The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-09
HEKNEW HE WAS RIGHT.
BY ANTHONY TROLLOPE.
Continued
CHAPTER LNXIU.

The whole color and character of Miss
Stapbury's face was changed in mo-
ment. She had been still purring up to
the moment in which this communica-
tion had been made to her. Her graft
fication had come to her from the idea
that her pet had come back to her from
love of her,-as in very truth had been
the case; but now it seemed that Dor
othy had returned to ask for great
favor for herself And she reflected at
once that Brooke had passed through
Exeter without seeing her. III he was
determined to marry without reference
to her, he might at any rate, have had
the grace to come to her aud say so. She,
in the fulness of her heart, had written
words of affection u Dorothy, and both
Dorothy and Brooke had at once taken
advantage of her expressions for their
own purposes. Such was her reading
of the story of the day. "He need not
trouble himself TO come here now" she
said.
"Dear aunt, do not say that"
81 do say it. He need not trouble
himself to come now. When | said that
| should be glad to see you, | did not
intend that you should meet Mr.. Bur
CESS under my roof. | did not wish to
have You both together"
GLOW could help coming, when you
wrote TO Inc like that |"
at is very well, but he need not come
He knows the way from Nuncombe to
London without stopping ut Exeter >,
aunt Stanbury, you must let me tel
it you all" ,5
think"
"But there is more. You knew wha
he thought about me, and what he wish
ed"
ale is his own master, my dear, and
you are your own mistress"
If vou speak to mo like that you
will kill me. Aunt Stanbury. | did
not think of coming,-Only when Mar
tina brought your dear letter | could not
help it. But he was coming. He meant
to come tomorrow, and he will. Oi
coarse he must defend himself, if you
are angry with him."
ale need not defend himself at all"
81 told them, and | told him,
would only stay one night, if you did
not wish that we should be here to-
gether. You must see him, Aunt Stan
bury. You would not refuse to see
him."
III you please, my dear, you must
allow me to jadge whom l will see"
After that the discussion ceased be-
tween them for while, and Miss Stan
bury left the room that she might hold
consultation with Martha. Dorothy
went up to her chamber, and sIw that
" haA haan ha,
with most scrupulous care. Nothing
could be winter, heater, cleaner, nicer
than was everything that surrounded
her. She had perceived while living
under her aunt's roof, how, gradually
smull delicate feminine comforts ha(
been increased for her. Martha haC
been told that Miss Dorothy ought t
have this, and that Miss Dorothy ough
to have that; till at last she, who ha,
hitherto known nothing of the small
Injuries that come from an easy IN
come, had felt ashamed of the pretti
ness that had been added to her. Nov
she could see at once that infinite car
had been used to make her room brigh
and smiliug,-only in the hope that sh
would return. As soon as she saw IL al
she sat down on her bed and burst on
into tears. Was il not hard upon he
that she should be forced into such in
gratitude Every comfort prepared 70
her was a coal If hot fire upon her head
And yet what had she done that sh
ought not to have done? Was it un
reasonable that she should have love-
TINS man, when they two were brough
together And had she even dared t
thlnh OF MIN otherwise than as an &c
qnalhtanee TIL he had compelled her L
confess her love' And after tbat bo,
sue not trleI to separate herself from
him, SO that they two-her anr,t and no
loyer-migbt be divided by no nnarraI
Had not Priscilla told her that sba No
right in allthat she was doingi Naysr
theless, in spite OF all this, she conf,
not refrain from accusing herself of i,
gratitude towards her aunt. And sh
began to think it would have been bel
ter for her now TO have remained q
home, and have allowed Brooke to con-
alone to Exeter than to have obeyed til
impulse which had arisen from the T,
ceipt of her aunts letter. When Sd
went down again, she found herse
alone in the room, aud she was begil
nl.ng to think that it was intended ths
she should 60 to bed without again SO,
ing her aunt; but at last Miss Stanbur