhn Srm Ill the evening.
lie was p,rpctually pcgglnJ a. the floor the mo-
ment she leit his sight. doubt If h" can hold
out long, though. what with rum and pepper
and pepper anil rum should think his peg-
ging must be nearly over"
"And then YOU will be- married IIcrhert1"
GLOW can take care Of the dear child other
wisc2 Lay your arm ont upon the back Of the
eola, my dear boy, and I'll at down here and
get the bandagc oil 70 gradually that you
shall not know when II cumus was sp'lklng
Of Provis. d. you know, Handel he inn
provcsl'
al said to you though, he was sof.cnOd,
when last saw him.
as, yon did. And 80 hc j.. lIe WIS VERY
communicative last night, and toll ns more Of
his life. You rcmcm,rr hl- breaking Oft here
about some woman that hr had had great trou-
Die wilh--Dh | hurt YOU
had started, hut not under hi5 touch His
words had given me si'.rt.
." hal forgotten that. II urhcrl, but rcmcm.
bcr II now You speak Of 90
We'll IL went into that plrt Of his life,
and dark, will part 1t Is. Shall tell YOU p
Or would 1t worry You Just now p
Tell me hv all means. Every word
Hcrrrt bent forward TO look at me m re near
~, ~ my reply had been rather more hurried
tmprc eager than he could quite account for
Your head j, cooli hc sud, touching il.
'Quitc, said !. Tell me what Proyis sail,
D. dear Herbert. "
1T seems, said Herbert, there's band
ge olr most chdrmingly, aud now comes the
Vol one-makcs YOU shrink at first, my poor
car fellow, don't IN but it will bc comfortable
prescntly-ii seem, that the womtu was young
woman, and a jcaluu, woman and q rcycngcCul
woman; rcvensclul, Handel, to the last do
gre"
80 what last dcsrrc;'
"Murlcr. DOCS il strik too cold on that SELL
sit, place.
II tmt feel il, How did she murir?
Whom ld shc murder"
"Why, the he'd may not have IN ritrl qu''c
~ rrlhlc name, sad Her crt "hni -hc was
IRE Tor IL, AMI Nj. IbsGels 4 c1irI her. a.
he reputation a that irl'us' fret mil, j. :
lrllo known tu lr.vis. II was aur.h,r au'
aslungcr woman who w.s tho within. and
ere h1l been struggle. ~ barn. Nh,h,-
ran 10, ~ how tur 1t Wa, ur how uuilir. IN y
lc y 'ub iu.; lat how II cnl'i 0, certainty ui
doubtful, i'r the victim ~, u.l .ur,uivl'
''Was the woman found guilr"i"
-" No; she was acquitted. My poor Handel,
hurt yOu!
It Is impossible to be gcntler, Herbert. Yc,1
What else ?"
"This acquitted Young woman and proyis."
said Herbert, had a little child "a little child
OF whom Provis was cNcec lingly fond. Ga the
evening of the very night whonth object Of her
Jealousy was s,ranslCd ~ tell YOU, the Young
woman presented herself bF,rc Ptovis ior one
moment, and swor' that she would destroy the
child (Which wa in her pussesslun) and h. should
never sce 1t again; then she vanished There's
tic worst arm comfortably i'm the sling once more.
and now there remains but the ;ht hand, which
Is Tar easier job can do il better by this
light than 10y a stronger f,rmy hand Is stcadicst
when don't sea the poor Lli,'erod pstchc- TOO
distinctly.-lou don't think Your breathing is
Affected, my dear boyI You seem " breathe
quickly"
"Perhap' ! do, Herbert. Did til, woman
keep her oath +"
There comes the darkest part Of Proyiss
life. She did
That il, he SIys She did,"
why, Of course, my dear bow" returned
Herbert, in tone Of surprise, and again bending
forward to get nearer look At M. ' lie saws
1t all. have no other information"
. No, to I've sure
Now, whether, pursued Herbert, % he had
used the child's mother Ill, or whether he had
used the ohill's muthcr we'll, Proyis doesn't say;
but she had shared some four or five wears of the
wretched life he described 70 us at this tire
side, and he seems to have felt pity for her and
forbearancc toward her Therefore, fearing he
should lie called upon TO dcposc about this do
stroyed child, and 80 lie the cause Of her death,
he hid himself (nuch M he prieved for the
child, kept himself dark, ~ he says out Of the
way and out Of the trial, and was only vaguely
talked uf ~ certain man called Abel, out vi
whom the jealousy arose. After the acquttal
che disappeared, and thus lac lost the child and
the child's mother
81 want to ask
"a moment, my dear bow said Herbert.
sand have done. That evil genius, Cumpcy :
son, tie worst OF scounlrcl, amnng many ,yuun-
drels, knowing Of hi, keeping out Of the way at
THAT time, and his reasons Tor dom; 81. Of
cO,r-e Gilerward held the knowlc lgc over his
head a. = man, Of keeping him poorer and
working HIM harder, Il VA, clctr last night