The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-11-14

Having so spoken, she swept out of the
room, and went up stairs to the nursery.
Treyelyan sat for an hour with his book
before him, reading or pretending to
read, but his wife did not come down
stairs. Then Nora went up to her, and
he descended to his solitude below. So
far he had hardly gained much by the
enforced obedience of his wife.
On the next morning the three went
to church together, and, rs they were
walking home, Trevelyan's heart was
filled with returning gentleness to-
wards his wife. He could.not bear to
be at wrath with her after the church
service which they had just heard 10
gether. But he was softer.hearteu thau
was she, and knowing this, was IA
most afraid to say anything tnat mSun
again bring forth from her EXPRESSES
of scorn. AS soon as they were alone
witb;s the house he took her Dy the
hand and led her apart. "Let all TINS
10 - 81 he- "as though it had never
been" ,;,,,o Io,;s -
.ha answered. ~ cannot forget that L
have aforementioned"
"But cannot you bring yourself 10 De-
lieve that l have meant it all for your
good p ..
never for moment. But it has hurt
me to find that you should think that
such caution was needed for my good"
1t was almost on his tongue to beg
her pardon, to acknowledge that he had
made a mistake, and to implore her to
forget that he mad ever made an objec-
ton to Colonel Osborne's visit. He re-
membered at this moment the painful
odiousness of that Dear Emily" but
he had to reconcile himself even to
that, telling himself that, after all, Col
mel Osborne was an old MANA man
older even than his wife's father. If
she would only have met him with gen
tleness, he would have withdrawn his
command, and have acknowledged that
he had been wrong. But she was hard,
dignified, obedient, and resentful. ut
will, think" he said, "be better for
both of us that he should be asked in to
lunch to-day"
"You must Judge of that" said Emily
perhaps, upon the whole, it will be
best. can only say that / will not be
present. I will lunch up stairs with
baby, and YOU can make what excuse
for me Won please" This was all very
bad, but it was in this way that things
were allowed to arrange themselves
Richard was told that Colonel Osborne
was coming to lunch, and when he came
something was muttered to him about
Mrs. Trevelyan being not quite WELL Ii
was Nora who told the innocent lib, and
though she did not tell it well, she did
her very best. She felt that her broth
er.in-law was very wretched, and she
was most anxious to relieve him. Colo
mel Osborne did not stay long, and then
Nora went up stairs to her sister.
Louis Trevelyan felt that he had dis
graced himself. He had meant to have
been strong, and he had, as he knew
been very weak. He had meant tc
have acted in high-minded, honest
manly manner; but circumstances hae
been so untowaId with him, that, or
looking at his own conduct, it seemed
to him to have been mean, and almost
false and cowardly. AS the order FOL
the exclusion of this hated man from
his house had been given, he should al
any rate have stuck to the order. Al
the moment of his vacillation he hao
simply intended to make things easy fol
his wife; but she had taken advantage
of his vacillation; and had now clear
ly conquered him. Perhaps he respect
ed her more than he had done when he
was resolving, three or four days since
that he would be master in his own
house; but it may be feared that the
tenderness of his love for her had been
impaired.
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