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Rawdon's heart the well´ springs of love and life lay too deep for the frosts 

of age to touch。 She would be eternally young before she grew old。 

     She sat down as Ethel spoke�察�and drew the girl to her side。 ;I hear your 

friend is going to marry�察─�she said。 

     ;Dora�拭�Yes。; 

     ;Are you sorry�拭─�

     ;Perhaps   not。   Dora has been   a   care   to   me   for   four   years。   I   hope   her 

husband may manage her as well as I have done。; 

     ;Are you afraid he will not�拭─�

     ;I   cannot   tell�察  �grandmother。   I   see   all   Dora's   faults。   Mr。   Stanhope   is 

certain    that   she   has   no   faults。  Hitherto    she   has   had    her  own    way    in 

everything。 Excepting myself�察�no one has ventured to contradict her。 But�察�

then�察  �Dora   is   over   head   and   ears   in   love�察  �and   love�察  �it   is   said�察  �makes   all 



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things easy to bear and to do。; 

     ;One thing�察�girls�察�amazes meit is how readily women go to church 

and   promise   to   love�察  �honor�察  �and   obey   their   husbands�察  �when   they   never 

intend to do anything of the kind。; 

     ;There is a still more amazing thing�察�Madam�察─�answered Ruth�察 �that is 

that men should be so foolish as to think�察�or hope�察�they perhaps might do 

so。; 

     ;Old´fashioned   women   used   to   manage   it   some   way   or   other�察  �Ruth。 

But the old´fashioned woman was a very soft´hearted creature�察�and�察�maybe�察�

it was just as well that she was。; 

     ;But Woman's Dark Ages are nearly over�察�Madam�察�and is not the New 

Woman a great improvement on the Old Woman�拭─�

     ;I haven't made up my mind yet�察�Ruth�察�about the New Woman。 I notice 

one thing that a few of the new kind have got into their pretty heads�察�and 

that is�察�that they ought to have been men�察�and they have followed up that 

idea so far that there is now very little difference in their looks�察�and still 

less in their walk�察�they go stamping along with the step of an athlete and 

the   stride   of   a   peasant   on   fresh   plowed   fields。   It   is   the   most   hideous   of 

walks   imaginable。   The   Grecian   bend�察  �which   you   cannot   remember�察  �but 

may   have   heard   of�察  �was   a   lackadaisical�察  �vulgar   walking   fad�察  �but   it   was 

grace itself compared with the hideous stride which the New Woman has 

acquired on the golf links or somewhere else。; 

     ;But men stamp and stride in the same way�察�grandmother。; 

     ;A long   stride  suits a  man's   anatomy well   enough�察  �it does   not   suit   a 

woman'sshe feels every stride she takes�察�I'll warrant her。; 

     ;If she plays golf; 

     ;My dear Ethel�察�there is no need for her to play golf。 It is a man's game 

and was played for centuries by men only。 In Scotland�察�the home of golf�察�it 

was not thought nice  for women   to   even go   to the links�察�because  of the 

awful language they were likely to hear。; 

     ;Then�察  �grandmother�察  �is   it   not   well   for   ladies   to   play   golf   if   it   keeps 

men from using `awful language' to each other��; 

     ;God love you�察�child� �Men will think what they dare not speak。; 

     ;If we could only have some new men� ─�sighed Ethel。 ;The lover of 



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to´day is just what a girl can pick up�察�he has no wit and no wisdom and no 

illusions。   He   talks   of   his   muscles   and   smells   of   cigarettesperhaps   of 

whisky;and   at   these   words�察  �Judge   Rawdon�察  �accompanied   by   Mr。   Fred 

Mostyn�察�entered the room。 

     The     introductions     slipped    over   easily�察  �they   hardly    seemed      to  be 

necessary�察�and the young man took the chair offered as naturally as if he 

had     sat   by   the   hearth    all  his   life。  There     was    no    pause    and    no 

embarrassment   and   no   useless   polite   platitudes�察  �and   Ethel's   first   feeling 

about her kinsman was one of admiration for the perfect ease and almost 

instinctive at´homeness with which he took his place。 He had come to his 

own and his own had received him�察�that was the situation�察�a very pleasant 

one�察�which he accepted with the smiling trust that was at once the most 

perfect and polite of acknowledgments。 

     ;So you do not enjoy traveling�拭─�said Judge Rawdon as if continuing a 

conversation。 

     ;I   think   it   the   most   painful   way   of   taking   pleasure�察  �sirthat   is   the 

actual transit。 And   sleeping   cars   and   electric´lighted   steamers   and   hotels 

do not mitigate the suffering。 If Dante was writing now he might depict a 

constant round of personally conducted tours in Purgatory。 I should think 

the   punishment   adequate   for   any   offense。   But   I   like   arriving   at   places。 

New      York   has   given    me   a  lot  of  new    sensations     to´day�察  �and   I  have 

forgotten the transit troubles already。; 

     He   talked   well   and   temperately�察  �and   yet   Ethel   could   not   avoid   the 

conclusion that he was a man of positive character and uncompromising 

prejudices。 And she also felt a little disappointed in his personality�察�which 

contradicted her ideal of a Yorkshire squire。 For he was small and slender 

in stature�察�and his face was keen and thin�察�from the high cheek bones to 

the sharp point of the clean´ shaven chin。 Yet it was an interesting face�察�for 

the   brows   were   broad   and   the   eyes   bright   and   glancing。 That   his   nature 

held the op´ posite of his qualities was evident from the mouth�察�which was 

composed and discreet and generally clothed with a frank smile�察�negatived 

by    the   deep�察   �sonorous      voice    which    belongs     to   the   indiscreet    and 

quarrelsome。 His dress was perfect。 Ethel could find no fault in it�察�except 

the monocle which he did not use once during the evening�察�and which she 



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therefore decided was a quite idle and unhandsome adjunct。 

     One feature of his character was definite he was a home´loving man。 

He liked the society  of women with   whom he could   be familiar�察�and he 

preferred the company of books and music to fashionable social functions。 

This pleasant habit of domesticity was illustrated during the evening by an 

accidental incident   a noisy�察  �mechanical street   organ   stopped   before   the 

windows�察  �and   in   a   blatant   manner   began   its   performance。   Conversation 

was paralyzed by the intrusion and when it was removed Judge Rawdon 

said�此 �What a democratic�察�leveling�察�aggressive thing music is� �It insists on 

being heard。 It is always in the way�察�it thrusts itself upon you�察�whether you 

want it or not。 Now art is different。 You go to see pictures when you wish 

to。; 

     Mostyn did not notice the criticism on music itself�察�but added in a soft�察�

disapproving way�此 �That man has no music in him。 Do you know that was 

one of Mendelssohn's delicious dreams。 This is how it should have been 

rendered�察─     �and   he   went   impulsively      to  the  piano    and   then   the   sweet 

monotonous cadences and melodious reveries slipped from his long white 

fingers    till  the  whole    room     was   permeated      with   a  delicious    sense   of 

moonlit   solitude   and   conversation   was   stilled   in   its   languor。   The   young 

man   had   played   his   own   dismissal�察  �but   it   was   an   effective   one�察  �and   he 

complimented himself on his readiness to seize opportunities for display�察�

and on his genius in satisfying them。 

     ;I think I astonished them a little�察─�he mused�察 �and I wonder what that 

pretty�察�cousin of mine thought of the music and the musician。 I fancy we 

shall   be   good   friends�察  �she   is   proudthat   is   no   fault�察  �and   she   has   very 

decided      opinionswhich       might    be   a  great   fault�察 �but   I  think   I  rather 

astonished them。; 

     To such reflections he stepped rather pompously down the avenue�察�not 

at all influenced by any premonition that his satisfactory feelings might be 

imperfectly shared。 Yet silence was the first result of his departure。 Judge 

Rawdon   took   out   his   pocketbook   and   began   to   study   its   entries。   Ruth 

Bayard   rose   and   closed   the   piano。   Ethel   lifted   a   magazine�察  �while   it   was 

Madam who finally asked in an impatient tone�此�

     ;What   do   you   think   of   Frederick�拭  �I   suppose�察  �Edward�察  �you   have   an 



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opinion。 Isn't he a very clever man�拭─�

     ;I should not wonder if he were�察�mother�察�clever to a fault。; 

     ;I never heard a young man talk better。; 

     ;He talked a great deal�察�but then�察�you know�察�he was not on his oath。; 

     ;I'll warrant every word he said。; 

     ;Your warrant is fine surety�察�mother�察�but I am not bound to believe all I 

hear。 You women can please yourselves。; 

     And   with   these   words   he   left   the   women   to   find   out�察  �if   they   could�察�

what manner of man their newly´found kinsman might be。 

     *      *       *       *      *       *       * 



                                    CHAPTER III 



     ONE of the most comfortable things about Frederick Mostyn was his 

almost   boyish   delight   in   the   new   life   which   New   York   opened   to   him。 

Every phase of it was so fresh�察�so unusual�察�that his Yorkshire existence at 

Mostyn   Hall   gave   him   no   precedents   and   no   experiences   by   which   to 

measure events。 The simplest things were surprising or interesting。 He was 

never weary of taking those exciting ;lifts; to the top of twenty´three story 

buildings and admiring the wonderful views such altitudes gave him。 He 

did not perhaps comprehend how much he was influenced by the friction 

of   two   million   wills   and   interests�察  �did   not   realize   how   they   evoked   an 

electric condition that got behind the foreground of existence and stirred 

something more at the roots of his being than any previous experience had 

ever   done。 And   this   feeling   was   especially   entrancing   when   he   saw   the 

great city and majestic river lying at his feet in the white�察�uncanny light of 

electricity�察�all its color gone�察�its breath cold�察�its life strangely remote and 

quiet�察�men moving like shadows�察�and sounds hollow and faint and far off�察�

as   if   they  came   from  a   distant   world。   It   gave   him  a   sense   of   dreamland 

quite as much as that of reality。 The Yorkshire moors and words grew dull 

and dreary in his me

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