Denzil Quarrier

a good many unwonted distractions, but in the middle of the morning, and late in the evening (if there were no dinner-party), ennui too frequently weigh

to the smaller drawing-room, where, at this hour, her daughter often sat reading. Serena was at a table, a French book and dict

y wishes, Serena! I will not

us of reduced authority, Mrs. Mumbray glared and breath

shes me!-after what yo

and foolish man," remarked

t, horrisonous. As if to save her ears, Serena went to the piano

tand of either. This is an immoral piece of music! If you knew what it meant you w

ute astonishment, then, with p

n the town, was accustomed to appear at meals, but seldom deigned to devote any more of his leisure to the domes

vening, Raglan. Take ca

ked the young man,

Glazzard and

one e

Via

me here! I have an a

ill have your allowance stopped! I mean what I say. Not one penny

lan, with finished coolness; and, f

last moment with perspiring brow, excusing himself on the ground of professional duties. He was thin, yet flabby, had a stoop in the shoulders, and walked without noticeably bending his knees. The crown of his hea

; he spoke of the evil tendencies of the time as exhibited in a shameful attempt to establish Sunday evening concerts at a club of Polterham workmen. His discourse on this subject, systematically developed, lasted until the ladies withdrew. It allowed him scarcely any a

glasses were not merely for display. When the door had closed behind the Mayoress and her two companions, he settled himsel

pinion of the w

for an instant, but he q

an of great power, but-hardly

him suitable readin

e of his books are

ot a fierce g

it a page of his writing, or of that of any French novelist,

of them are," co

en put into the Institute library! We must use our influence on all hands, Mr. Vialls. We live in sad times

as a mere agent of popular corruption. On the menti

et' not long ago, and it struck me that its intention was decidedly moral. It points a lesson to disobedient young people. If Juliet had been properly submissive to her parents, such calamities would never

new to me. I shal

amed with gr

an extract much good from him. But for people in general, especially young people, assuredly he cannot be recommended, even in the study. I confess I have

ayor-"Longfellow?-the author o

es

ppened to glance over it. I was slightly acquainted with the piece, but I had quite forgotten that it contained what seems to m

e maiden cri

ead upon th

t is all bu

esting that my boy might never be asked to repeat such a poem. The force of my obj

lips and frowned at the ta

y of home. Our homes are being invaded by dangerous influences we must resist. The

ast word, and his ga

classes on the ground of their poverty and their temptations. Could anything be more immoral, more rotten in principle? There is the spirit we have to contend against-a spirit of accursed lenity in morals, often originating in so-called scientific considerations! Evil is evil-vice, vice-the devil is the devil-be circumstances what they may. I do not care to make mention of such monstrous aberrations as, for i

for a quarter of an hour he talked with her about art and literature. The girl's face brightened; she said little,

e Mayor saw what was in store for him; in fac

s your Mr. Glazzard! He encourages Serena in her s

t at dignified self-assertion. "Glazzard distinctly disapproves of Bawlzac, and e

hrow my plans at whatever cost to your

y she won't listen to him. He's all very well as a man and a clergy

he Mumbrays were regarded as a centre of moral and religious influence, a power against the encroaches of rationalism and its attendant depravity. Neither of them could point to dignified ancestry; by steady persistence in cant and snobbishness-the genuine expression of their natures-they had pushed to a prominent place, and feared nothing so much as depreciation in the eyes of the townsfolk. Raglan and Serena were causing them no little anxiety; both, though in different ways

haken nerves, and gloomy dialogues with his brother had impressed upon him the necessity of guarding against darkest possibilities. His state of mind was singularly morbid; he could not trust the fixity of his purposes for more than a day or two together; but just at p

d a letter waiting for him; it bore the

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rriage. The L.s will hear of it simul

r yo

.Q

where William was sitting,

just got mar

To

en a governess at Stockholm

f himself?" asked Wil

well educated, and good-look

you mentio

was here. He has an idea that a man about t

man look

sterie

irl without fortune, that's all. I su

brother was moved to no little mirth, but did not indulge in such savage contemptuousness as distinguished the narrator. William Glazzard viewed

y are what they imagine. Without tolerably honest fools, we should fare badly at the hands of those who hate ne