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of itself�察�and is easily alleviated by fresh interests�察�and 

already�察�in the letter to Frank Scott�察�there are two words of hope�此 �

his friends in London�察�his love for his profession。  The last might 

have saved him�察�for he was ere long to pass into a new sphere�察�

where all his faculties were to be tried and exercised�察�and his 

life to be filled with interest and effort。  But it was not left to 

engineering�此 �another and more influential aim was to be set before 

him。  He must�察�in any case�察�have fallen in love�察�in any case�察�his 

love would have ruled his life�察�and the question of choice was�察�for 

the descendant of two such families�察�a thing of paramount 

importance。  Innocent of the world�察�fiery�察�generous�察�devoted as he 

was�察�the son of the wild Jacksons and the facile Jenkins might have 

been led far astray。  By one of those partialities that fill men at 

once with gratitude and wonder�察�his choosing was directed well。  Or 

are we to say that by a man's choice in marriage�察�as by a crucial 

merit�察�he deserves his fortune�拭 �One thing at least reason may 

discern�此 �that a man but partly chooses�察�he also partly forms�察�his 

help´mate�察�and he must in part deserve her�察�or the treasure is but 

won for a moment to be lost。  Fleeming chanced if you will ��and 

indeed all these opportunities are as 'random as blind man's buff'�� 

upon a wife who was worthy of him�察�but he had the wit to know it�察�

the courage to wait and labour for his prize�察�and the tenderness 

and chivalry that are required to keep such prizes precious。  Upon 

this point he has himself written well�察�as usual with fervent 

optimism�察�but as usual ��in his own phrase�� with a truth sticking in 

his head。



'Love��' he wrote�察�'is not an intuition of the person most suitable 

to us�察�most required by us�察�of the person with whom life flowers 

and bears fruit。  If this were so�察�the chances of our meeting that 

person would be small indeed�察�our intuition would often fail�察�the 

blindness of love would then be fatal as it is proverbial。  No�察�

love works differently�察�and in its blindness lies its strength。  

Man and woman�察�each strongly desires to be loved�察�each opens to the 

other that heart of ideal aspirations which they have often hid 

till then�察�each�察�thus knowing the ideal of the other�察�tries to 

fulfil that ideal�察�each partially succeeds。  The greater the love�察�

the greater the success�察�the nobler the idea of each�察�the more 

durable�察�the more beautiful the effect。  Meanwhile the blindness of 

each to the other's defects enables the transformation to proceed 

��unobserved�撮А�so that when the veil is withdrawn ��if it ever is�察�

and this I do not know�� neither knows that any change has occurred 

in the person whom they loved。  Do not fear�察�therefore。  I do not 

tell you that your friend will not change�察�but as I am sure that 

her choice cannot be that of a man with a base ideal�察�so I am sure 

the change will be a safe and a good one。  Do not fear that 

anything you love will vanish�察�he must love it too。'



Among other introductions in London�察�Fleeming had presented a 

letter from Mrs。 Gaskell to the Alfred Austins。  This was a family 

certain to interest a thoughtful young man。  Alfred�察�the youngest 

and least known of the Austins�察�had been a beautiful golden´haired 

child�察�petted and kept out of the way of both sport and study by a 

partial mother。  Bred an attorney�察�he had ��like both his brothers�� 

changed his way of life�察�and was called to the bar when past 

thirty。  A Commission of Enquiry into the state of the poor in 

Dorsetshire gave him an opportunity of proving his true talents�察�

and he was appointed a Poor Law Inspector�察�first at Worcester�察�next 

at Manchester�察�where he had to deal with the potato famine and the 

Irish immigration of the 'forties�察�and finally in London�察�where he 

again distinguished himself during an epidemic of cholera。  He was 

then advanced to the Permanent Secretaryship of Her Majesty's 

Office of Works and Public Buildings�察�a position which he filled 

with perfect competence�察�but with an extreme of modesty�察�and on his 

retirement�察�in 1868�察�he was made a Companion of the Bath。  While 

apprentice to a Norwich attorney�察�Alfred Austin was a frequent 

visitor in the house of Mr。 Barron�察�a rallying place in those days 

of intellectual society。  Edward Barron�察�the son of a rich saddler 

or leather merchant in the Borough�察�was a man typical of the time。  

When he was a child�察�he had once been patted on the head in his 

father's shop by no less a man than Samuel Johnson�察�as the Doctor 

went round the Borough canvassing for Mr。 Thrale�察�and the child was 

true to this early consecration。  'A life of lettered ease spent in 

provincial retirement��' it is thus that the biographer of that 

remarkable man�察�William Taylor�察�announces his subject�察�and the 

phrase is equally descriptive of the life of Edward Barron。  The 

pair were close friends�察�'W。 T。 and a pipe render everything 

agreeable��' writes Barron in his diary in 1823�察�and in 1833�察�after 

Barron had moved to London and Taylor had tasted the first public 

failure of his powers�察�the latter wrote�此 �'To my ever dearest Mr。 

Barron say�察�if you please�察�that I miss him more than I regret him ´ 

that I acquiesce in his retirement from Norwich�察�because I could 

ill brook his observation of my increasing debility of mind。'  This 

chosen companion of William Taylor must himself have been no 

ordinary man�察�and he was the friend besides of Borrow�察�whom I find 

him helping in his Latin。  But he had no desire for popular 

distinction�察�lived privately�察�married a daughter of Dr。 Enfield of 

Enfield's SPEAKER�察�and devoted his time to the education of his 

family�察�in a deliberate and scholarly fashion�察�and with certain 

traits of stoicism�察�that would surprise a modern。  From these 

children we must single out his youngest daughter�察�Eliza�察�who 

learned under his care to be a sound Latin�察�an elegant Grecian�察�and 

to suppress emotion without outward sign after the manner of the 

Godwin school。  This was the more notable�察�as the girl really 

derived from the Enfields�察�whose high´flown romantic temper�察�I wish 

I could find space to illustrate。  She was but seven years old�察�

when Alfred Austin remarked and fell in love with her�察�and the 

union thus early prepared was singularly full。  Where the husband 

and wife differed�察�and they did so on momentous subjects�察�they 

differed with perfect temper and content�察�and in the conduct of 

life�察�and in depth and durability of love�察�they were at one。  Each 

full of high spirits�察�each practised something of the same 

repression�此 �no sharp word was uttered in their house。  The same 

point of honour ruled them�察�a guest was sacred and stood within the 

pale from criticism。  It was a house�察�besides�察�of unusual 

intellectual tension。  Mrs。 Austin remembered�察�in the early days of 

the marriage�察�the three brothers�察�John�察�Charles�察�and Alfred�察�

marching to and fro�察�each with his hands behind his back�察�and 

'reasoning high' till morning�察�and how�察�like Dr。 Johnson�察�they 

would cheer their speculations with as many as fifteen cups of tea。  

And though�察�before the date of Fleeming's visit�察�the brothers were 

separated�察�Charles long ago retired from the world at Brandeston�察�

and John already near his end in the 'rambling old house' at 

Weybridge�察�Alfred Austin and his wife were still a centre of much 

intellectual society�察�and still�察�as indeed they remained until the 

last�察�youthfully alert in mind。  There was but one child of the 

marriage�察�Anne�察�and she was herself something new for the eyes of 

the young visitor�察�brought up�察�as she had been�察�like her mother 

before her�察�to the standard of a man's acquirements。  Only one art 

had she been denied�察�she must not learn the violin ´ the thought 

was too monstrous even for the Austins�察�and indeed it would seem as 

if that tide of reform which we may date from the days of Mary 

Wollstonecraft had in some degree even receded�察�for though Miss 

Austin was suffered to learn Greek�察�the accomplishment was kept 

secret like a piece of guilt。  But whether this stealth was caused 

by a backward movement in public thought since the time of Edward 

Barron�察�or by the change from enlightened Norwich to barbarian 

London�察�I have no means of judging。



When Fleeming presented his letter�察�he fell in love at first sight 

with Mrs。 Austin and the life�察�and atmosphere of the house。  There 

was in the society of the Austins�察�outward�察�stoical conformers to 

the world�察�something gravely suggestive of essential eccentricity�察�

something unpretentiously breathing of intellectual effort�察�that 

could not fail to hit the fancy of this hot´brained boy。  The 

unbroken enamel of courtesy�察�the self´restraint�察�the dignified 

kindness of these married folk�察�had besides a particular attraction 

for their visitor。  He could not but compare what he saw�察�with what 

he knew of his mother and himself。  Whatever virtues Fleeming 

possessed�察�he could never count on being civil�察�whatever brave�察�

true´hearted qualities he was able to admire in Mrs。 Jenkin�察�

mildness of demeanour was not one of them。  And here he found per 

sons who were the equals of his mother and himself in intellect and 

width of interest�察�and the equals of his father in mild urbanity of 

disposition。  Show Fleeming an active virtue�察�and he always loved 

it。  He went away from that house struck through with admiration�察�

and vowing to himself that his own married life should be upon that 

pattern�察�his wife ��whoever she might be�� like Eliza Barron�察�himself 

such another husband as Alfred Austin。  What is more strange�察�he 

not only brought away�察�but left behind him�察�golden opinions。  He 

must have been ´ he was�察�I am told ´ a trying lad�察�but there shone 

out of him such a light of innocent candour�察�enthusiasm�察�

intelligence�察�and appreciation�察�that to persons already some way 

forward in years�察�and thus able to enjoy indulgently the perennial 

comedy of youth�察�the sight of him was delightful。  By a pleasant 

coincidence�察�there was one person in the house whom he did not 

appreciate and who did not appreciate him�此 �Anne Austin�察�his future 

wife。  His boyish vanity ruffled her�察�his appearance�察�never 

impressive�察�was then�察�by reason of obtrusive boyishness�察�still less 

so�察�she found occasion to put him in the wrong by correcting a 

false quantity�察�and when Mr。 Austin�察�after doing his visitor the 

almost unheard´of honour of accompanying him to the door�察�announced 

'That was what young men were like in my time' ´ she could only 

reply�察�looking on her handsome father�察�'I thought they had been 

better looking。'



This first visit to the Austins took place in 1855�察�and it seems it 

was some time before Fleeming began to know his mind�察�and yet 

longer ere he ventured to show it。  The corrected quantity�察�to 

those who knew him well�察�will seem to have played its part�察�he was 

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