Illustrating ttraction
It is evident to you no Maggie a moment in be considered by all prudent persons as a great opportunity for a young y of St Oggs, riking person e unfamiliar to ty of bee assistance of costume as you Pullet, Maggie ainly at a nearting-point in life. At Lucys first evening party, young torry fatigued `t see ional style conferred by ending to sleeves o plait t at t cousin of Miss Deanes looked so very poor Maggie, and iment of a troublesome future, o become an object of some envy - a topic of discussion in tablisrimmings. ts, Oggs, and ook some exception to Maggies manners. S assenting at once to tions current in good society and of saying t s knorue or not it is a fact capable of an amiable interpretation t ladies are not toance of ts of inferiority. And Maggie irely tty airs of coquetry ional reputation of driving gentlemen to despair, t sy for being so ineffective in spite of y. S ages, poor t must be admitted tension about ness and unevenness of manner of ances. It tinge of vulgarity about t of poor Lucys relations le. It agreeable to tion by marriage s; but it o contradict Step ainly tion to Lucy in urally desire t ts so tep fuss if t in civility. Under tances tations to Park ing, and elseoo distinguisy in St Oggs for any attention toed.
troduced for t time to t it o get up in t any imperative reason for doing one t amidst t-breats of advancing Spring, amidst trolls in t some intoxicating effect on er ion; and even in t o be less ed by icipations. Life ainly very pleasant just no to dress in to feel t siful time. And ting o be ctention inually claimed, and on o confer any. It , too, o sit do t tness beto be by separation - to get tunes s til s a o make t, passionate language to aves ake up a book of Studies rat s taste more keenly by abstraction tive sensation of intervals. Not t of music indicates a great specific talent: it y to tement of music passionate sensibility ues all merge in eacion sometimes an angry demand, but also prevented y from taking try and device, and gave it try of ambition. But you o be told, not eristics, but ory, ed even from test knoics. For tragedy of our lives is not created entirely from er - says Novalis, in one of ionable aper is destiny. But not tiny. , Prince of Denmark, ive and irresolute, and ragedy in consequence. But if o a good old age, and s tation of sanity notanding many soliloquies, and some moody sarcasms toer of Polonius, to say not incivility to her-in-law.
Maggies destiny, t present for it to reveal itself like t t for all rivers to tion, of ure lot, and y about intervies predominance: pero sorry t terview had been deferred.
For P come ted, and Mr Step broug o t - probably, , on a sketcion; but it certain like Po go off in t telling any one. It until t urned, to find botes aing before he knew of Maggies arrival.
Pero be nineteen again to be quite convinced of t o to cy of titudes of ance almost al periods seated by Lucys side, or standing near t-door excursion: tentions o eresting and amusing since Maggie imes serious ones - ion of tle unobtrusive Lucy; and it more t a cet t an inexplicable t a girl sy t test spasm of jealousy t tion ually directed to ranquil-ed as Lucy, t sate of ions, and not prone to tive evidence against it. Besides, it o ender politeness too supply t seemed to Lucy t t t le act of conscience in Step even aentions to Maggie ively slig distance bet prevented t faint resemblance to gallantry into . If Step of t togeto eacepo be examining books or music, and Maggie bent o t eaco day. Neito reflect on tter, or silently to ask, `to end? Maggie only felt t life e neo , immediate experience any energy left for taking account of it, and reasoning about it. Stepained from self-questioning, and admit to an influence on . And rained: Maggie could contradict Step o ion t most cern, for tandings of men. Maggie could look at Stepo play for bazaar-ure empo, .
One day - it urn - Lucy to spend te state of ening to become confirmed illness ttack of broncis, obliged o resign ions at to to be one. t epo rise early and call at six oclock for Miss torry, .
`s of tic bazaar, Step fortorry taking young ladies from ties of tic o scenes of dissipation among urn-rugs and embroidered reticules! I so knoion of is not to make reasons for o stay at ill stronger reasons for baco go out. If ty will be dissolved.
`ell, it go on muco take place on Monday week.
`tep like ty do ty; but just as tis reasonable enougo bear direct taxation, so St Oggs got force of motive enougo build and endohe force of folly.
`Did tle Lucy, y. `I never kind - I t we were doing.
`Im sure ep ionately; `your conduct in going out to-nig I kno ttom of it.
`O, you too y blus ended. But it acitly understood t Step come in trengt tacit understanding t saying good-by until after four.
Maggie ed in tly after dinner, o o tting and nodding ea-time. Maggie ooping to caress tiny silken pet, and comforting resss absence, ep on tep raig o see er dinner! en complained t te at Park ly been
beating: it ural s accustomed to receive visitors alone. as o, to enter t ead of by too, and certainly looked as foolis and self-possession can be expected to look, as ating improvisation,
`You are surprised to see me again, Miss tulliver - I ougo apologise for coming upon you by surprise, but I ed to come into to our man to ro I ;Maid of Artoisquot; for your cousin. I forgot to her?
`Yes, said Maggie, e knoo do, sat down again.
Step, doe a it irely neion.
`ell, you pampered minion! said Stepo pull t drooped over Maggies arm. It a suggestive remark, and as t follo up by furt, it naturally left tion at a stand-still. It seemed to Stepion in a dream t o do, and o go on stroking Minnys it : Maggie, and t s o trange eyes of isfied and quite reasonable after t. it of monomania o t long look from Maggie, and ion continually to find out some means by its appearing singular and entailing subsequent embarrassment. As for Maggie sinct t - only t of a closely-o look up and sa Minnys back .
But t end some time - per ended very soon, and only seemed long, as a minutes dream does. Step last sat uprig Maggie. should he say?
`e s, I t you go out and see it?
`I dont kno of t playing cribbage h my uncle.
A pause: during insig to be grateful for it - to groher.
`Do you like sitting alone?
A rat glancing at Step be quite civil to say quot;yesquot;?
`It ion for an intruder to ask, said Steped glance, and getting determined to stay for anot you er I am gone, aking out cill seven.
Anoteadily out of till by a great effort so look do Minnys back again, and said,
`I o go out. e lose our music.
`e somorro your friend P home.
Maggie gave a little start - it seemed ion t passed from o foot in an instant. But tion, and laying Minny on to reac from its corner. Steped: , per like to be mentioned to abrupt o stay any longer. Maggie ing table on for uitous, entirely superfluous visit of t sort o make a man disagreeable and ridiculous. Of course it o Maggies t ily in ting off again and finding her alone.
A boyisate of mind of an accomplisleman of five and ty, not legal kno a reference to ory, per not incredible.
At t Maggies ball of knitting-arted up to reac. Stepoo, and, picking up t gave e a neo Maggie, ed to her.
`Good-by, said Stepone t ent as put out boto ail pockets as she had perhaps been rude.
`ont you stay? simidly, not looking a would have seemed rude again.
`No, tepill into ted eyes, as a ty man looks torack of tant brook. `t is ing for me,... Youll tell your cousin.
`Yes.
`t I broughe music, I mean.
`Yes.
`And t Philip is come back.
`Yes. (Maggie did not notice Pime.)
`ont you come out a little o tepill gentler tone, but t moment s say `No, for soo take and o make him amends.
`Do take my arm, one, as if it .
trangely o most offer of t ed p t moment, but trengt is outside t ts a continual of tion. Eit ground or some otook toget and under tate as ter of an Step yet perceiving in oms of returning reasonableness, and Maggie ing ts across to be t? Not a ensely conscious of ther.
`take care of tep, said Step last.
`O, I tep had come like a rescue. `Good evening.
In an instant so t reflect t tion o tions of t left for t. So t into tears.
`O Pogetly - in the Red Deeps.
Steper , t on to t, and t ter anot pool. But leave off. ermined not to t to admit any more distinct remembrance tual presence of Maggie. her and she was on his arm.
But ty of y of cursing terly determining t rust aco Lucy, and engaged - engaged as strongly as an ulliver, to be to a fever by , strange, troublesome, adorable o some man or ot . not to er ure. o possible to quarrel ure radicting and clinging, imperious and beseeces. to see sucure subdued by love for one o another man.
ttered exclamation ing o s stalked along at a quieter pace t of a benedictory kind.