The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-05-31
HE KNEW HE WASRIGHT.
BY ANTHONY TRoLLoPE.
CHAPTER Tx.
Continued

Continued.
"That is absurd. l have a right to
demand from you such pledge. l am
willing to believe that you have not"
"Have not what"
"That you have not utterly dlsgraced
me-"
"God in heaven, that should hear
this" she exclaimed. Louis IreVel-
van, have not disgraced yoa at ALL
in thought, in word, in deed, in look, or
in gesture. 1t is you that have disgraced
Yourself, and ruined me, and degraded
even your own child"
as this the way in which you well
come me 7"
Certainly it is,-in this way and in
no other if you speak to me of what is
past, without acknowledging your er-
ror." Her brow became blacker and
blacker as she continued to speak to
him. at wOuld be best that nothing
SHOULD be said,- word. That 1t
all should be regarded as an ugly dream
But, when you come to me and at once
90 back to it all, and ask me for
promise" -,
"Am t. understand, then, that all
idea of submission TO your husband is
to be at an end ?"
81 will submit to no imputation on my
houor,-even from you. One would
have thought that it would have been
for you to preserve it untaTnished."
"And you will give me no assurance
as TO your future life =
"NOne,-certainly none. If you want
promises from me, there can be no hope
for the future. What am | TO promise
That | will not have-a lOverf What
respect can enjoy as yOur wife if such
"A promise be needed If you should
choose to fancy that it had been bro
ken, you would set your policeman to
watch me again! Louis, we eau never
live together again ever with comforts,
unless you acknowledge IN your. own
heart that you have used me shameful
ly."
"Were you right to see him in Devon
shirei"
"Of course | was right. Why should
| not see hIm,-Or any onef'
"Aud you will sec him again !"
When papa comes, of course | shall
see him.
"Then it is hopeless" said he, turning
away from her.
"lf that man is 10 be source of dis
quiet to you, it is hopeless" she an
swered. IF you cannot so school your
self that he shall be the same to you as
other men, it is quite hopeless. You
must still be mad,--as you have been
mad hitherto"
lie walked about the room restlessly
for time, while she stood with assumed
composure near the window. Send me
my child" he said at last.
'He shall come To you, Louis,-for a
little; but he is not TO be taken out from
hence. Is that a promise y
''You are TO exact promises from me,
where my own rights are concerned,
while you refuse To give NE any, though
am entitled to demand them! | order
you to send the boy to me. Is he not
my Own"
SIS he not mine, tool Aud is he not
all that you have lett to met"
He paused again, and then gave the
promise. LET him be brought to me.
lie shall not be removed now. intend
to have him. tell you 50 fairly. He
shall be taken from you unless you come
back 10 me with such assurances rs 10
your future conduct as have n right to
demand. There is much that the law
cannot give me. Ii cannot procure
wife-hke submission, love, gratitude,
OF even decent matrOnly conduct. But
that which it can give me, will have"
She walked oil TO the door, and then,
Us she was quitting the room, she spoke
To him once again. "Alas, Louis" she
said, "ueither can the law, nor medicine,
nor religion, restore to you that fne in.
tellect which foolish supicions have
destroyed" Then she left him and re.
turned To the room in which her aunt,
aud Nora, and the child were all cluster.
ed together, waiting To learn the effects
of the interview. The two women ask.
ed their questions with their eyes,
rather than with spoken words. alt il
all over: said Mrs. Trevelyan. "Ther,
is nothing left for me but to go back to
papa. | only hear the same accusations
repeated again and again, and make
myself subject 20 the OLD insults" Their
Mrs Clubhouse knew that she could in
terfere no further, and that, IN truth
nothing fur her could be done till the
return of Sir MarISaduke should relieve
her aud her husband fr IN all turthe
active concern in the matter.
But Trevelyan was still down stain
waiting for the child. AT last ii wa'
arranged that Nora should take the boy
into the drawing-roOm, and that Mrs
Clubhouse should fetch the father nj
from the parlor to the room above it
Angry as was Mrs. Trevelyan with bel
husband, not the less was she anxiou:
to make the boy good looking and seem
ly ~ his fathers eyes. She washed the
child's face, put on him a clean frill anC
pretty ribbon; and, as she did so, sht
babe him kiss papa, aud speak nicely L
him, and love him. Poor papa is IN
happy" she said, And Louev must b,
yely good to him. Tue boy, child
though he was, understood much NOR,
of what was passing around hin
than his mother knew. How was he :,
love papa when mamma did not do so
In some shape that idea had framed il
self in his mind; and, as he was takel
down he knew it was impossible tina
he should speak nicely TO his paps
Nora did as she was hidden, and wen
down to tae first floor. MIS-. Onthous,
promising that even if she we're put ou
Of the room by Mr.. Treyelyan she woul
not stir from the landing outside the doc
descended to the parlor and quickly II
turned with the unfortunate fatheI