The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-08-06
HE KNEW HE WAS RIGHT
EY ANTHONY TRoLLoPE.
CHAPTER LXXXII.
Continued.

Mr.. Gibson in the mean time remain
ed at home, or only left his honse to 90
TO the Cathedral or to the narrow con-
fines of his little parish. When he was
out he felt that every body looked at him,
and it seemed TO him that people whis-
pered about him when they saw him at
his usual desk in the choir. His friends
passed him merely bowling to him, and
he was aware that he had done that
which would be regarded by every one
around him as objectionable. And yet
what ought he to have donei He ac-
knowledged to himself that he had been
very foolish, mad-quite demented at
the mOment-when he allowed himself
to think it possible that he should mar
~ Camilla French. But having found
out how mad he had been at that mo-
ment, having satisfied himself that to
live with her as his wife would be i'm
possible, was he not right to break the
engagement Could anything be so,
wicked as marrying u woman whom he
-hatedf Thus he tried to excuse him
self; but yet he knew that all the world
would condemn him. Life in Exeter
would be impossible, if no way to social
pardon could be opened for him. He
was willing to do anything within
bounds in mitigation of his otfense. He
would give up fifty pounds a year to
Camilla for his life-or he would marry
Bella. Yes; he would marry Bella at once
if Camilla would only consent, and
give up that idea of stabbing some one.
Bella French was not very nice in his
eyes; but she was quiet, he thought, and
it might be possible to live with her.
Nevertheless, he told himself over and
over again that the manner in which
unmarried men with incomes, were set
upon by ladies in want of husbands was
very disgraceful TO the country at large.
That mission to Natal which had once
been offered to him would have had
charms for him now, of which he had
not recognized the force when he reject.
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"Do you think that he ever was real
ly engaged to her T. Dorothy said to her
aunt. Dorothy was now living in
seventh heaven of happiness, writing
love-letters to Brooke Burgess every
other day, and devoting to this occupa.
ton a number of hours of which she
ought to have been ashamed making her
purchases for her wedding-with nothing,
however, of the magnificence of CAM
illa-but discussing everything with
her aunt, who urged her on to extrava-
gances which seemed beyond the SCOPE
of her own economical ideas; settling,
or trying to settle, little difficulties
which perplexed her somewhat, and
wondering at her own career. She could
not of course be married without the
presence of her mother and sister, aud her
aunt-with something of grim court
esy-had intimated that they should be
made welcome to the house in the Close
for the special occasion. But nothing
had been said about Hugh. The we'd
ding was to be in the cathedral, and
Dorothy had little scheme in her head
for meeting her brother among the
aisles. He would no doubt come down
with Brooke, and nothing perhaps need
be said about it to Aunt Stanbury. But
still it was trouble. Her aunt had been
SO good that Dorothy felt that no step
should be taken which would vex the
old woman. 1t was evident enough that
when permission had been given for the
Tlsit OF Mrs. Stanbury aud Priscilla,
huSns name had been purposely kept
back. There had been no accidental
OMISSION dorothy, therefore, did not
uare 10 mention lt-and yet il was es-
seHtial for her happiness that he sSonId
be there. At the present moment W;ss
Stanbury's intense interest in the Stan
bury wedding was somewhat mitigatsd
by the excitement occasiuned by NJ
Gibson's refusal to be married. DOROTHY
was so shocked that she could not bring
herself to believe the statement that had
reached them through Martha.
"Of course he was engaged to her.
We all knew that" said Miss Stanbury
"I think there must have been some
mistake" said Dorothy. 81 don't see
how he could do it,"
There is no knowing what people
can do, my dear, when they're hard
driven. suppose We shall have law
SUIT pow AMI he'll have 10 pay ever SO
mpcn money. Well, well, WE'LL see
wna5 q a deal of trouble you might have