The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-08-09
HE KNEW HE WASRIGHT.
BY ANTHONY TROLLOPE.
Continued
CHAPTER LXXXIlI.

Soon after this Mrs. French returned
to the room, aud then there was no more
romance. Mrs. French had By no means
forgive Mr.. Gibson all the trouble he
had brought into the family, and mixed
a certain amount of acrimony with her
entertainments of him. She dictated TO
him, treated him with but scant respect,
and did not hesitate to let him under
stand that he was TO be watched very
closely till he was actually and absolute
" married. The poor man had in truth
no further idea of escape. He was
aware that he had done that which
made it necessary that he should bear u
great deal, and that he had no right to
resent suspicion. When day was fixed
in June on which be should be married
at the church of Heavitree, and it was
proposed that he should be married by
banns, he had nothing to urge to the
contrary. And when it was also sug-
gested to him by one of the prebendaries
of the Cathedral that it might be we'll
for him to change his clerical duties for
q period with the vicar of O remote par
ish in the north of Cornwall-so as to
be out of the way of remark from those
whom he had scandalized by his conduct
he had no objection to make to that
arrangement. When Mrs. MacHugh
met him in the Close, and told him that
he was a gay Lothario, he shook his head
with q melancholy establishment, and
passed on without even feeling OF
anger. when they smite me on the
right cheek, turn unto them my left"
he said to himself, when one of the
cathedral vergers remarked to him that
after all he was going to be married at
last. Even Bella became dominant over
him, and assumed with him occasional
ly the air of one who had been injured.
Bella wrote touching letter TO her
sister-a letter that ought to have toush-
ed Camilla, begging for forgiveness, and
for one word of sisterly love. Camilla
answered the letter, but did not send a
word of sisterly love. According to
my way of thinking, you have beei a
nasty sly thing, and l don't believe
you'll ever be happy. As for him, Pll
never speak to him again" That was
nearly the whole of her letter. "Iou
must leave it to time" said Mrs. French
wisely; "she'll come round some day"
And then Mrs. French thought how bad
it would he for her if the daughter who
WAS to be her future companion did not
'come round" some day.
And so it was settled that they should
be married in Heavitree Church--Mr.
Gibson and his first love - and
thiHgs went on pretty much as
though nothing had been done
amiss. The gentleman from Corn
wall came down to take Mr.. Gibson's
place at st. Professionalism
while his duties in the Cathedral We're
temporarily divided among the other
priest-yicars-with some amount of
grumbling on their part. Bella CON-
menced her modest preparations with
out any of the eclat which had attend
ed Camillss operations, but she felt
more certainty of ultimate success than
had ever fallen to Camilla's lot. In spite
of all that had come and gone Bella
never feared again that Mir. Gibson
would be untrue to her. In regard 10
him, it must be doubted whether Ne.
mesis ever fell upon him with q hand
sufficiently heavy to punish him for the
great sins which he had manifestly
committed. He had encouatered bad
week or two, and there had been days
in which, as has been said, he thought
OF Natal, of ecclesiastical censures, and
even of annihilation; but no real pun
ishment seemed to fall upon him. 1t
may DO doubted whether, when the
whole arrangement was settled for hun,
and when he heard that Camilla had
yielded to the DEGREES OF Fate, he did not
rather tiatter himself on being a success,
full man of intrigue-whetherh he did moi
take some glory to himself for his good
fortune with women, and pride himself
amidst his self.reproaches for the devo
ton which had been displayed for him
by the fair sex in general. IL is quit,
possible that he taught himself to be
iieye that al one time Dorothy Stanbur!
was devotedly in love with him, ant
that VIII IN he reckoned up his Sins sh
was one of those in regard TO whom b
accounted himself to have been sinner
The spirit of intrigue with women,
to which men will flatrer themselves,
customarily so vile, so mean, SO yaPid
reflection of feeling so aimless, result
less, and utterly unworthy! Passio
exists, and has its sway. Vice has it